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streaming 9/04/2021 12pm (London time) #JonTennantmemorialsDay #OpenScienceMooc Jon Tennant’s Memorial Day

03/08/2020 / citizen science, corwdsearcher, open access, open data, open education, open journals / Commenti disabilitati

Jonathan Tennant, PhD, was a paleontologist, an Open Scholarship activist and advocate, a founder of Open Science MOOC (open educational platform), PaleorXiv (open publication platform), he was an author of numerous books, scientific articles, public talks and presentations for science reformation. He inspired a lot of people to join the movement for better science. Jon tragically died on the 9th of April 2020 in Bali. One year later his family, friends, colleagues and supporters remember his legacy and life.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1dT_gCSsu7Qkew3W699VkQ

we share

– the memory from Open Science Mooc
https://opensciencemooc.eu/community_update/2020/04/13/in-memoriam-jon-tennant/

– the video

of 1 June 2018 at DARIAH (European Research Infrastructure Consortium)
https://www.dariah.eu/2020/04/14/in-memoriam-of-jon-tennant/

– Sister Rebecca’s appeal:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/4acpr2-JonTennant

Earlier, you kindly fulfilled our appeal to you for funds to repatriate our family member and friend, Dr. Jon Tennant (https://www.gofundme.com/f/repatriation-burial-costs-fund-for-jon-tennant). Your generosity has enabled us to start this painful but vital process. At present (01.6.20) Jon is still in Bali as the current pandemic is slowing down usual processes.

The present call for funds aims at covering partially the legal fees associated with bringing clarity to the accusations Jon faced over the last months of his life.

To recap, Jon was a tireless and selfless advocate for open science. However, late in his productive life, he experienced a significant amount of cyber-mobbing on Twitter, in large part due to the procedural opacity of a supposedly caring and protective organization (more info following this link : https://jontennant.substack.com/p/the-opencon-saga-5-month-update).

Over the last months, Jon Tennant also spoke of the effects of bullying, mobbing and cancel culture from the human side, as he experienced it in its most strong effects : https://jontennant.substack.com/p/cancel-culture-makes-everything-look-worse-than-it-is ; https://jontennant.substack.com/p/what-academic-mobbing-feels-like).

Because information has not been shared with us we have not been allowed to follow the usual administrative steps to achieve truth and justice. We hope still to be able to do this.

We believe that Jon’s memory deserves clarification on the accusations targeting him. Clarity in such matters is essential to close up speculations and allow his family and the broader scientific community to set a final learning point behind this case. We hence consider a series of legal steps to attain that goal. Our lawyers estimated the costs of the foreseen steps at £24 000. Your donations will only be used for costs associated information gathering and possibly tweet removal. None of the money you donate will be used to sue people or organizations. Your kind support in this endeavor is greatly appreciated. We have set the fundraiser at £10,000 due to left over funds from the previous fundraiser and other donations that have already been put aside.

We hope our effort, with your generosity, can make the open science communities further reflect on practices and involvement in cases of bullying and harassment. We hope to honour Jon’s memory by making steps towards justice in this regard! If this fundraiser doesn’t meet the required amount, we will cancel it and all donations will be returned to you.

If you would like to read more in what happened, from Jon himself, please explore the links below

1. https://jontennant.substack.com/p/re-opencon-code-of-conduct-committee-statement

2. https://jontennant.substack.com/p/re-opencon-code-of-conduct-committee-statement-update-2

3. https://jontennant.substack.com/p/re-opencon-statement-update-2

4. https://jontennant.substack.com/p/re-opencon-statement-update-4

5. https://jontennant.substack.com/p/the-opencon-saga-5-month-update

6. https://jontennant.substack.com/p/opencon-saga-update-gdpr-response

and a further 11 heart-to-heart articles related to this:

1. https://jontennant.substack.com/p/cancel-culture-makes-everything-look-worse-than-it-is

