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Using Open as an Asset
How your advocacy and commitment can help land you the academic job you really want
Meredith T. Niles, PhD
Post-doctoral research fellow
Sustainability Science Program, Harvard University
Assistant Professor (August 2015)
Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences/Food Systems Initative
University of Vermont
Using Open as an Asset
•Background on myself
•Using open as an asset• Promoting open for academic
applications• Promoting open in your job
interview
•Using open once you have the job
•Questions/Answers
My History• UC Davis
• Research: Agriculture, Farmers
• Policy
• Personal
• Promoting open:• On Campus
• In California
• Federally
• Harvard
• University of Vermont
• Why this webinar?
Using Open As an Asset: The Application
• Promoting open as a commitment to research and science outside of academia
Using Open As an Asset: The Application
• Promoting open as a commitment to research and science outside of academia• The tides are turning. Gone are the
days of the ivory tower.
• Demonstrate you are going with the wave, not against it
Using Open As an Asset: The Application
• Promoting open as a demonstration of organizing capacity
Using Open As an Asset: The Application
• Promoting open as a tool for collaboration
Using Open As an Asset: The Application
• Promoting open as a tool for collaboration• “ I am a collaborative, multidisciplinary scientist committed to
ensuring that my research has the largest impact possible both within and outside of academia”
Using Open As an Asset: The Application
• Promoting open as a tool for collaboration• “ I am a collaborative, multidisciplinary scientist committed to
ensuring that my research has the largest impact possible both within and outside of academia”
• “ I am committed to open source, open platform technologies that ensure that my research can be as collaborative as possible and have the largest possible reach. This is demonstrated through…
Using Open As an Asset: The Application
• Promoting open as a tool for collaboration• “ I am a collaborative, multidisciplinary scientist committed to
ensuring that my research has the largest impact possible both within and outside of academia”
• “ I am committed to open source, open platform technologies that ensure that my research can be as collaborative as possible and have the largest possible reach. This is demonstrated through…
• “Through an innovative use of open source platforms, I have been able to establish collaborations with [….], which has enabled me to accomplish […]
Using Open As an Asset: The Application
• Promoting open to demonstrate your alternative impact• ImpactStory
• Alternative Metrics
Using Open As an Asset: The Application
• Promoting open to demonstrate your alternative impact• ImpactStory
• Alternative Metrics
• Use them on your CV
• Use them in your research statement
Using Open As an Asset: The Application
• Promoting open to demonstrate your alternative impact• ImpactStory
• Alternative Metrics
• Use them on your CV
• Use them in your research statement
• Think about other “impacts” • Media stories about your work (did the media find the article because it was
open access?)
• Policymaker interactions
• Using open articles in K-12 education
Using Open As an Asset: The Interview
• Promoting your open impact• Mention in your job talk which
papers are open access
Using Open As an Asset: The Interview
• Promoting your open impact• Mention in your job talk which
papers are open access
• Have you used your open publications outside of academia?
Using Open As an Asset: The Interview
• Promoting your open impact• Mention in your job talk which
papers are open access
• Have you used your open publications outside of academia?
• Citation bump
• Alternative metrics
Using Open As an Asset: The Application
• Promoting open as the next big thing• It’s coming… and
I’m ahead of the game.
Using Open As an Asset: The Application
• Promoting open as the next big thing• It’s coming… and
I’m ahead of the game.
Using Open As an Asset: The Interview
• Turning the tables: Asking THEM the questions
• Framing is important
Using Open As an Asset: The Interview
• Turning the tables: Asking THEM the questions
• Framing is important• Does your school have an open access policy?
• Do you offer scholarships and funding/incentives for faculty to publish open access?
• How much does your library spend on articles? Have they explored options to reduce that?
• What are the perceptions/policies on open textbooks?
• What does the average student spend on textbooks?
• How does the school promote open data?
Using Open As an Asset: The Job
• Using open once you have the job: Changing the status quo with your colleagues
Using Open As an Asset: The Job
• Using open once you have the job: Changing the status quo with your colleagues• Offer to give a presentation
Using Open As an Asset: The Job
• Using open once you have the job: Changing the status quo with your colleagues• Offer to give a presentation
• Dispel the myths
Using Open As an Asset: The Job
• Using open once you have the job: Changing the status quo with your colleagues• Offer to give a presentation
• Dispel the myths
• Provide resources
Using Open As an Asset: The Job
• Using open once you have the job: Changing the status quo with your colleagues• Offer to give a presentation
• Dispel the myths
• Provide resources
• Send out announcements (like OpenCon applications!)
Using Open As an Asset: The Job
• Using open once you have the job: Changing the status quo with your colleagues• Offer to give a presentation
• Dispel the myths
• Provide resources
• Send out announcements (like OpenCon applications!)
• Think big within your whole school (or small, depending on the situation)
Using Open As an Asset: The Job
• Using open once you have the job: Lead by example
Using Open As an Asset: The Job
• Using open once you have the job: Lead by example • Archive your work!
Using Open As an Asset: The Job
• Using open once you have the job: Lead by example • Archive your work!
• Share publications/presentations
Using Open As an Asset: The Job
• Using open once you have the job: Lead by example • Archive your work!
• Share publications/presentations
• Write open access charges into your grant proposals
Using Open As an Asset: The Job
• Using open once you have the job: Lead by example • Archive your work!
• Share publications/presentations
• Write open access charges into your grant proposals
• Establish an “open mentality” with your collaborators when you start the grant writing process (you can build it into your data management plan)
Using Open As an Asset: The Job
• Using open once you have the job: Lead by example • Archive your work!
• Share publications/presentations
• Write open access charges into your grant proposals
• Establish an “open mentality” with your collaborators when you start the grant writing process (you can build it into your data management plan)
• Don’t forget about your students!
Using Open As an Asset: The Job
• Using open once you have the job: Lead by example • Archive your work!
• Share publications/presentations
• Write open access charges into your grant proposals
• Establish an “open mentality” with your collaborators when you start the grant writing process (you can build it into your data management plan)
• Don’t forget about your students!
• Change the way we think about tenure and hiring
In Conclusion
• Be Bold. Don’t be afraid to promote yourself in non-traditional ways
• If nothing else, they’ll remember you!
• Remember… a lot of people still don’t know what open access really means…
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