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            Open science 

            The objective of open science is to make research robust and as transparent as possible. W
            articles used to be the most important and often the only result of research work, in an e
            advances in IT where large-scale research infrastructures are being developed, we can now 

            other types of output – science is no longer just an article in a physical journal. The fo
            the sharing of data (and other parts of the research process, such as workflows or softwar
            and even open sharing outside the academic community.   


            Open Science Support Centre  

            However, new opportunities also entail new requirements, and a certain change in the way w
            the area of research data management) is often not without challenges. The goal of the Ope
            Centre [ URL "https://openscience.cuni.cz/OSCIEN-1.html"] , established at Charles Univers

            Library [ URL "https://library.cuni.cz/"] as part of the HR Award project, is to make this
            easy as possible for researchers. The Centre offers expertise and support in the area of r
            management, open publishing of research results, and in the use of licences as a part of t


            Research data management   
            Although research data management is one of the most important activities in most types of

            it is still relatively undervalued in the Czech environment. It got more attention interna
            the principles that data must comply with have been defined (FAIR Data Principles) [ URL "
            openscience.cuni.cz/OSCIEN-50.html"] , new infrastructure for storing and sharing data has

            (in the EU, consolidated under the overarching initiative European Open Science Cloud; [ U
            eosc.eu/"] in the Czech Republic, EOSC CZ [ URL "https://www.eosc.cz/en"] ), and the requi
            creating a Data Management Plan [ URL "https://openscience.cuni.cz/OSCIEN-49.html"] (DMP) 

            research projects have been standardized. Adaptation to the new environment naturally plac
            both university employees and the university itself. The university must create conditions
            data, not only in the form of technical infrastructure, but also it must also provide dire

            training in these areas. A key document for these efforts at the university is the recentl
            University Research Data Policy [ URL "https://cuni.cz/UKEN-1958.html"] . 


            Open access 
            Publishing in traditional journals (though often no longer in paper form) is also undergoi
            Open Access [ URL "https://openscience.cuni.cz/OSCIEN-10.html"] requirement seeks to chall

            where authors give the rights to their articles to commercial publishers free of charge, w
            them back to (not only) their parent institutions at a high price. Publishers are resistin
            research institutions to retain a degree of control over the articles they produce. The ai

            is not only to allow wider access to publicly funded research, but also to reduce dependen
            commercial system that has emerged in the research publishing environment. This change, ne
            not entirely easy and presents new challenges for authors.More emphasis is placed on the l

            open access [ URL "https://openscience.cuni.cz/OSCIEN-135.html"] , and authors are sometim
            the financing of open access (Article Processing Charge – APC). The Open Science Support C
            infrastructure in this area (the CU Research Publication Repository [ URL "https://publica

            locale-attribute=en"] ), as well as support and training.  
             
            Open science (beyond) research projects 

            The implementation of open science principles in research is becoming one of the requireme
            research funders [ URL "https://openscience.cuni.cz/OSCIEN-30.html"] . Hence, it is very l
            sooner or later, practically everyone who is serious about modern research will encounter 

            Centre’s goal is that, at the end of this encounter, there will be more satisfied research
            transparent and high-quality research. Because, as it is sometimes said – open science is 
            right.