Open Science and its role in universities: A roadmap for cultural change

Abstract

"Open Science, perhaps more properly termed Open Scholarship in English, represents a culture change in the way stakeholders in the research, education and knowledge exchange communities create, store, share and deliver the outputs of their activity. For universities and other stakeholders to embrace Open Science principles, policies and practices, there needs to be a culture change in these organisations if this transition is to be successfully negotiated. Section I of this paper sets out the nature of that cultural change for universities, suggesting ways in which change can be successfully embedded in organisations and what has to happen to effect that vital change. There are challenges, which the paper identifies, which mean that this transition will not be straightforward to deliver"