Who Writes Scholarly Code?

This paper presents original research about the behaviours, histories, demographics, and motivations of scholars who code, specifically how they interact with version control systems locally and on the Web. By understanding patrons through multiple lenses – daily productivity habits, motivations, and scholarly needs – librarians and archivists can tailor services for software management, curation, and long-term reuse, raising the possibility for long-term reproducibility of a multitude of scholarship

Supporting Big Data Research at New York University

A local report prepared by members of NYU Division of Libraries in conjunction with Ithaka S+R on the state of "big data" research at New York University, written based on interviews with local researchers. The report provides summaries of findings, discussion, and recommendations for university- and library-level responses to the demands of such research in the future.Ithaka S+R, New York University Division of Librarie

ReproZip: 1.0.8

Behavior changes: No longer default to overwriting trace directories. ReproZip will ask what to do or exit with an error if one of --continue/--overwrite is not provided Bugfixes: Fix an issue identifying Debian packages when a file's in two packages Fix Python error Mixing iteration and read methods would lose data Fix reprounzip info showing some numbers as 0 instead of hiding them in non-verbose mode Another fix to X server IP determination for Docker Enhancements: New GUI for reprounzip, allowing one to unpack without using the command-line Add filters to remove some common files types from packed files (.pyc) or detected input files (.py, .so, ...) Add JSON output format to reprounzip info Allow using the Virtualbox display to reproduce X11-enabled experiments Downloads: reprozip (tarball) reprounzip (wheel, tarball) reprounzip-docker (wheel, tarball) reprounzip-vagrant (wheel, tarball) reprounzip-vistrails (wheel, tarball) reprounzip-qt 0.1 (wheel, tarball) Windows installer (Python 2.7, reprounzip, plugins and GUI) Mac Installer (Python 2.7, reprounzip, plugins and GUI

NSF 19-501 AccelNet Proposal: Community of Open Scholarship Grassroots Networks (COSGN)

The Community of Open Scholarship Grassroots Networks (COSGN), includes 120 grassroots networks, representing virtually every region of the world and every research discipline. These networks communicate and coordinate on topics of common interest. We propose, using an NSF 19-501 Full-Scale implementation grant, to formalize governance and coordination of the networks to maximize impact and establish standard practices for sustainability. In the project period, we will increase the capacity of COSGN to advance the research and community goals of the participating networks individually and collectively, and establish governance, succession planning, shared resources, andcommunication pathways to ensure an active, community-sustained network of networks. By the end of the project period, we will have established a self-sustaining network of networks that leverages disciplinary and regional diversity, actively collaborates across networks for grassroots organizing, and shares resources for maximum impact on culture change for open scholarship