About Us
+ +Open Science community Saudi Arabia (OSCSA) was established + in line with Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030, which focuses on + installing values, enhancing knowledge and + improving equal access to education. It aims to provide a place where + newcomers and experienced peers interact, inspire each other to embed open science practices + and values in their workflows and provide feedback on policies, infrastructures and support services. + Our community is part of the International Network of Open Science & + Scholarship Communities (INOSC). +
+What is Open Science?
++ "Open Science describes an on-going movement in the way research is performed, researchers collaborate, + knowledge is shared, + and science is organised. It affects the whole research cycle and its stakeholders, enhances science by + facilitating more + transparency, openness, networking and collaboration."1. [OpenAIRE]↩ +
+Why Join our Community?
+ Learn about Open Science practices through our Workshops. ++ Support to lead your own project, and provide more visibility and + discoverability for your work. +
+ OSCSA helps you to get connected with like-minded people from other communnities + that adopts Open Science practices (e.g. Turing + Way, Carpentries, ArabR, ...). +
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Who Can Join?
+ We welcome everyone regardless of their knowledge on Open Science. Please fill + out this + form + with instructions on how to join. ++ +
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Open Science Practices
+ +Open Science (OS) is a an umbrella term that used to describe movements and + practices + aimed at increasing the accessibility of scientific knowledge and fostering innovations. + In order to demistyfy these principles, we describe briefly six of its core components.
+Open Source
+Open source software is code that is designed to be publicly accessible. + Prime examples include Linux, Firefox & Android
+Open License
+Open Work is protected by Open License, which states how the work can be used, + modified, adopted and commercialised.
+Open Hardware
+Open source hardware is hardware that is built based on principles analogous to + open source software
+FAIR Principles
+The FAIR principles describe how research outputs should be organised so they + can be more easily accessed, understood, exchanged and reused. 2. [OpenAIRE]↩ + +
Open Educational Resources +
+They are any learning and research materials that reside in the public domain + or under an open license. 3. [UNESCO]↩ +
Open Accesss
+Open Access refers to online, free of cost access to peer reviewed scientific + content with limited copyright and licensing restrictions. 4. [FOSTER]↩ +
Click on individule topics to be directed to a short translated + video (< 10 mins) from The Open Life Sciences Program. We continuously + aims to improve the translation. If you wish to join the translation working group, don't hesitate to contact us.
FAIRfication in Arabic Speaking Countries
+We are taking part in the CS&S + Digital Infrastructure Incubator to explores the cultural infrastructure components for the + contextualization of the FAIR + principles in Arabic-speaking countries. + Take part of this project and support our work by completeing one minute survey. !
+UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science
+ +The UNESCO recentely published its recommendation on Open Science, + which was adopted by the 41st session of UNESCO General Conference in November 2021. + You can read the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science here.
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+ +Materials
+All our talks, workshops and training courses are under CC-BY license and + accessible in Zenodo. Any code + associted with these materials is included in our GitHub + organisation account!
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+ + +Contact Us
+ +Please feel free to contact us on + admin@openscisaudi.com or using this form
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