2. https://jontennant.substack.com/p/a-new-tattoo-a-new-chapter-in-life

3. https://jontennant.substack.com/p/fire-in-the-soul-and-lessons-in-adversity

4. https://jontennant.substack.com/p/what-academic-mobbing-feels-like

5. https://jontennant.substack.com/p/what-can-men-do-to-help-make-conferences-healthier-spaces
6. https://jontennant.substack.com/p/two-stories-of-sexual-assault

7. https://jontennant.substack.com/p/what-actually-happened-around-opencon-in-2016

8. https://jontennant.substack.com/p/lessons-learned-from-the-opencon-saga-part-1-most-likely

9. https://jontennant.substack.com/p/my-personal-code-of-conduct

10 https://jontennant.substack.com/p/end-academic-bullying-culture

11. https://jontennant.substack.com/p/converting-adversity-into-productivity

Further details could be read in these two articles written by Jon’s sister and a friend shortly after his passing.

1. https://rebeccatennant10.wordpress.com/2020/05/01/what-really-happened-jon-tennant/

2. https://medium.com/@vdeherde/accusations-against-jon-tennant-surrounding-open-cons-ban-78d9589c05eb

Jon Tennant and the unsustainable virus of closed science @Protohedgehog #JonTennant

10/04/2020 / citizen science, corwdsearcher, open access, open books, open data, open education, open journals / Commenti disabilitati

In this unforgettable year for the number of deaths of the pandemic the academic and scientific world loses a protagonist and champion in its professional field, a victim escaped the CoronaVirus but not to a fate as tragic as incomprehensible for a society like ours, unable to open its eyes to a new approach to sustainable research and science freely shared with citizens. April 9 is the 100th day of leap year 2020, while the WHO has more than 1,500,000 Covid-19 infections and at least 95,000 victims, in Bali, Indonesia, the scientist Jon Tennnant falls victim to a motorcycle accident.

https://www.gofundme.com

Please help us ease the family's burden related to bringing our dear colleague, Dr. Jon Tennant, back home to Leicester from Bali. Anything you may be able to contribute would be immeasurably appreciated. #jontennant #openscience https://t.co/7PqADljLfZ

— IGDORE (@IGDOREinstitute) April 12, 2020

https://www.gofundme.com

In today’s society, unfortunately, few people are aware of his commitment and his battles for the opening of data, for the sharing of research methods, for the accessibility of publications produced in research institutions and universities, funded by citizens who repay both those who produce content and those who market it on the web and on paper.

In memoriam of Jon Tennant https://t.co/7C7Fp2SrvZ

— Open Science MOOC (@OpenScienceMOOC) April 13, 2020

Open Science MOOC is one of Jon’s masterpieces, an online course open to all to involve citizens in Open Science.
OpenScienceMooc.eu/

Check out the incredible work that @EIFLnet are doing to promote #openscience across Europe and Africa! Huge congratulations to all involved https://t.co/KgGpRJhk3j pic.twitter.com/oW8TxHAQB2

— Open Science MOOC (@OpenScienceMOOC) May 16, 2019

The Open Science movement has its roots in the “Bermuda Principles”: in 1996 the scientific community imposed rules to publicly share the results of research on the human genome. Two years later the “Open Source Initiative” movement was born, from which derive today’s myriads of open Apps and Software, including Linux/Unix. Following in these footsteps the scientific community founded the OA (open access) Initiative, with the manifesto signed in Budapest in 2002, the guidelines to open scientific, medical and health content to the Internet community are disseminated. The cornerstone of OA is to provide the public with free and unlimited access to academic research, especially if publicly funded, multiplying the possibilities for dissemination and scientific collaboration.

