UNESCO launches Toolkit to support Recommendations on Open Science

UNESCO recently released an Open Science Toolkit to aid implementation of the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science. The Toolkit is a set of guides, policy briefs, factsheets and indexes which will be updated to reflect new developments. They include, for example:

  • Building capacity for open science;
  • Funding open science;
  • Identifying predatory academic journals and conferences; and
  • Checklist for universities on implementing the Recommendation on Open Science.

Documents are published open access in English and French.

Author: Christine Turner

Scholarly Communication Librarian at UMass Amherst

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