In this episode Nick speaks to colleagues at the LIBER 2024 Annual Conference which took place in Limassol, Cyprus from 3-5 July 2024.

In three separate conversations we hear from Iain Hrynaszkiewicz, Director, Open Science Solutions at the Public Library of Science (PLOS), Laetitia Bracco, Head of the Research Data Support Service in the Bibliometrics Unit at the Université de Lorraine and Pedro Principe, Head of Scientific Information Management, Repositories and Open Science Division at University of Minho Documentation and Libraries Services.

Along with Rachel Bruce, Head of Open Research at UKRI, Iain, Laetitia and Nick spoke on a panel at the conference, proposed by Iain and entitled "New approaches to measuring prevalence and impact of Open Science".

The panel was moderated by Masud Khokar, Librarian and Keeper of the Brotherton Collection at the University of Leeds. A full recording is available on YouTube.

Pedro Principe is also working on monitoring Open Science through the PathOS project and ran a conference workshop that gave delegates the opportunity to provide feedback on the Handbook of Open Science Indicators proposed within PathOS project

Other links mentioned include:

• Open Research Indicators - UKRN Open Research Programme
• Open science monitoring initiative (OSMI)
• Call for inputs: Global Consultation on the Draft Principles of Open Science Monitoring (UNESCO) - OPEN UNTIL 30 November 2024
• French Open Science Monitor

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