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The FORCE11 Scholarly Communication Institute (FSCI, pronounced ''fis-key'') is a week-long program first launched in 2017, which provides skill training, networking and collaboration opportunities on innovative mode of communicating research. As a global initiative by the Future of Research Communications and e-Scholarship (
In 2017, FSCI was hosted under partnerships between FORCE11 and the University of California at San Diego. In 2019, University of California at Los Angeles started to partner with FORCE11 to host the third annual FSCI and expected it to be a long-term collaboration. The table below listed the location and dates of the Institutes.
FORCE11
FORCE11 is an international coalition of researchers, librarians, publishers and research funders working to reform or enhance the research publishing and communication system. Initiated in 2011 as a community of interest on scholarly communicatio ...
), FSCI brings researchers, students, administrators, funders, librarians, publishers, and other informational professionals together to build up expertise through intensive training and hands-on collaborations.
The aim of the FSCI is to teach students, faculty members, administrators, and librarians how to navigate this rapidly evolving world of scholarly, scientific, and research communication. In the words of former FORCE11
FORCE11 is an international coalition of researchers, librarians, publishers and research funders working to reform or enhance the research publishing and communication system. Initiated in 2011 as a community of interest on scholarly communicatio ...
President Cameron Neylon
David Cameron Neylon is an advocate for open access and Professor of Research Communications at thCentre for Culture and Technologyat Curtin University. From 2012 - 2015 they were the Advocacy Director at the Public Library of Science.
Education ...
(term 2016-2017), "the idea is that we all have as much to learn from each other, as we have to offer in terms of ideas and technology." It is modeled on the Digital Humanities Summer Institute
The Digital Humanities Summer Institute (DHSI) is an annual digital humanities training program held in June at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. DHSI now attracts over 600 participants for two weeks of courses, forum discuss ...
in Victoria, BC.
History
In 2017, FSCI was hosted under partnerships between FORCE11 and the University of California at San Diego. In 2019, University of California at Los Angeles started to partner with FORCE11 to host the third annual FSCI and expected it to be a long-term collaboration. The table below listed the location and dates of the Institutes.
Scope
FSCI is structured for each attendee to choose one morning course and two afternoon courses on scholarly communication topics ranging from introductory to cutting-edge. For example: * building an open and information-rich institute * data across domains * open and reproducible research * author carpentry * peer review - emerging approaches *persistent identifiers * new forms of publications * understanding research metrics and measuring success There are also plenary sessions, do-a-thons, slides karaoke, and other social events throughout the week.Impact
FSCI attendees reported that they developed deeper contextualized understanding of scholarly communication issues. FSCI has been providing scholarships for attendees from 6 continents across the world. Adegbilero-Iwari Idowu from Elizade University, IIara-Mokin, Nigeria reported that the FSCI training had enabled him to be a pioneer for scholarly communication in Nigera.References
External links
* University of California, Los Angeles Summer schools Educational institutions established in 2017 2017 establishments in California {{LosAngeles-school-stub