Indiana University joins HELIOS Open

Recognizing and reacting to the limits of a semi-closed research system, Indiana University has joined the Higher Education Leadership Initiative for Open Scholarship (HELIOS Open) along with more than 100 American universities in a coordinated effort to align higher education practices with open scholarship values. HELIOS launched in 2022 with 60 universities and has quickly grown into the largest and most coordinated effort toward practical open scholarship progress. Appointed as IU’s representative by Vice President for Research Russell Mumper, Ruth Lilly Dean of University Libraries Diane Dallis-Comentale will meet regularly with peers from other institutions, in collaboration with IU leaders, and represent IU researchers as national systems are collaboratively designed to protect rigorous and responsible research, while also promoting inclusivity, usability, and transparency.

The IU Research Data Commons is pleased to support IU’s efforts in HELIOS Open and recognizes the key role that IU Research Data Steward Heather Coates, Digital Scholarship and Data Management Librarian at IUI Libraries, played in IU’s application to join. Coates serves on the RDC Implementation working group and as chair of the Data Sharing Workgroup.