This recent paper summarizes the spirit with which Jon Tennant participated in Open Science:

New at @socarxiv: Open Scholarship as a mechanism for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. https://t.co/pV5DCWF8D9 With @wolass @Dunleavy_Daniel Benedikt Fecher @aeryn_thrace and @cmplxtv_studies. #OpenScience #Covid19 #CoronaVirus pic.twitter.com/hFxT5dJFMp

— Jon Tennant (@Protohedgehog) March 26, 2020

Traditional methods of scholarly publishing and communication are ineffective in meeting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SARS-CoV-2pandemic has demonstrated that, in times of need, the global research community can activate and pool its knowledge and resources to collaborate on solving problems. The use of innovative Web-based technologies, including open source software, data-sharing archives, open collaboration methods, and the liberation of thousands of relevant research articles from proprietary sources show us that the fundamental components of a fully open system are readily available, technologically efficient and cost-effective. If we are to achieve the SDGs by 2030, systematic reform and explicit adoption of open scholarship strategies at scale is necessary. We propose that the United Nations and parallel entities take a position of leadership by creating or funding an organization or federated alliance of organizations to implement these reforms.

The activist has left to all citizens of the world the inestimable legacy of Citizen Science, with the paradox of not appearing in WIKIPEDIA throughout his career, as short as it is precious for the world of knowledge and scientific research. It will remain forever his contribution and his motto:

CREATING BETTER SCIENCE FOR A BETTER SOCIETY

patreon.com/ greenteaandvelociraptors

Jon Tennant founded PaleorXiv portal non-profit paleontologist community for full paper sharing

Let’s share his scientific production available on

The (R)evolution of Open Science

https://zenodo.org

Needless to say, the virus of “lack of knowledge” or “ignorance” buries mankind, victim of the unbearable closure of science.

OPENEDU: #BOBCATSSS 2020 Paris 22-24 january 2020 INFORMATION MANAGEMENT, #FAKENEWS AND #DISINFORMATION #crowdSearcher

23/12/2019 / citizen science, corwdsearcher, open education / Commenti disabilitati

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT, FAKE NEWS AND DISINFORMATION

https://bobcatsss2020.sciencesconf.org

“Fake news is any false story that looks like news. It is designed to convince readers that it’s true. Some fake news is created and spread intentionally. A poorly researched story that contains errors might also be considered fake news. Fake news has boomed in recent years” which is why the theme of the BOBCATSSS 2020 conference is “Information management, fake news and disinformation”.

About

BOBCATSSS is an international annual symposium which addresses hot topics for librarians and information professionals in a fast-changing environment. It is created by and for students, teachers, researchers and professionals in the information field. BOBCATSSS is held under the auspices of EUCLID (European Association for Library and Information Education and Research). It is a tradition which has been passed on from one European country to another since 1993, providing a rich professional conference and working seminar program, accompanied by numerous opportunities for networking, personal exchanges, discussions, and learning.

Organization
BOBCATSSS 2020 will take place in France, in a Parisian University. It is jointly organized by the Institut Francilien d’Ingénierie des Services (IFIS), Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée, and University of Library Studies and Information Technologies (ULSIT), Sofia, Bulgaria.

Topics:

# Information, misinformation and disinformation
# Librarians as gatekeepers of trustworthy information
# Librarians mission to educate and advocate for the truth
# Online disinformation
# Fake news as scientific and democratic challenges
# Critical thinking as a key skill against fake news
# Truth Society vs. Fake News Society
# Tools or platforms for detecting fake news
# Innovative tools, practices, and strategies for fighting fake news and enhancing media literacy
# Legislative policy against fake news
# Intellectual Property as an educational weapon
# EU strategies in the field of fake news
# Information and media literacy as a shield against fake news
# Innovative educational services in libraries
# Free media vs. not free media, alternative media
# Freedom of speech
# Propaganda and psy-operation, psychological warfare
# Right to free expression as human right
# Media censorship
# Buzz, virality and social media
# Privacy and digital citizenship
# Open access to scientific information as a weapon against fake news

SUBMISSIONS

https://bobcatsss2020.sciencesconf.org/

From Italy: Matilde Fontanin

https://www.linkedin.com/in/matilde-fontanin-990b998

Abstract

https://bobcatsss2020.sciencesconf.org

“Fake news” has become a buzzword, but what does it mean? Understood, apparently, by everyone, the concept is the object of multidisciplinary studies. Admittedly, the first realm it touches is the news, that is journalist and political communication, but any discipline dealing with information cannot help but come to terms with a phenomenon which, ephemeral as it may be, has a great impact on our onlife experience.

