Open Science for NOAA Fisheries PAM

Open Science is a movement to make scientific research (including publications, data, software) transparent and accessible so that knowledge is shared. This repository provides resources to help NOAA Fisheries Passive Acoustic Monitoring groups adopt an Open Science approach to their research.

Sharing Knowledge

Public access to knowledge is a fundamental component of Open Science that often takes a back seat to open access to methods and data. The open sharing of knowledge not only helps our future selves, it also helps serves to lessen the inequities inherent in scientific research. When we learn something new, we should consider how we can share this information. Here we give advice on sharing knowledge through BioAcoustics Stack Exchange (a public Q & A platform) and with Zotero Libraries (shared public libraries to identify reports and publications).

Co-Working

Co-working allows researchers to work together in time and/or space to provide motivation, accountability, and assistance. There are any number of ways to co-work, and here we provide a few suggestions to conduct co-working sprints or writers workshops.

OpenScapes

This section contains methods for adopting an Open Science broken up into specific goals, including: Creating a Lab Manual, Developing a Github Organization, and creating a Research Compendium.

In the spirit of collaborative open science, if you have an idea or suggestion for expanding or improving this set of Open Science materials, please follow the instructions below to submit and issue.

IF YOU NEED HELP or IF YOU HAVE SUGGESTIONS

Submit an Issue on THIS repository requesting help:

  • Go to https://github.com/SAEL-SWFSC/OpenScience

  • At top Menu Bar, click on ⊙ Issues

  • At right, click on green NEW ISSUES button

  • Give a descriptive title, and add a description of the specific help you need. At the right, under Assignees, choose all three:

    • shannonrankin

    • Kourtney-Burger

  • One of us will help you as soon as we can!