Open@RIT, Creation of a University OSPO and the First Year's Lessons Learned.
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RIT launches Open@RIT as a university OSPO backed by Sloan and early Red Hat support, builds a dedicated LibreCorps team (software engineer, program manager, docs and two UI/UX students), and fields 26 applications for faculty projects, ending up supporting 23 projects, finishing 9 and having 6 active with 8 in pipeline. Deliverables include a website, playbook, Zotero resources, and a submission system tied to CHAOSS metrics; persistent blockers are policy, students own IP, and campus incentives.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Intro
- 3:46Creating an OSPO
- 6:21Faculty need support
- 10:09Open work at RIT
- 11:58Library Corps
- 13:26University OSPO
- 15:22Lessons Learned
- 15:58Science is Open
- 17:25Whats Next
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