Though already existing in the analogic world, fake news rises ethical questions after its inception in the digital realm. As for any innovation, it is only after the discovery phase is over that humans reflect on its impact on civil society. Cybernetics, founded by Norbert Wiener, induced Père Dubarle to wonder whether the new science, combined with the theory of games, would eventually generate a machine à gouverner, “to supply the obvious inadequacy of the brain when the latter is concerned with the customary machinery of politics”. These words, written decades ago, could still build the basis for an ethical reflection.

Since fake news affects information, the question is to what extent it affects a profession whose mission is to offer “an online collection of digital objects of assured quality” as the IFLA/UNESCO Manifesto for Digital Libraries states. Should LIS professionals deal with truth only? What is the meaning of true as opposed to fake? To what lengths should librarians strive to “verify” information? Where is the thin line between selection and censorship? And, above all, who says it is their task at all? After attempting a broad definition based on current literature, the focus of this talk is on the impact that the spread of fake news, disinformation and misinformation has on LIS professionals in terms of their mission, code of ethics, competences and professional requirements.

#OpenData Directory: #ARGENTINA #Crowdsearcher

12/10/2019 / open data / Commenti disabilitati

Data are considered to be “open” if anyone can freely access, use, re-use and redistribute them, for any purpose, without restrictions.

AMERICA – Argentina: Argentine Government Open Data (Argentina)
__§_datospublicos.gob.ar
____Argentina

AMERICA – Argentina: Bahaia Blanca Open Data (Bahaia Blanca)
__§_bahiablanca.opendata.junar.com
____Bahaia Blanca

AMERICA – Argentina: Córdoba Open Data (Córdoba)
__§_opendatacordoba.org
____Córdoba

AMERICA – Argentina: Datos Abiertos Santa Fe (Gobierno de la provincia de Santa Fe)
__§_santafe.gob.ar
____Gobierno de la provincia de Santa Fe

AMERICA – Argentina: Datos Argentina (Gobierno de la República Argentina)
__§_datos.gob.ar
____Gobierno de la República Argentina

AMERICA – Argentina: Datos Publicos (garagelab.tumblr.com/)
__§_datospublicos.org

AMERICA – Argentina: Datos Abiertos Mendoza (Dirección de Políticas Públicas e Innovación – Gobierno de Mendoza) Economía, educación, elecciones, energía, finanzas públicas, gobierno, medio ambiente, recursos hidricos, salud, sociedad, territorio y población, turismo
__§_datosabiertos.mendoza.gov.ar
____Datos Abiertos Mendoza|Economía, educación, elecciones, energía, finanzas públicas, gobierno, medio ambiente, recursos hidricos, salud, sociedad, territorio y población, turismo

AMERICA – Argentina: Jujuy Datos Abiertos (Dirección Provincial de Transparencia y Gobierno Abierto) contrataciones, licitaciones, funcionarios
__§_datos.gajujuy.gob.ar
____Jujuy Datos Abiertos|contrataciones, licitaciones, funcionarios

AMERICA – Argentina: Buenos Aires Data (Gobierno De La Ciudad Autónoma De Buenos Aires) Open Data released by the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
__§_data.buenosaires.gob.ar
____Open Data released by the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

AMERICA – Argentina: Datos Abiertos Provincia de Buenos Aires (Gobierno de la Provincia de Buenos Aires) Government
__§_datos.gba.gob.ar
____Datos Abiertos Provincia de Buenos Aires|Government

AMERICA – Argentina: Portal de Datos Abiertos del Gobierno de Misiones (Gobierno de la Provincia de Misiones) Agriculture, Spatial Data, Health, Transportation, Population
__§_datos.misiones.gov.ar
____Portal de Datos Abiertos del Gobierno de Misiones|Agriculture, Spatial Data, Health, Transportation, Population

