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INOSC Collective Resources

1. Prepare and Launch​

INOSC Guiding Principles and Code of Conduct​

The INOSC Guiding Principles and Code of Conduct atriculate our shared principles and how we engage with our members. It consist of a part that is shared amongst all OSC of INOSC, while leaving room for a local addendum to provide additional specifications for your local OSC.

INOSC Style Guide for Logo Design​

The INOSC Style Guide describes the guidelines for creating and using logos for your OSC.

OSC Master Plan Template​

You can use the OSC Master Plan Template to create a Master Plan for your OSC. It contains the following sections:

  1. Minimum Viable Community Checklist
  2. Community Statement
  3. Plan to Attract and Onboard New Members
  4. Community Engagement Plan
  5. Stakeholder Engagement Plan
  6. Sustainability Plan
  7. Governance Plan
  8. Monitoring Plan

Examples: Completed OSC Master Plans​

2. Grow and Inspire (comming soon!)​

3. Foster and Sustain​

INOSC By-laws​

The INOSC By-laws describe the organisational structure of INOSC. All local OSC should adhere to the INOSC by-laws.

4. Connect and Flourish (comming soon!)​

5. General Resources​

Open Science - A Practical Guide For Early-Career Researchers (2023)​

The Dutch consortium of University Libraries and the National Library of the Netherlands (UKB), together with the Universities of The Netherlands (UNL), the Dutch national centre of expertise and repository for research data (DANS) and the Dutch Research Council (NWO), has published a practical guide on open science.

Collection of Open Science Use Cases 2021​

In the context of the first National Dutch Open Science Festival, a call for Use Cases was published allowing all researchers and Phd students from Dutch universities, UMCs and research institutes to submit their use case. The call was looking for use cases that explored challenges and difficulties as well as positive experiences and successful outcomes. This collection of Use Cases is the result of this call.

Collection of Open Science Use Cases on Societal Engagement 2022​

In the context of the Netherlands National Open Science Festival 2022 a call for Use Cases for the Open Science Awards was published, allowing all researchers and Phd students from Dutch universities, universities of applies sciences, UMCs and research institutes to submit their use case. The Open Science Awards recognise and reward researchers or research students who have used Open Science to make their research more accessible, transparent or reproducible. This collection of Use Cases is the result of this call.

Community Canvas - Methodology to analyse, structure and strenghten communities​

"We have spent the last 15 years building and participating in communities and found tremendous joy in them. Based on our own experience and with the generous help of leading community builders, we have developed a framework that helps build stronger communities and make our society a bit more connected: [the Community Canvas](https://community-canvas.org/."

FORTT - Framework for Open and Reproducible Research Training​

FORRT is a Framework for Open and Reproducible Research Training advancing research transparency, reproducibility, rigor, and ethics through pedagogical reform and meta-scientific research. FORRT provides a pedagogical infrastructure & didactic resources designed to recognize and support the teaching and mentoring of open and reproducible science.

Mattermost - Communication tool for within an across communities​

Mattermost is an open-source, self-hostable communication tool designed for team collaboration and communication. It provides a secure, customizable, and scalable platform for organizations to communicate internally or with external partners.

The Turing Way handbook to reproducible, ethical and collaborative data science​

The Turing Way is an open science, open collaboration, and community-driven project. Its goal is to provide all the information you need to ensure that your project is easy to reproduce and reuse. A diverse community of contributors make data science accessible, comprehensible and effective for everyone.

Liberating Structures - Methods to liven-up your events​

"Liberating Structures are simple, powerful interaction patterns that ignite widespread local action to spark global ripples. By orchestrating a shift in the pattern of your daily interactions, LS equips you to solve immediate problems while simultaneously building your group’s capacity to take on complex, higher-order goals. It is time to move beyond the fatigue of over-control and the silence of under-engagement. Step through the door, experience the creative-adaptive flow, and discover the adjacent possibilities waiting on the other side."

Mozilla Blogpost - Six Major Ways of Building Values Together as a Community​

Six major ways of building values together as a community This is a helpful framework to start thinking about the different motivations and activities within a cimmunity, to identify which of these are most relevant for your community.

OSPARK - Open Science Promotion and Advocacy for Research Knowledge Bootcamp Resources​

The OSPARK project aims to empower the Open Science community by developing a comprehensive multi-week training Bootcamp focused on marketing and communication for Open Science Initiatives. The list of resources for this Bootcamp can be found on their project page (scroll down)

PATTERN - Training resources for Open Research and Innovation​

The PATTERN project developed free to (re)use learning resources for Citizen Science, FAIR Research Data Management, Open Access, Gender Equiality, Non-Discrimination and Inclusion, Dissemination and Exploitation, Science Communication, Research Integrity and Mental Health

Skills4EOSC - Skills for the European Open Science commons​

The Skills4EOSC project aimed to create a training ecosystem for Open and FAIR science and delivered many resources.

6. Upload YOUR resources to this collection​

At INOSC, we aim to learn and benefit from eachother. Please share formats, tools, best-practices that work in your OSC with the rest of the network here! Your resource will be evaluated by OSC representatives and, if suited, published on the OSC Toolkit website.