petersuberKaitlin Thaney (@kaythaney) makes a strong argument that "the true cost of open infrastructure is systematically underestimated across the [research] sector. We can count grants. We can count memberships. We can't easily count the labor that quietly underwrites a lot of what makes these systems functional."
Mike OplingerWhat if every home and business became a mini power plant? A distributed energy network could power AI growth while strengthening the electrical grid.
https://mikeoplinger.com/from-power-plants-to-power-networks/
yulsthe cost of open infrastructure
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/so-whos-actually-supposed-pay-kaitlin-thaney-xf25e/ #openinfrastructure #openscience
So who's actually supposed to pay for this?
Last week I wrote about the framing problem – how we keep talking about support for open infrastructure as if it's a charitable gesture rather than a dependency that deserves a line item in your budget, the same way you'd treat any other piece of infrastructure your work actually runs on. This time
DataCiteThe recording and slides for our community webinar, “Check your Metadata Quality with the DataCite Metadata Dashboard,” are now available. See how the new dashboard helps you spot gaps, track progress, and improve DOI metadata quality. Watch, learn, and improve your metadata: https://youtu.be/wstEsFZ1Esk
@kelly
#DataCite #Metadata #MetadataQuality #PersistentIdentifiers #PIDs #DOI #ResearchData #OpenScience #FAIRData #ScholarlyInfrastructure #OpenInfrastructure #OpenResearch
Check your Metadata Quality with the DataCite Metadata Dashboard
Invest in Open InfrastructureDigital Scholar's growing role in open infrastructure includes its work with https://RightsStatements.org, key rights infrastructure for open access to digital cultural heritage.
After the project sought a new institutional home, Digital Scholar stepped in with a three-year effort to rebuild its governance and set it up to become an independent organization.
From our recent case study: https://investinopen.org/blog/digital-scholar-building-infrastructure/
CrossrefOur colleague Rocio Gaudioso presents at #FORCE2026 on Thursday, 4 June: A look at regional infrastructure, openness, and what inclusive scholarly communication requires across Asia's diverse research ecosystems.
https://event.fourwaves.com/force2026/pages
#OpenScience #OpenInfrastructure
New IOI case study: Sharon Leon, Co-CEO of the Corporation for Digital Scholarship, on sustaining open infrastructure beyond grant funding.
For 15+ years, Digital Scholar has sustained Zotero, Omeka, and other tools by selling services around them, and now mentors other projects too.
"What we are keeping in mind are the humans doing the digital work, in addition to the humanistic subject matter."
https://investinopen.org/blog/digital-scholar-building-infrastructure/
CrossrefWe're heading to the SSP 48th Annual Meeting (May 27–29)! 📌
Our colleague, Collin Knopp-Schwyn, will be presenting a poster: "Digital Object Impostors: What fake 'DOIs' tell us about real DOIs, and how publishers and authors can spot them."
Go and find Collin at the poster sessions!
🔗 https://bit.ly/ssp2026-program
#SSP2026 #ScholarlyPublishing #DOI #OpenInfrastructure #Crossref
Our colleague, Collin Knopp-Schwyn, will be presenting a poster: "Digital Object Impostors: What fake 'DOIs' tell us about real DOIs, and how publishers and authors can spot them."
Go and find Collin at the poster sessions!
🔗 https://bit.ly/ssp2026-program
#SSP2026 #ScholarlyPublishing #DOI #OpenInfrastructure #Crossref
The "Implementing FAIR Workflows project" has contributed a dedicated persistent identifiers chapter to "The Turing Way", a community-driven handbook for reproducible, ethical & collaborative research, raising awareness of how PIDs & metadata & open infrastructure connect: https://doi.org/10.5438/aah4-gj16
#FAIRData #PIDs #Metadata #OpenScience #ReproducibleResearch #TuringWay #OpenInfrastructure #ResearchData #ScholarlyCommunication #PersistentIdentifiers
It's Global Accessibility Awareness Day! Accessibility goes beyond alt text & color contrast; it means identifying barriers, improving usability & supporting inclusive access to open infrastructure. Read our accessibility statement on how we improve our website & services: https://datacite.org/accessibility-statement/
#GAAD #Accessibility #DigitalAccessibility #A11y #InclusiveDesign #OpenInfrastructure #OpenScience #ScholarlyInfrastructure