AMERICA – Argentina: Gobierno Mar del Plata (Gobierno Mar del Plata)
__§_mardelplata.gob.ar
____Gobierno Mar del Plata

AMERICA – Argentina: Grupo Astronómico Osiris (Grupo Astronómico Osiris) Arcgis OpenData Portal
__§_data.gao.opendata.arcgis.com
____Arcgis OpenData Portal

AMERICA – Argentina: INSTITUTO GEOGRÁFICO NACIONAL (INSTITUTO GEOGRÁFICO NACIONAL) Arcgis OpenData Portal
__§_data.ignarg.opendata.arcgis.com
____Arcgis OpenData Portal

AMERICA – Argentina: Instituto Geográfico Nacional (Argentina)
__§_ign.gob.ar
____Argentina

AMERICA – Argentina: Instituto Nacional De Estadística Y Censos (Argentina)
__§_indec.gov.ar
____Argentina

AMERICA – Argentina: La Nacion (La Nacion (argentina)) Data publisehed by La Nacion newspaper in Argentina (in Spanish).
__§_data.lanacion.com.ar
____Data publisehed by La Nacion newspaper in Argentina (in Spanish).

AMERICA – Argentina: Misiones Open Data (Argentina)
__§_datos.misiones.gov.ar
____Argentina

AMERICA – Argentina: Plataforma de Gobierno Abierto (Municipalidad de Cordoba) Funcionarios DDJJ Plan de Metas 2016-2019 Datos Abiertos Portal de Mapas Visualizaciones Aplicaciones móviles Software Público Libre Normativa Municipal Oficina de Acceso a la Información Pública DemocracyOS Contanos tu idea Democracia Participativa
__§_gobiernoabierto.cordoba.gob.ar
____Funcionarios DDJJ Plan de Metas 2016-2019 Datos Abiertos Portal de Mapas Visualizaciones Aplicaciones móviles Software Público Libre Normativa Municipal Oficina de Acceso a la Información Pública DemocracyOS Contanos tu idea Democracia Participativa

AMERICA – Argentina: Datos Pergamino (Municipalidad de Pergamino) Health, Administration, Agronomy, Culture, Security, Education, Demographycs, etc.
__§_datosabiertos.pergamino.gob.ar
____Datos Pergamino|Health, Administration, Agronomy, Culture, Security, Education, Demographycs, etc.

AMERICA – Argentina: Datos Abiertos de Rosario (Municipalidad de Rosario) multi
__§_datos.rosario.gob.ar
____multi

AMERICA – Argentina: Open Datade Ciampagna& Asociados SA (Open Datade Ciampagna& Asociados SA) Arcgis OpenData Portal
__§_opendata.mapasydatos.opendata.arcgis.com
____Arcgis OpenData Portal

AMERICA – Argentina: Secretaríade Obras Públicasdela Nación Argentina (Secretaríade Obras Públicasdela Nación Argentina) Arcgis OpenData Portal
__§_data.gsop.opendata.arcgis.com
____Arcgis OpenData Portal

AMERICA – Argentina: Secretaríade Obras Públicasdela Nación Argentina (Secretaríade Obras Públicasdela Nación Argentina) Arcgis OpenData Portal
__§_gestion.gsop.opendata.arcgis.com
____Arcgis OpenData Portal

AMERICA – Argentina: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (Argentina)
__§_smn.gov.ar
____Argentina

other open data portals

The key features of openness are:

Availability and access: the data must be available as a whole and at no more than a reasonable reproduction cost, preferably by downloading over the internet. The data must also be available in a convenient and modifiable form.
Reuse and redistribution: the data must be provided under terms that permit reuse and redistribution including the intermixing with other datasets. The data must be machine-readable.
Universal participation: everyone must be able to use, reuse and redistribute — there should be no discrimination against fields of endeavour or against persons or groups. For example, ‘non-commercial’ restrictions that would prevent ‘commercial’ use, or restrictions of use for certain purposes (e.g. only in education), are not allowed.

Open Data initiatives, activities and portals:
http://bit.ly/open-data-map