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Open Science in Phytolith Research

Roadmap for Open Science in Phytolith Research

Here are the milestones that I am currently working towards:

Milestone 1: Raising awareness through talks/blogs - short term

Talks:

  • Association of Environmental Archaeology (AEA) autumn webinar series on sustainability – 15th September 2020 6pm BST.
  • Palaeopercs early career online series – Tuesday 24th November 2020 3pm GMT.
  • AEA Open Science Spring meeting – Saturday 24th April 2021.

Blogs:

  • Find locations for potential blogs and contact organisations – British Ecological Society (PalaeoSIG), International Phytolith Society (IPS), Mentoring women and Archaeology and Heritage (MWAH).
  • Write blogs for different organisations.
  • Publish blogs.

Milestone 2: Establishing a working group for open science - medium term

  • Emailing IPS, AEA and BES to look for collaborators.
  • Email researchers directly who already work openly to look for supporters of the project and early adopters.
  • Plan a first meeting to gather ideas of how to move forward – online
  • Plan second meeting for spring AEA meeting - online

Milestone 3: Development of training workshop - medium-term

  • Research resources
  • Contact relevant bodies – PalaeoSIG/AEA to arrange when this could happen.
  • Plan workshop and develop resources
  • Look for funding for workshop

Milestone 4: Development of FAIR guidelines for phytolith data – long-term

  • Researching other open FAIR data projects
  • Literature review on development of FAIR data in life sciences/palaeoecology/archaeology
  • Establish working group to start work on guidelines.
  • Look for funding for this project – EOSC life science call
  • Have meetings to develop guidelines
  • Develop resources for implementation of guidelines – online platform for data deposition
  • Write article on guidelines
  • Give conference talk on guidelines
  • Publish article on guidelines