Visible Research Software Interest Group

NOTICE

The VRS Community is closed and archived since June 2024. The community is encouraged to use and cite the resources from this group.

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

This Interest Group is now closed and not accepting new members, as of May 2024.

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

The VRS Community is closed and archived since June 2024.

The community is encouraged to use and cite the resources from this group.

DISCUSSION FORUM

Archived discussions are on GitHub discussions.

CONTACT US

If you have any questions contact ARDC.

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