what you can do

What is the Tasman Declaration?

1. it's a position statement - a line in the sand
2. it sets out what we mean by "Open Research"
3. it outlines the benefits of Open Research
4. it has some suggestions on what people can do to move NZ and Australia to being more open

What you can do:

• endorse and sign the Tasman Declaration
• mention the Tasman Declaration on social media, e.g. tweet the link, link to it in your Facebook page
• tell your colleagues about the Tasman Declaration
• circulate the link to the Tasman Declaration among your professional network

If you have a bit more time:

• write a blog post about Open Research and the Tasman Declaration
• write an article for your professional journal/publication about Open Research and the Tasman Declaration
• add it to the agenda of your next lab meeting and lead a discussion
• organise training for your research group (we can help, further details to follow)

If you have a lot more time:

• meet with your faculty head (or equivalent) to discuss how you can move your faculty to being more open
• publish your next article or dataset Open Access (does not need to be in an Open Access journal, can be additionally posted to a web-accessible institutional repository, see below).
• be aware of publisher policies and copyright licences when you are seeking a publisher, consult http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/
• find out how you can put your existing articles in your institutional repository
• Convert and archive your research into a dataset that can be registered with a permanent URL (handle or DOI) and embed links to the published work associated with the dataset. Share your dataset URL. Example http://hdl.handle.net/2292/10357
• talk to your research office (or equivalent) about how Open Research works with your institutional IP policy