Dear OSC Colleagues:

UCOP, through the work of the HELIOS UCOP Cohort, seeks your help in creating a high-level overview of activities and services that UC is providing to support open scholarship. We hope that this resource can help all of us gain a foundational understanding of how UC at present engages in open scholarship, and perhaps flag where we currently have gaps. We intend to share this resource with campus-based HELIOS cohorts for input; with senior leadership to identify synergies across the system; and with external partners to demonstrate our collective expertise and investment.

Background:

The Higher Education Leadership Initiative for Open Scholarship (HELIOS) is a member-based community of more than 60 U.S. colleges and universities working to advance open scholarship within and across their campuses. HELIOS has also positioned itself as a conduit for conversations between the federal government and higher education.

The HELIOS UCOP cohort consists of:

• Theresa Maldonado, Vice President for Research and Innovation (Cohort lead)
• Günter Waibel, Associate Vice Provost and Executive Director (Library representative)
• Professor Maryann Martone (Academic Senate representative)
• Professor Christine Cassel (UC Health representative)

What is Open Scholarship:

HELIOS defines open scholarship (sometimes called “open science” or “open research”) as an expansive term meant to encompass the rapid and widespread sharing of a range of scholarly activities and outputs, across disciplines. Open scholarship promotes inclusivity, transparent and trustworthy research, innovation, and collaboration.

Our Ask: Complete this Survey

The HELIOS UCOP cohort aims to develop a high-level consolidated list of activities and services that UC is providing to support open scholarship. To accomplish this, we need your help.

Specifically, we ask that you complete this survey to identify the top 2-3 highest impact efforts and services in open scholarship you see on your campus.

On the survey, we also ask that you identify researchers who have had successes in open scholarship. We would like to organize a seminar series to hear directly from those who have carved paths in open scholarship, including those in the humanities and social sciences fields who have traditionally been underrepresented in this conversation.

Please complete the survey here by June 15^th and share with other UC colleagues you think would be interested.

If you have any questions, please contact Agnes Balla, Director, Research Policy Analysis and Coordination, University of California Office of the President, at [log in to unmask].

Sincerely,

Agnes

Agnes Balla

Director

Research Policy Analysis and Coordination

University of California, Office of the President

Phone: (510) 987-9987

Email: [log in to unmask]

Website: https://www.ucop.edu/research-policy-analysis-coordination/index.html