Welcome!

On behalf of the OSI2016 organizing committee, thank you, and welcome! We’re honored and excited that you will be participating in the inaugural conference of the global Open Scholarship Initiative. As you know, OSI is the first effort of its kind—“long overdue” in the words of one delegate, and “a potential game changer” in the words of another. We don’t want to elevate expectations unreasonably, but it’s worth noting that just by agreeing to participate, you and the other delegates in this fascinating group have already notched an important victory.

The next step will be for this group to figure out how best to harness its collective goodwill, experience and energy to create a better future for scholarly publishing. To begin this process, the organizing committee has proposed an intriguing meeting format based on the very successful National Academies Keck Futures Initiative (NAKFI) model, but with some important modifications that will allow for more conversation and full-group debate, a careful capturing of ideas and recommendations, and follow-through measures to translate discussion into action. Our hope is that what comes about in 2016 will continue to develop in 2017 and culminate in new, robust, global understandings, and even new collaborative agreements and efforts—all of which will be determined by you and your conference colleagues.

Before you embark on this path together, here are a few housekeeping notes:

1. The current delegate list appears at the end of this email. This is a work in progress—enrollment is proceeding quickly and will be completed by early October (225 delegates in all will be included). As you review this list, please let us know (by simply replying to this email) if you have any recommendations, particularly regarding other leaders who should attend from research universities and the global south. A number of replies to our conference invitations are still outstanding—summer has proven to be a difficult time to reach people (as you know)—but we would welcome your help identifying delegates from these and other groups.
2. Starting within the next few days, you will receive a conference-related email approximately every two weeks until mid-May 2016—first regarding conference-related administrative details (conference registration, travel and lodging, posters, profiles, team assignments and so on), then tutorials beginning around January 1, and then conference follow-up details. If you have provided contact information for an assistant, emails will be sent to this individual as well. In order to ensure that you receive this information in a timely manner, please add this listserv’s email address to your “safe senders” list.
3. In the coming months, an online working space will be set up for OSI2016 delegates. You will be able to securely manage your conference contact, roster and logistics information in this space and also interact with other delegates before and after your meeting in April.

That’s it for now. If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact me. From all of us, thank you again for participating in this important effort.

Sincerely,
Glenn Hampson
OSI Program Director
Executive Director
National Science Communication Institute
nationalscience.org
[email protected]

 

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OSI2016 delegate list (UPDATED)

As of October 29, 217 high-level stakeholder representatives from around the world have committed to attend OSI2016. We expect this number to fluctuate as the final few delegates come on board, up to 225 delegates total for this first year, representing 15 different stakeholder groups in scholarly publishing.

