20 May & 21 May 2020 – Academy of Sciences Malaysia and Malaysia Open Science Alliance Working Group on Policy and Guidelines participated in a virtual half-a-day workshop on two consecutive days to consolidate and finalize the first findings for landscape study of Open Science in Malaysia. The landscape study was carried out to i) map existing Open Science activities and players in Malaysia; ii) gauge the level of readiness of local institutions to adopt Open Science; iii) identify factors enabling and hindering Open Science adoption and iv) undertake benchmarking exercise to identify global indicators to measure Open Science readiness. The landscape study is based upon three exercises:
- A desk study of published literature available in the public domain, including existing Open Science initiatives in other countries as well as acts, policy and guidelines and regulations relevant to data sharing practices that are currently in force in Malaysia.
- Semi-structured interviews with top management universities, young researchers, senior researchers, head of data centres and chief librarians from five Research Universities in Malaysia
- Surveys targeting librarians and researchers in Malaysia.
Inputs from this Workshop was presented in the First Stakeholder Engagement Workshop for Open Science, which was held on June 4th, 2020.
