Last Updated on June 18, 2024, 12:16 pm ET
ARL recently hosted a virtual member session on the Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services (SCOSS), a worldwide network of organizations committed to helping secure open access and open science infrastructure by identifying essential noncommercial services and recommending them for funding support. Each year, eligible services undergo a rigorous evaluation and, if selected, are presented to the global open access/open science community with an appeal for monetary support in a crowdfunding approach. ARL is represented on the SCOSS Board and on the SCOSS Technical Advisory Group.
Session speakers included:
- Rosalie Lack, SCOSS Coordinator
- Shan Sutton, Dean of University Libraries, University of Arizona, and SCOSS Technical Advisory Group Member
- Hilary Hanahoe, Secretary General, Research Data Alliance (RDA)
- Morane Gruenpeter, Head of Open Science Operations, Software Heritage
Rosalie and Shan introduced SCOSS, focusing on the transparent process and criteria by which infrastructures are selected for support, and the interconnectedness of the SCOSS family of infrastructures. Hilary and Morane, representing the two open infrastructure services selected by SCOSS this year, provided an overview of their organizations.
View Hilary Hanahoe and Morane Gruenpeter’s slides or watch the video of the session.
To learn more about SCOSS, see their recent blog post “Imagining a World Without Open Infrastructures.”
To learn more about contributing to the Research Data Alliance (RDA) and Software Heritage, see RDA’s post “Funding for the RDA” and Software Heritage’s announcement “Software Heritage Officially Selected for the 5th SCOSS Pledging Campaign.”
