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The new organization will have limited experience outside the United States. Duraspace’s international experience will be diluted. This is a significant liability. Much of the interesting work in open scholarship is occuring outside occurring outside the US. The new organization will have interest in this work, but there will be much to learn and much to prove to gain the trust of those who are leading the way. I believe the new organization must move quickly to gain required international experience and gain the trust of the international community.
The new organization will have very limited experience outside the library community. This is a tremendous liability. While libraries play a critical role in advancing the scholarly ecosystem, and have generously led and supported open initiatives, there are many stakeholders to be engaged, most notably, the scholars. It is their work we collect, represent, showcase, archive, and preserve. There will be much to learn and many changes to be made to engage scholars across the world in efforts to further open scholarship for world participation.
VIVO is a test case for the new organization. The project is gaining internationally -- this momentum must be maintained. The project is well-recognized outside the library community -- among those in expert finding, in the FAIR movement, in US biomedicine, in the ontology community, at Research Data Alliance, Force 11, and elsewhere. This must also be maintained. Many VIVO sites are outside the United States and most are outside libraries, with support by academic offices, offices of research, and by research organizations.
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