Advancing FAIR in the US
Our Aim is to connect FAIR stakeholders and foster a community where FAIR approaches can be shared, discussed, and advanced collaboratively.
News
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FAIR Data and Software in the Scholarly Communications Lifecycle
On 22 January 2021, and 01 February 2021, I presented on the topic of “FAIR Data & Software in the Scholarly Communications Lifecycle” to dkNET and the Research Triangle Institute (RTI). The presentation (see slides) is a slimmed down version of a much longer session that is run at the Force11 Scholarly Communications Institute (see Zenodo record and slides).
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Next steps for the FAIR data & software lesson
On 2020 August 27-28, 29 participants from 21 institutions and 11 countries took part in the CarpentryCon @ Home - Library Carpentry FAIR Data & Software lesson sprint. The ultimate goal of the sprint was to develop a shared FAIR lesson that communities across the world can benefit from. Overall, participants made 35 commits, including 347 additions and 62 deletions, and closed 9 issues out of 16 opened during the sprint. Lesson development also occurred outside of GitHub, in Etherpads and Google Docs, and is in the process of being merged. Thanks to all the participants and their contributions!
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Virus Outbreak Data Network (VODAN) Correlates Pandemic Metadata
New Network Facilitates Information Collection and Exchange of Worldwide COVID-19 Data for Researchers and Policy Makers
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Announcing the launch of the GO FAIR US website
Today, July 17, 2020, we are announcing the launch of the GO FAIR US website. The GO FAIR Professional Development Workshop (February 25-27, 2020) highlighted a need to create a place to connect FAIR stakeholders and foster a community where FAIR approaches can be shared, discussed, and advanced collaboratively. We see the website playing this central role to furthering our goals.
Events
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WIPs and CHIPs
Join the GO FAIR US team on Thursday February 18th at 12 pm PST/ 3 pm EST for an interactive webinar where you can share your FAIR-related WIPs (Work in Progress) or CHIPs (Challenges in Progress) and receive feedback from community members. This webinar is structured to map the landscape of current work and challenges within the FAIR community. If you would like to present your current work, you can sign up to present through this Jam Board link.
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FAIR & Research Software
On January 14th, 2021 (12-1PM Eastern Time / 9-10AM Pacific Time / 5PM UTC), GO FAIR US will be hosting the next in our webinar series with invited speaker, Dr. Anna-Lena Lamprecht from Utrecht University, who will be discussing how FAIR Principles can be applied to research software. Making data and digital research objects findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable is at the core of the FAIR initiative; however, can FAIR principles be applied to other data domains, such as research software? During this webinar, Dr. Lamprecht will investigate the applicability of FAIR principles to research software and what can be done to make software FAIR(er). By evaluating many of the international community initiatives that are working towards creating, developing, and standardizing FAIR principles for research software, Dr. Lamprecht hopes to foster a deeper understanding of the versatility and interdisciplinary nature of the FAIR principles. In addition, she will provide ways in which you can gain a better understanding of how and when to FAIRify research software.
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Advancing FAIR- Connecting Stakeholders, Communities, and Resources
The December webinar, “Advancing FAIR: Connecting Stakeholders, Communities, and Resources,” serves as a general introduction to the GO FAIR. We cover four topics: Contexts for considering the FAIR Principles, the GO FAIR initiative, the GO FAIR US office and activities, and an introduction to emerging technologies and resources for “going FAIR.”