On Friday 3rd December, we were pleased to welcome Helen Glaves, British Geological Survey, to present her webinar entitled ‘Open Science: what’s in it for me?‘. The talk continued our ‘Data management and analytical tools for environmental science’ webinar series.
Helen Glaves is a Senior Data Scientist at the British Geological Survey (BGS), with more than 30 years’ experience in marine geoscience and geoinformatics. Her current role focuses on the development and implementation of research infrastructures, which includes acting as Director of the Integrated Core Services (ICS-C) for the European Plate Observing System (EPOS). She is also actively involved in a number of national and international initiatives addressing various aspect of open science, including as a member of the Research Data Alliance (RDA) Technical Advisory Board, and co-chair of both the GEO In-situ Data subgroup and Coalition for Publishing Data in the Earth & Space Sciences (COPDESS). Helen recently took over as President of the European Geosciences Union (EGU).
Open science is a term that is being increasingly used in various contexts but it frequently misunderstood and/or misused. This presentation aims to explain what we mean when we refer to open science and also highlights why it matters whether you are a researcher, an institution or a funder.
Further information and details, this and the wider webinar series is online at https://digitalenvironment.org/cde-webinar-series/#Glaves.