Open Science-friendly national R&D knowledge and information infrastructure

A case study from Korea

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https://doi.org/10.7557/5.6591

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Open Science building blocks, R&D, knowledge and information infrastructure, South Korea, NTIS

Abstract

This paper outlines the functionality of the South Korea’s National Science and Technology Information Service (NTIS), maintained by the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI). NTIS is a “one-stop shop” portal federating information on national R&D projects from multiple databases and metadata aggregators, including links to downloadable Open Access outputs and raw data. Among other functions, it provides a range of services based on R&D information analysis to facilitate open collaboration and knowledge co-development (e.g., providing network maps visualising collaboration among researchers and research institutes based on the field of research interest). In addition, some challenges associated with NTIS are outlined, including a lack of explicit Open Science mandates in national legislation and policies. We also suggest some opportunities for further development of the NTIS platform so that it can better support Open Science. These include, for example, alternative research impact metrics and a virtual laboratory service to be embedded into the NTIS functionality. Insights offered in this paper regarding the Korean experience of building an Open Science infrastructure could be useful to anyone planning to establish an R&D knowledge and information infrastructure, including various Open Science building blocks, in other contexts and countries.

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Author Biographies

Hanna Shmagun, Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI), University of Science and Technology (UST)

Hanna Shmagun is a PhD candidate at the University of Science and Technology (UST) in South Korea majoring in S&T Management Policy. She is also a researcher at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI). Among her areas of interest are S&T policy, Open Science, Research Data Management, Open Data, e-Government. She is also a co-chair of the Research Data Alliance (RDA) Sharing Rewards and Credit (SHARC) IG setting up to suggest crediting and rewarding mechanisms for Open Science activities.

Jangsup Shim, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

Jangsup Shim PhD is a research professor of Computer Science at KAIST. He worked as the Vice President at the National IT Industry Promotion Agency (NIPA) and the Institute for Information and Communications Technology Promotion (IITP) in Korea. He has over 30 years of professional experience in the information and telecommunication sector, including areas of digital communication, intelligent network, database handling technology and policy making related to the e-Government and Enterprise Architecture. He has also experience working in areas related to R&D management in the public domain. He has been active in academia as a member of the Korea Institute of the Information and Communication Engineering (KIICE), the Korea Information Processing Society (KIPS) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

Charles Oppenheim, Robert Gordon University

Charles Oppenheim BSc, PhD, DSc, DipInfSc, CertEd, FCLIP, HonFCLIP, FRSA, AUMIST, FRPSL is a visiting professor at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland and is an independent consultant. He has been involved in research, talks and publications on the library and information professions, national information policy, the information industry, Intellectual Property Rights and related legal issues, data protection, bibliometrics, the evaluation of research quality, and scholarly publishing trends. He has published over 700 journal articles, conference papers, reports, books and book chapters in these subjects, including his co-authored Information Law Compliance for Librarians, Knowledge Managers and Information Professionals (Facet, 2020). He is an Honorary Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals.

Kwangnam Choi, Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI)

Kwangnam Choi PhD is a principal researcher and the head of the Division of National Science & Technology Data at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI). He joined KISTI in 1994 and worked on the development of information retrieval system KRISTAL as well on the national digital library and the knowledge & information resource management projects of the Ministry of Information and Communication. He also served as the head of the National Science and Technology Information Service (NTIS) system development team as well as he headed the NTIS Center in 2018-2021. He has professional experience in the fields of information systems, big data, and information analysis. He is expanding in academic societies such as the Korea Technology Innovation Society (KOTIS), the Korea Convergence Society (KCS), and the Korea Society for Information Management (KOSIM).

Kwangho Chun, Institute for Information & Communication Technology Promotion (IITP)

Kwangho Chun PhD is a Senior researcher at Institute of information & communications Technology Planning & Evaluation (IITP). He is an adjunct professor in the Department of IT Convergence at Woosong University. He worked as the Senior Researcher at the IT Industry Promotion Agency(IITA) and the Korea Evaluation Institute Of Industrial Technology (KEIT) in S. Korea. He has over 20 years of professional experience in the ICT sector, including areas of digital mobile communication, intelligent broadband network, ICT policy making and emerging future technology related to the ICT R&D Government Project. He has also experience working in areas related to ICT R&D management/evaluation in the public domain. He is recently deeply interested in applied technologies that combine IoT and AI technology. He has been active in academia as a member of the Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS) and the Korea Digital Contents Society (DCS).

Jaesoo Kim, Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI)

Jaesoo Kim PhD is a President of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI) and a widely recognised data expert. He graduated from the Hongik University (Department of Computer Engineering), received a Master degree in Computer Engineering from the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies and a PhD degree in Computer Engineering from the Hongik University. He has worked for Korea Institute of Industry & Technology Information (KINITI) as well as headed several divisions in KISTI (the NTIS business division, the advanced information convergence division, the convergence technology research division, and the national science & technology data division). He is also a President of the Korea Technology Innovation Society, Vice President of the Korea Information Management Society, and Vice President of the Korea Contents Association.

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2022-11-01

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Shmagun, H., Shim, J. ., Oppenheim, C., Choi, K., Chun, K., & Kim, J. (2022). Open Science-friendly national R&D knowledge and information infrastructure: A case study from Korea. Septentrio Conference Series, (1). https://doi.org/10.7557/5.6591

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