Spotlight on Research Data Alliance and Software Heritage
It is an exciting time for Open Science infrastructure as more tools and services are being created to support research and learning needs. However, it can be challenging to navigate the ecosystem. The Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services (SCOSS) plays a unique role in assessing essential open infrastructures that need community funding and recommending them to potential supporters. CAUL is a founding member of SCOSS, and CAUL and CONZUL institutions have provided much needed financial support for SCOSS-endorsed infrastructure which has included DOAJ, Sherpa/RoMEO, OAPEN/DOAB, Open Citations, and Public Knowledge Project (PKP).
Each year Open Access Australasia holds a webinar for members to inform them of the current initiatives. This webinar introduces the SCOSS family of open infrastructures, featuring the latest members: the Research Data Alliance and Software Heritage. Liz Walkley-Hall, who serves on the SCOSS board as CAUL representative, is joined by Rosalie Lack, SCOSS Coordinator, Morane Gruenpeter (Software Heritage) and Hilary Hanahoe (RDA)
Liz Walkley Hall is Associate Director, Engagement and Scholarly Communication at Flinders University Library. Prior to this, Liz has held several key positions at Flinders University during which time she has maintained a strong support for open access and open scholarship initiatives. Liz has recently been appointed the CAUL representative to the SCOSS Board, and has also served across various committees as an ALIA member including Research Advisory Committee, convenor of ALIA SA, and various Conference Program Committees. Liz also contributes to CAUL (Council of Australian University Librarians) on the OER Governance Board (2023-). She has published and presented locally, nationally and internationally including as Keynote Speaker.
Rosalie Lack is the Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services (SCOSS) Coordinator. She is responsible for managing SCOSS family community activities, implementing communications, and contributing to strategic initiatives. She has worked previously with the African Digital Library Support Network (ADLSN), the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), California Digital Library (CDL), and Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL). She has a Master of Information Management and Systems from UC Berkeley School of Information and a Master of Studies in Law from UC Law San Francisco.
Morane Gruenpeter is Head of Open Science operations at Software Heritage, the universal source code archive. Software Heritage is a common infrastructure designed to collect, preserve and share all publicly available source code. One of the main services is the source code deposit, available for a variety of academic partners, such as the CCSD for the HAL French national repository, Episciences, IPOL, eLife, Zenodo-Invenio RDM, SwMath, Dagstuhl, and others. As part of Software Heritage Open Science activities, Morane is the contact point for the SCOSS fundraising campaign and for the Open Science partnerships. Morane spent several years as a professional harpist before earning a Master’s degree in Computer Science from the University Pierre et Marie Curie. She then joined the Software Heritage team in 2017.
Hilary Hanahoe is the Secretary General of the Research Data Alliance (RDA). an international, non-profit, volunteer organisation addressing the need for open and interoperable sharing and re-use of research data and building the social, technical and cross-disciplinary links to enable such sharing and re-use on a global scale. Currently, RDA has a community of over 14,500 individual data professionals from 151 countries collaborating on different open science and open data activities, operating under six fundamental guiding principles of openness, consensus, harmonisation, community-driven, inclusivity, not for profit and technology neutrality. Hilary is passionate about the work of the Research Data Alliance and its vibrant, volunteer community working to enable the open sharing and reuse of data across the globe.