Visible Research Software Interest Group
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As of May 2024, assessing whether to continue this community. If you have any feedback please contact us.
ABOUT
Research software is a vital component of research infrastructure, yet, it is often overlooked. The Visible Research Software Interest Group (VRS IG) was formed to affect change: boosting the visibility of research software in scholarly communications.
The VRS IG sparks community conversation via a open online discussion forum to make research software visible, cited, published and FAIR. Initially, the forum is the platform to discuss actions that can be achieved in our circles of influence. The end result is improved recognition of research software and its authors, less duplication of effort and more reuse of software assets.
GOALS
Stimulate community participation to share existing guidance, embrace new ideas (policy, incentives, partnerships, etc. ), expand networking and advance together.
Increase awareness of national and international guidance to improve the visibility of research software locally by encouraging reflection and adoption.
WHO SHOULD JOIN THE GROUP?
The VRS IG seeks to engage:
research infrastructure managers
repository managers
research leaders
data librarian
research software engineers
policy makers
and other advocates
with capacity to champion and influence the adoption of policies, services and technologies to boost the visibility of research software in scholarly communications.
Membership
Not currently accepting new members, as of May 2024.
Who is already a member? Take a look at our stellar list of existing members.
RESEARCH SOFTWARE
Research software is defined to include source code files, algorithms, scripts, computational workflows and executables created during the research process or for a research purpose (Gruenpeter et al., 2021).
NEWS
As of May 2024, we're assessing whether to continue this community.
CONTACT US
Send an email to the co-hosts of this community if you have any questions.
DISCUSSION FORUM
To discuss community topics to action, share news and ideas we are using a public discussion forum. We use categories for discussions and you can read about them in the welcome message.