This post is part of a series in which we share more about what we’re working on and what we’re learning. Read our last update.
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On to the update …
What we are working on:
- We hosted our first Funders Summit. More than 60 participants joined us in discussing why, how, and what to fund in open infrastructure. We look forward to sharing out more from the Summit in the next few weeks!
- We announced the launch of a fund to further investment in open infrastructure globally. The fund will serve to catalyze and deepen investment in under-resourced areas, increase and expand the pool of funders of open infrastructure, and activate a mechanism for bold, higher-risk investments. Over the course of the next year, we will be hosting invited discussions and launching a Community Investment Council to bring transparency and accountability to fund stewardship. You can register your interest to join those conversations via this short survey.
What we are reading/exploring:
A list of highlights below — for a more comprehensive view, please check out the Open Infrastructure Tracking Project (now also on Twitter).
- Goldenfein & Griffin's Google Scholar – Platforming the scholarly economy, Internet Policy Review, September 2022.
- De Gruyter and Ubiquity join forces, 24 October 2022.
- Scholarly Kitchen's Adieu to Educopia: An Interview with Katherine Skinner, 26 October 2022.
- COPIM's A Community of Communities, 27 October 2022.
- U.S. Repository Network Launches to Meet Critical Research Infrastructure Need, 1 November 2022.
- COAR Announces first recommendation for supporting multilingual and non-English content in repositories, 1 November 2022.
Upcoming events/talks:
We look forward to meeting you at the following events!
- The Metaverse - Cool New Stuff, Even Worse Old Problems, 14 November 2022.
- Center for Scientific Collaboration and Community Engagement's Creating fulfilling volunteer opportunities in open source software communities, 16 November 2022.
- 17th Munin Conference on Scholarly Publishing, Norway + online, 30 November – 1 December 2022.