{"id":3658,"date":"2017-07-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pl-asapbio.local\/asapbio-newsletter-vol-10\/"},"modified":"2025-03-28T21:38:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T21:38:18","slug":"asapbio-newsletter-vol-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asapbio.org\/asapbio-newsletter-vol-10\/","title":{"rendered":"ASAPbio newsletter vol 10 \u2013 Meeting on 7\/19, licensing task force"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dear subscribers,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The preprint ecosystem is growing rapidly. The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/biorxiv-preprint-server-gets-cash-boost-from-chan-zuckerberg-initiative-1.21894\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CZI\/bioRxiv partnership<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will fuel the expansion of the leading preprint server in the life sciences, and many other servers and platforms with varying degrees of disciplinary overlap exist or are planned (arXiv, PeerJ Preprints, preprints.org, OSF Preprints, ChemRxiv, SSRN, SciELO, PsyArxiv, EngArXiv, SocArXiv, Authorea, F1000Research, etc). Funding agencies are <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/asapbio.org\/funder-policies\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">enacting policies<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> supporting preprints, such as those developed by the Wellcome Trust and the Medical Research Council, while agencies like the NIH have gone a step further and developed <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/grants.nih.gov\/grants\/guide\/notice-files\/NOT-OD-17-050.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">guidelines for selecting a preprint server<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ASAPbio is now working to identify any gaps\/opportunities in the preprint ecosystem, which will help to inform the revision of ASAPbio\u2019s plans before the close of our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/asapbio.org\/plans-for-cs\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RFA suspension<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Toward this end, we\u2019re hosting a <a href=\"https:\/\/asapbio.org\/july-2017\">one-day meeting<\/a> in Cambridge, MA on Wednesday, July 19th. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The attendees\u2014including funders, researchers, and leaders of preprint services\u2014will discuss new developments, opportunities for collaboration, and perspectives on standards and best practices. A tentative agenda and attendee list can be found <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/asapbio.org\/july-2017\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><b>The meeting will be live-streamed via our <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCgJk0CirQM-76vVbuci11uw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>YouTube channel<\/b><\/a><b>, and we invite you to participate live by tweeting your questions and comments with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/asapbio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#ASAPbio<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, we\u2019re also working on understanding stakeholder attitudes toward <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/biologists-debate-how-to-license-preprints-1.22161\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">preprint licensing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is becoming an important topic as journals and funders begin to release policies in the area. <\/span><b>We\u2019ve established a <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/asapbio.org\/licensing\"><b>preprint licensing task force<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that will study funder, journal, and researcher needs, provide informative resources, and potentially recommend licenses that benefit the public good.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>Jessica Polka<br \/>\nDirector, ASAPbio<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear subscribers, The preprint ecosystem is growing rapidly. 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