1. Ada Emmett, Head of the Office of Scholarly Communication & Copyright, University of Kansas
2. Agathe Gebert, Open Access Repository Manager, GESIS-Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences
3. Ali Andalibi, Associate Dean of Research, George Mason University
4. Alison Mudditt, Director, University of California Press
5. Amy Brand, Director, MIT Press
6. Amy Nurnberger, Research Data Manager, Columbia University
7. Andrew Sallans, Partnerships and Collaborations Manger, Center for Open Science (COS)
8. Angela Cochran, Director of Journals, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
9. Ann Michael, President, Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP)
10. Ann Riley, President, Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
11. Ann Thornton, University Librarian and Vice Provost, Columbia University
12. Anne Kenney, University Librarian, Cornell University
13. Audrey McColloch, Chief Executive, Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP)
14. Barbara DeFelice, Program Director for Scholarly Communication, Copyright and Publishing, Dartmouth College
15. Belinda Huang, Executive Director, National Postdoctoral Association
16. Betsy Wilson, Vice Provost for Digital Initiatives and Dean of University Libraries, University of Washington
17. Bev Acreman, VP, BioMed Central
18. Bhanu Neupane, Program Specialist, Communication and Information Sector, UNESCO
19. Bill Priedhorsky, Science Resource Office Director, Los Alamos National Laboratory
20. Brad Fenwick, Senior Vice President for Global Strategic Alliances, Elsevier
21. Brenda Johnson, Library Director and University Librarian, University of Chicago
22. Brett Bobley, CIO, National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
23. Brooks Hanson, Director of Publications, American Geophysical Union
24. Bryan Alexander, higher education publishing consultant and futurist
25. Carol Mandel, Dean, Division of Libraries, New York University
26. Caroline Wagner, science policy expert, Chair in International Affairs, John Glenn School of Public Affairs, Ohio State University
27. Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz, Scientific Director, São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)
28. Catherine Mitchell, Director, Access & Publishing Group, California Digital Library
29. Catherine Murray-Rust, Dean of Libraries & Vice Provost for Academic Effectiveness, Georgia Tech
30. Catriona MacCallum, PLOS Senior Advocacy Manager, PLOS ONE Consulting Editor
31. Charles Henry, President, Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)
32. Chris Bourg, Director, MIT Libraries
33. Chris Erdmann, Director, Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysics Library
34. Christine Hendren, Executive Director, Center for the Environmental Implications of NanoTechnology (CEINT)
35. Christopher Thomas, Administrator, Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC), US Department of Defense
36. Claire Blin, Director of Libraries, University of Pierre and Marie Curie
37. Claudia Holland, Head of Scholarly Communication and Copyright, George Mason University
38. Colleen Cook, Dean of Libraries, McGill University
39. Crispin Taylor, Executive Director, American Society of Plant Biologists
40. Daisy Selematsela, Director of Knowledge, National Science Foundation of South Africa
41. Danny Kingsley, Head of Scholarly Communication, Cambridge University
42. David Ross, Executive Director for Open Access, SAGE Publications
43. Dee Magnoni, Research Library Director, Los Alamos National Laboratory
44. Deborah Jakubs, University Librarian and Vice Provost for Library Affairs, Duke University
45. Deborah Stine, Professor of the Practice, Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University
46. Deni Auclair, VP & Lead Analyst, Science, Technology, Medicine & Healthcare, Outsell Inc.
47. Denise Stephens, University Librarian, University of California Santa Barbara
48. Diane Graves, Assistant Vice President for Information Resources and University Librarian, Trinity University
49. Diane Schott-Lichter, VP Publishing, American College of Physicians and incoming chair of the Association of American Publishers’ Professional and Scholarly Publishing division’s executive council
50. Donna Scheeder, President, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
51. Dick Wilder, Associate General Counsel, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
52. Emily McElroy, Director, McGoogan Library of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center
53. Elizabeth Marincola, CEO, PLOS
54. Francisco Valdés Ugalde, Director General, Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO) in Mexico
55. Frank Sander, Director, Max Planck Digital Library, Max Planck Society
56. Gail McMillan, Director of Scholarly Communication, Virginia Tech
57. Gary Evoniuk, Director of Publication Practices, GlaksoSmithKline (GSK)
58. Geoffrey Bilder, Director of Strategic Initiatives, CrossRef
59. Ginger Strader, Director, Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
60. Glenorchy Campbell, Director of US Sales, British Medical Journal (BMJ)
61. Carton Rogers, Vice Provost for Libraries, University of Pennsylvania
62. Helena Asamoah-Hassan, Executive Director, African Library and Information Associations & Institutions
63. Herbert van de Sompel, Open archives pioneer and Prototyping Team Leader, Research Library, Los Alamos National Laboratory
64. Howard Gadlin, Director, Ombudsman’s Office, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
65. Howard Ratner, Executive Director, CHORUS
66. Ingrid Parent, University Librarian, University of British Columbia
67. Ivan Oransky, Vice President and Global Editorial Director, MedPage Today, and Co-Founder, Retraction Watch
68. Ivy Anderson, Director, Collection Development and Management, California Digital Library (CDL)
69. Jack Schultz, Director, Christopher S. Bond Life Science Center, University of Missouri
70. James Butcher, Publishing Director, Nature Journals
71. James Duderstadt, Chair, National Academies Policy and Global Affairs Committee
72. James Taylor, Deputy Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer, American Physical Society
