News & Updates

1. News
   Jun. 28, 2021

   The work ahead: IOI's Strategic Plan

   The goals in this 3-year Strategic Plan speak to IOI’s work ahead in conducting research to provide strategic support and investment guidance to those looking to adopt, build, and sustain open infrastructure, and putting that work into action through convenings, pilots, and global coordination.

2. News
   Jun. 21, 2021

   IOI receives $3.47M grant from Arcadia to increase investment in open infrastructure for research

   We are excited to share that Invest in Open Infrastructure (IOI) has been awarded a 3-year, $3.47M grant from Arcadia – a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin. This grant will accelerate IOI’s work to increase investment, adoption, and sustainability of open infrastructure.

3. News
   Jun. 14, 2021

   Maintenance and labor of open infrastructure: recap, recording, and reading list!

   Earlier this month, we hosted a conversation on maintenance and the labor of open infrastructure, a dialog designed to dig into issues surrounding the underlying labor required to develop, maintain, and sustain open source technologies. Video of this discussion is now available.

4. News
   Jun. 10, 2021

   Building technical resilience: video now live!

   Back in May, we launched a webinar series to explore some of the key findings from our research over the past year as part of the Future of Open Scholarship project. Video of our first call on technical resilience is now live!

5. News
   Jun. 3, 2021

   Take action to stop the lock up of research and learning

   On May 17, 2021, Clarivate Analytics announced it was acquiring software, data, and analytics company ProQuest for $5.3 billion USD. We believe additional regulation, oversight, and action are needed, and call on the community to join us.

6. News
   Apr. 5, 2021

   Living our values: Our journey to address systemic inequities in open infrastructure

   Over the past six months, we've been working with inclusion experts to ensure we are challenging structures that exacerbate inequity in research and scholarship. Here is an update on our efforts and resources created to support that work.

7. News
   Mar. 23, 2021

   Mellon Foundation grant to support investigation into hidden costs of open infrastructure

   New funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will support research and analysis into the hidden costs of open infrastructure. Hiring is now open for IOI's first Research Data Analyst.

8. News
   Mar. 2, 2021

   JROST videos are now live!

   This past December, we held the second Joint Roadmap for Open Science Tools (JROST) Conference. The three-day online event featured over 50 presentations and sessions from project leaders, funders, contributors, and advocates for open infrastructure. Session videos are now online.

9. News
   Jan. 19, 2021

   Survey on standards for open knowledge exchange now open

   The purpose of this survey is to ascertain the support for such a standard and to identify blockers to implementation. The focus of this work is on interoperability and standards that enable and further open exchange of information, knowledge and data across systems and technologies ...

10. News
    Nov. 25, 2020

    A sneak preview of this year's JROST program

    This year's event will have a variety of session types ranging from keynotes and panel discussions to shorter lightning talk presentations and smaller breakout sessions for deeper dives into key topics and skills for practitioners. Here's a sneak preview of the program.

11. News
    Nov. 17, 2020

    Giving back: Announcing the JROST Rapid Response Fund

    We are thrilled to announce a Rapid Response Fund in support of the JROST community and open technology and infrastructure projects. Awards will be given in amounts of $5,000 and $10,000 with the possibility of other gift amounts at the discretion of the program committee.

12. News
    Oct. 19, 2020

    Where to catch us this #OAWeek2020

    Today kicks off International Open Access week. We're excited to participate in a few events this week on how open infrastructure – the tools, systems, and software that underpin research and scholarship – intersect and support open access.

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