TY - JOUR UR - https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.2711v3 DO - 10.7287/peerj.preprints.2711v3 TI - Imagining the ‘open’ university: Sharing scholarship to improve research and education AU - McKiernan,Erin C DA - 2017/09/14 PY - 2017 KW - open access KW - open data KW - open science KW - open research KW - academia KW - open education KW - open scholarship AB - Open scholarship, such as the sharing of articles, code, data, and educational resources, has the potential to improve university research and education, as well as increase the impact universities can have beyond their own walls. To support this perspective, I present evidence from case studies, published literature, and personal experiences as a practicing open scholar. I describe some of the challenges inherent to practicing open scholarship, and some of the tensions created by incompatibilities between institutional policies and personal practice. To address this, I propose several concrete actions universities could take to support open scholarship, and outline ways in which such initiatives could benefit the public as well as institutions. Importantly, I do not think most of these actions would require new funding, but rather a redistribution of existing funds and a rewriting of internal policies to better align with university missions of knowledge dissemination and societal impact. VL - 5 SP - e2711v3 T2 - PeerJ Preprints JO - PeerJ Preprints J2 - PeerJ Preprints SN - 2167-9843 ER -