73. Jamie Vernon, Director of Science Communications and Publications at Sigma Xi and Editor-in-Chief, American Scientist
74. Jane McAuliffe, Director, National and International Outreach, Library of Congress
75. Jason Hoyt, CEO, PeerJ
76. Jean-Gabriel Bankier, President, bepress
77. Jeff Tsao, Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories
78. Jeff Mackie-Mason, Dean of Libraries, University of California Berkeley
79. Jeff Murray, Deputy Director in Family Health, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
80. Jeffrey L. Horrell, Dean of Libraries, Dartmouth College
81. Jeffrey Vitter, Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor, University of Kansas
82. Jennifer Hansen, Officer, Knowledge & Research Services, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
83. Jennifer Howard, Senior Reporter, Chronicle of Higher Education
84. Jennifer Pesanelli, Deputy Executive Director for Operations and Director of Publications, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)
85. Jill Mortali, Director, Office of Sponsored Projects, Dartmouth College
86. Jim Hilton, University Librarian and Dean of Libraries,  Vice Provost for Digital Education and Innovation, University of Michigan
87. Joan Lippincott, Associate Executive Director, Coalition for Networked Information (CNI)
88. Joanna Martin, CENDI Alternate, Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), US Department of Energy
89. John Donatich, Director, Yale University Press
90. John Inglis, Executive Director and Publisher, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press and Co-Founder, bioRxiv
91. John Paul Christy, Director of Public Programs, American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
92. John Vaughn, Senior Fellow, American Association of Universities (AAU)
93. John Warren, Head, Mason Publishing Group, George Mason University
94. John Willinsky, open access pioneer, PKP founder, and professor, Stanford University
95. John Zenelis, Dean of Libraries and University Librarian, George Mason University
96. Jon Cawthorne, Dean of Libraries, West Virginia University
97. Joshua Greenberg, Program Director for Digital Information Technology, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
98. Joshua Nicholson, CEO and Co-Founder, The Winnower
99. Joyce Backus, Associate Director for Library Operations, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health
100. Joyce Ogburn, Dean of Libraries, Appalachian State
101. Julie Hannaford, Deputy Chief Librarian, University of Toronto
102. Kaitlin Thaney, Director, Mozilla Science Lab
103. Karin Trainer, University Librarian, Princeton University
104. Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Director of Scholarly Communication, Modern Language Association (MLA)
105. Kathleen Keane, Director, Johns Hopkins University Press
106. Kathleen Shearer, Executive Director, Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR)
107. Keith Webster, Dean of Libraries, Carnegie Mellon University
108. Kevin Bradley, President, US Journals, Taylor & Francis Group
109. Laura Helmuth, Incoming President, National Association of Science Writers (NASW)
110. Laurie Goodman, Editor-in-Chief, GigaScience
111. Lee Cheng Ean, University Librarian, National University of Singapore
112. Leon Heward-Mills, Global Publishing Director, Taylor & Francis Group
113. Leslie Reynolds, Chair of Academic Division, Special Libraries Association (SLA) and Senior Associate Dean of Libraries, University of Colorado Boulder
114. Lisa Macklin, Director, Scholarly Communications Office, Emory University
115. Lisa Spiro, Executive Director of Digital Scholarship Services, Rice University
116. Lorcan Dempsey, VP Research, Online Computer Library Center (OCLC)
117. Lorraine Haricombe, Vice Provost and Director, University of Texas Libraries
118. Maggie Johnson, Director of Education and University Relations, Google
119. Mariette DiChristina, Editor-in-Chief, Scientific American and Director, Editorial & Publishing, Magazines, Nature Research Group
120. Marilyn Billings, Scholarly Communication & Special Initiatives Librarian, University of Massachusetts
121. Mark Parsons, Secretary General, Research Data Alliance
122. Mark Patterson, Executive Director, eLife
123. Martin Halbert, Dean of Libraries, University of North Texas and President, Educopia Institute
124. Martin Kalfatovic, Associate Director, Digital Program and Initiatives, Smithsonian Libraries
125. Martin Wybourne, Vice Provost for Research, Dartmouth College
126. Martin Paul Eve, Founder and President, Open Library of Humanities
127. Mary Thomas, Deputy Director, Smithsonian Libraries
128. Mary Woolley, President, Research!America
129. Mary Ellen Davis, Executive Director, Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
130. Maryann Martone, Director of Biosciences, Hypothes.is, and President, FORCE11
131. Maura Marx, Acting Director, Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
132. Medha Devare, Data and Knowledge Manager, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
133. Mel DeSart, Head, Engineering Library, University of Washington
134. Melinda Kenneway, Executive Director, Kudos
135. Melissa Cragin, Staff Associate, National Science Foundation
136. Meredith Morovati, Executive Director, Dryad
137. Micah Vandergrift, Digital Scholarship Coordinator, Florida State University
138. Michael Eisen, co-founder of PLOS and Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development, U Cal Berkeley
139. Michael Furlough, Executive Director, Hathi Trust
140. Michael Mabe, CEO, International Association of STM Publishers
141. Michael Van Woert, Executive Officer and Director, National Science Board Office, National Science Foundation (NSF)
142. Michael Wolfe, Executive Director, Authors Alliance
143. Nancy Davenport, University Librarian, American University
144. Nancy Gwinn, Director, Smithsonian Libraries
145. Nancy Weiss, Senior Advisor to the Chief Technology Officer, Innovation and IP, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)
146. Narda Jones, Legislative Counsel, US Senate
147. Natalia Manola, Director, OpenAIRE
148. Neil Jacobs, Head of Scholarly Communication Support, UK Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC)
