Abstract
This is a case study about the creation of open science services in the University of Eastern Finland. The library has overseen the open science services that have been actively implemented from 2010 onwards due to the development of the digitalisation of science and open science policies. A survey was conducted to determine how the UEF’s academic faculty use the services provided as well as their attitudes towards opening their own research findings in this manner. The researchers seem to be most interested in issues that influence their daily work, i.e. data management plans and opening their publications. It seems that the culture of openness is still at the development stage within UEF. The innovators, i.e. active research groups and researchers, are already practicing and encouraging openness, but the majority of the academic staff seems to be either unaware of open science or unwilling to implement it, due to the fact that incentives and career advancements still support the traditional way of conducting research.
Highlights
The promotion of open access to research publications has been rapidly progressing within the European Union and its Member States
The first question on open science dealt with attendance at the training or workshops at any of the open science issues organised by the University of Eastern Finland after 2017
Based on the recent report on the evaluation of openness in the activities of higher education institutions (Forsström, Lilja, & Ala-Mantila, 2020) and on the results of the present survey, it seems that the University of Eastern Finland and its library have succeeded in the strategical work of building open science practices and services within our university
Summary
The promotion of open access to research publications has been rapidly progressing within the European Union and its Member States. A full opening of data, publications and even methods seems to increase transparency and the impact of the actual research conducted with publicly funded projects. In the last couple of years, a requirement for transparency has been imposed on research data. The purpose of the survey was to collect data from the academics in the University of Eastern Finland to evaluate the following: 1. What motivates the opening of research within the UEF? –– Have you attended training or workshops on any of the open science issues organised by the University of Eastern Finland after the year 2017?. –– Have you received advice or guidance in promoting open science?. Due to the nature of the survey, one must be careful in interpreting the results, especially when trying to generalise these findings to situations outside of UEF
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