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open science awareness

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« Science is a common good »*

Online training from the Aix-Marseille University libraries

*Source : Recommandation de l’UNESCO sur une science ouverte, p. 3, paragraphe 5

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Participate in the open science movement

This course invites you to discover the world of open science, which is already being implemented at Aix-Marseille University. The question, therefore, is not whether open science exists, but rather how everyone can contribute to and benefit from it.

Doctoral students: you can join this movement by becoming part of an international environment. Preparations are already underway!

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Open science originated within the scientific community, which called for the doors of knowledge to be opened*.

It is a movement:

International

National

Local

• The founding texts of open science
• The UNESCO recommendation

The commitment of Aix-Marseille University

National plans for open science

Source : Vers une recommandation de l'UNESCO sur la science ouverte, p. 4

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2002

2003

International context

The Budapest Open Access Initiative (2002) was the first to introduce the concept of two strategies:

• self-archiving
• alternative journals.

Budapest declaration

The open access movement was initially marked by international declarations. These declarations propose solutions to remedy difficulties in accessing scientific results.

This Statement (2003) sets out two conditions that publications must meet in order to be open access:

• a free, irrevocable, worldwide and perpetual right of access
• a deposit in an open archive ensuring free access, interoperability and long-term archiving.

Bethesda Statement

This Declaration (2003) broadens the concept of open access:

• to all works and data resulting from research work
• to all academic disciplines and cultural heritage.

Berlin declaration

Other reference texts

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2002

2003

2021

International context

Driven by the founding texts, an official international framework on open science was adopted in 2021 by 193 countries. This is a UNESCO recommendation on open science, which makes science more transparent and accessible, enabling it to be more equitable and inclusive.

‘By promoting more accessible, inclusive and transparent science, open science defends the right of everyone to participate in scientific progress and its benefits, as stipulated in Article 27.1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.’

Source

UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science

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1st National Plan for Open Science (2018–2021)

• Generalise open access to publications
• Structure and open up research data
• Be part of a sustainable dynamic

PNSO

National context

2nd National Open Science Plan (2021–2024)

• Continuation of the 1st PNSO
• Opening up and promoting source codes and software produced by research (Software Heritage)
• Transforming practices to make open science the default principle

France has adopted two National Open Science Plans (PNSO) which make ‘open access mandatory for publications and data resulting from project-funded research’*.

Source

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Local context

Since the founding documents were signed, Aix-Marseille University has been involved in the momentum generated by the National Plans for Open Science. These commitments have resulted in an amU Charter in favour of open science.

CHARTER

On 17 April 2024, Eric Berton, President of Aix-Marseille University, signed the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information. ‘A way to renew and reinforce his commitment to ever more accessible and transparent science.’

Source

Open Science awareness

Training course

IV. Research data

VI. Citizen and participatory sciences

II. Introduction

VIII. Conclusion

I. Preamble

V. Support for bibliodiversity

VII. Peer review

III. Disseminating publications

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