149. Neil Thakur, Special Assistant to the Deputy Director for Extramural Research, NIH, and program manager for the NIH Public Access Policy
150. Norbert Lossau, Vice President, University of Göttingen
151. Pablo Gentili, Executive Secretary, Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO) and Director, Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO) in Brazil
152. Paul Ayris, Director of Library Services and CEO of UCL Press, University College of London, and Co-Chair of the League of European Research Universities (LERU) CIO Community
153. Paul Murphy, Director, RAND Press
154. Paul Peters, CEO, Hindawi Publishing
155. Paul Royster, Coordinator of Scholarly Communications, UNL Libraries
156. Peter Berkery, Executive Director, American Association of University Presses (AAUP)
157. Peter Lawson, International Sales Director, Karger Publishers
158. Phil Carpenter, Executive Vice President, Research, Wiley
159. Phil Kim, Co-Founder and COO, 20 Million Minds Foundation
160. Pippa Smart, Editor-in-Chief, Learned Publishing
161. Polyanne Frantz, Executive Director, Grants Resource Center, American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU)
162. Prue Adler, Associate Executive Director, Association of Research Libraries (ARL)
163. Rachel Dresbeck, President, National Organization of Research Development Professionals (NORDP) and Director of Research Development and Communications, Oregon Health and Science University
164. Ralf Schmimer, Head of Scientific Information Provision, Max Planck Digital Library, Max Planck Society
165. Ramesh Gaur, University Librarian, Jawaharlal Nehru University
166. Rebecca Kennison, Principal, K|N Consultants
167. Renaud Fabre, Director, Scientific and Technical Information Directorate (DIST), French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
168. Richard Ovenden, Bodley’s Librarian, Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
169. Richard Price, CEO, Academia.edu
170. Rick Anderson, Associate Dean of Libraries at the University of Utah and President-Elect, Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP)
171. Rita Scheman, Publications Director, American Physiological Society
172. Robert Cartolano, Vice President for Digital Programs and Technology Services, Columbia University
173. Robert Kiley, Head of Digital Services, Wellcome Library
174. Robert Schnabel, Dean of the School of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University, incoming CEO of the Association of Computing Machinery
175. Robin Champieux, Scholarly Communication Librarian, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)
176. Robin Staffin, Director for Basic Research, US Department of Defense
177. Roxanne Missingham, University Librarian, Australian National University, and Deputy Chair, Australian Open Access Support Group (AOASG)
178. Ryan Merkley, President, Creative Commons
179. Sally Hillsman, Executive Officer, American Sociological Association
180. Salvatore Mele, Head of Open Access, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
181. Sam Burridge, Managing Director of Open Research, SpringerNature
182. Sandra Brown, Vice Chancellor for Research, University of California San Diego (UCSD)
183. Sarah Michalak, Associate Provost for University Libraries and University Librarian, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (UNC)
184. Sarah Pritchard, Dean of Libraries and University Librarian, Northwestern University
185. Scott Montgomery, author, Chicago Guide to Communicating Science (2nd ed.)
186. Scott Plutchak, Director of Digital Data Curation Strategies, University of Alabama at Birmingham
187. Scott Waugh, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
188. Seth Denbo, Director of Scholarly Communication and Digital Initiatives, American Historical Society
189. Sharon Farb, Associate University Librarian for Collection Management and Scholarly Communication, UCLA
190. Stephanie Fulton, Executive Director, Research Medical Library, MD Anderson
191. Stephen Hawthorne, Deputy Chief Executive, Royal Society of Chemistry
192. Steven Hall, Managing Director, IOP Publishing
193. Steven Hill, Head of Research Policy, Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)
194. Stuart Taylor, Publishing Director, The Royal Society
195. Sue Corbett, Executive Director, International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP)
196. Susan Fitzpatrick, President, James S. McDonnell Foundation and Past-President, Association for Women in Science
197. Susan Gibbons, Deputy Provost, Libraries & Scholarly Communication, Yale University
198. Susan Haigh, Executive Director, Canadian Association of Research Libraries
199. Susan Senner, Information Delivery Manager, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
200. Susan Skomal, President/CEO, BioOne
201. Susan Veldsman, Director, Scholarly Publishing Unit, Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)
202. Suzanne Wones, Executive Director, Harvard Law School Library
203. Tee Guidotti, President-Elect, Sigma Xi
204. Todd Carpenter, Executive Director, National Information Standards Organization (NISO)
205. Tony Hey, Senior Data Science Fellow, eScience Institute, University of Washington
206. Tony Peatfield, Director of Corporate Affairs, Medical Research Council, Research Councils UK (RCUK)
207. Tony Roche, Publishing Director, Emerald Publishing Group
208. Trevor Dawes, Associate University Librarian, Washington University St. Louis
209. Tyler Walters, Dean, University Libraries, Virginia Tech, and Director, Shared Access Research Ecosystem (SHARE)
210. Vicky Williams, CEO, Research Media
211. Vidya Krishnamurthy, Director of Communications, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
212. Vivian Lewis, University Librarian, McMaster University
213. Vivian Siegel, Director of Education and Training, Global Biological Standards Institute, Vanderbilt University
214. Wendy Lougee, University Librarian, University of Minnesota
215. William Gunn, Head of Academic Outreach, Mendeley
216. Winston Tabb, Dean of Libraries and Museums, Johns Hopkins University
217. Xiaolin Zhang, Director, National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)