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We can’t advance open science if we don’t measure it. Read new post on @upstream@scicomm.xyz from Iratxe Puebla and Eleonora Colangelo on the Open Science Monitoring Initiative's survey to identify current monitoring practices among journals, repositories and other providers. https://doi.org/10.54900/5gjkq-ngh33

Science is Under Siege: The Open Science Community Must Act and Lead by Example.
Worldwide, science is under attack by anti-scientific movements. This new post on @upstream@scicomm.xyz is a call for the open science community to lead by example in defending science: https://doi.org/10.54900/eher5-hdf87

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New @upstream@scicomm.xyz Blog: Collaborative Metadata Enrichment Taskforce (COMET) releases Community Call to Action, inviting organizations and individuals to support community-driven infrastructure for making PID metadata better. Informational Webinar tomorrow, March 5, 2025 - https://upstream.force11.org/the-collaborative-metadata-enrichment-taskforce-comet-releases-their-community-call-to-action/

Collaborative Metadata Enrichment Taskforce (COMET) has launched a Community Call to Action to transform how we enrich & maintain PID metadata. Now, this FORCE11 WG needs your help to make it happen! Read the Call to Action & join the webinar on March 5 at 3pm UTC! https://www.cometadata.org/blog/call-to-action-comet

Advancing Metadata Quality: An Open Call to Collaborate - Metadata is the backbone of discoverability and interoperability in research, yet achieving high-quality metadata remains a challenge. Check out Adam Buttrick's recent post on @upstream@scicomm.xyz to learn more: https://upstream.force11.org/advancing-metadata-quality-an-open-call/

📣 FORCE11 is still seeking proposals for new Working Groups covering any area of scholarly communications in any discipline, geographic coverage, and community. Proposals are due October 4, 2024. If you have an idea, let us know by filling out this form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdqt6guZIrmJmjSLIt2iB_g75HDAg1eov3LsnW7j5w2fh3PoQ/viewform

🚨 Don’t forget! 🚨 The final day to propose a FORCE11 Working Group is tomorrow, October 4th. Further details and link to proposal form: https://force11.org/post/advancing-scholarly-communications-together-lead-a-force11-working-group/?mc_cid=4332fb7232&mc_eid=77228a1444

FORCE11 is seeking proposals for new Working Groups covering any area of #scholcomm. WGs should be ready to start no later than Jan 25 & capable of delivering results in 18 months, have 2 co-leads, strive for diverse membership, and be willing to present at F11 events. If you have an idea, let us know by filling out this form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdqt6guZIrmJmjSLIt2iB_g75HDAg1eov3LsnW7j5w2fh3PoQ/viewform

New on @upstream@scicomm.xyz: From Promise to Precarity: The Plight of International Postdocs - When Will Academia Act?

International postdocs are essential to research, yet too often face insecurity & systemic inequities. It’s time for collective action: https://doi.org/10.54900/w8z54-zq587 #academia #postdocs #force11

“Implications, there are a few. Trying to make sense of all of this" New @upstream@scicomm.xyz post from @dannykay68@bird.makeup - Recent shifts across the scholarly information ecosystem & what means for libraries, infrastructure providers, and open science advocates: https://doi.org/10.54900/6hpza-sg998

The deadline to propose a FORCE11 Working Group has been extended! Proposals are now due October 11th. More details and link to propose is available here: https://force11.org/post/advancing-scholarly-communications-together-lead-a-force11-working-group/?mc_cid=4332fb7232&mc_eid=77228a1444

One more week to propose a FORCE11 Working Group! Proposals are due Oct 4th. We can't wait to get your proposal! More details, and link to proposal form, available here: https://force11.org/post/advancing-scholarly-communications-together-lead-a-force11-working-group/