💡 This is the transcript of the Open Update. Find the original audio on Anchor.fm. [00:00:00] Chris Hartgerink: Hello and welcome back to the Open Update for Liberate Science. I'm Chris Hartgerink, joined by my lovely co-host, Sarahanne Field. [00:00:07] Sarahanne Field: Hello.

When we publish research, we are committing to preserving that research content for as long as we can. At the same time, we need to be realistic and recognize that Liberate Science (”the business”) is still young and it remains uncertain how long we will be around. How do we make sure copies of the research are archived and available in futures that may or may not include the business?

On June 28th, we assembled our supporting community to decide next steps, together (see our original agenda). In this post, we report some key points for those who were unable to attend. Business development The business is progressing steadily, but our revenue is not growing fast enough to cover costs as they are. We had a great quarter, where we covered around 44% of our expenses with our own income.

🔈 This is the transcript of the Open Update. Find the original audio on Anchor.fm. [00:00:00] Chris Hartgerink: Hi, and welcome to another episode of the Open Update. For Liberate Science. I'm Chris Hartgerink, joined by my co-host Sarahanne Field. [00:00:08] Sarahanne Field: Hi there.

🔈 This is the transcript of the Open Update. Find the original audio on Anchor.fm. [00:00:00] Chris Hartgerink: Hi, and welcome to another episode of the Open Update. For Liberate Science, I'm Chris Hartgerink, joined by my co-host Sarahanne Field. [00:00:07] Sarahanne Field: Hey there.

In our ongoing process of intentionally designing business practices, we are today introducing our equipment policy. We learned accumulating things is even easier as an organization than it is as an individual. In a phase of scaling up, new equipment is purchased, but when scaling down we are left with those physical remains.

🔈 This is the transcript of the Open Update. Find the original audio on Anchor.fm. [00:00:00] Chris Hartgerink: Hi, and welcome to the Open Update. We're here for another episode. For Liberate Science, I'm Chris Hartgerink, joined by my lovely co-host, Sarahanne Field.

In February, we ran a pilot ResearchEquals Cohort. Seven sessions spread over four weeks, and five cohort graduates. Regardless of whether we continue, this is a delightful memory already. We met fantastic folk, learned from one another, and had fun. We’ve had some space and time to reflect on this, and with that it’s high time to evaluate and announce when the next Cohort will take place.

🔈 This is the transcript of the Open Update. Find the original audio on Anchor.fm. [00:00:00] Chris Hartgerink: Hi and welcome to the Open update. For Liberate Science, I'm Chris Hartgerink and I'm joined by co-host Sarahanne. [00:00:06] Sarahanne Field: Hello.

Tilburg University is now an inaugural supporting member of ResearchEquals, sustaining and governing the development of modular publishing. Tilburg University already included open science in its strategy in 2018 and has since vitalized local efforts through the Open Access Lab and the local Open Science Community.