Open Scholarship Bootcamp begins Wednesday, August 13
The Penn State Open Scholarship Bootcamp begins this Wednesday, August 13, 2025. The Bootcamp is open to all Penn Staters and starts with a continental breakfast at 8:30 am in the Pattee Library Dewey Room.
The 2 1/2 day event features keynote talks by leaders in open scholarship, hands-on workshops, lively discussions, and multiple opportunities for informal networking and socializing.
The Bootcamp website and detailed schedule may be found here:
https://penn-state-open-science.github.io/bootcamp-2025/
Featured Keynotes
The keynotes will be held in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library and are open to the entire Penn State Community.
Wednesday, August 13, 2025 at 10:45 am
Harnessing AI for scientific integrity
Sarah Rajtmajer, Penn State College of IST
Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 10:45 am
Rescuing and preserving public data: The Data Rescue Project
Lynda Kellam, University of Pennsylvania
Friday, August 15, 2025 at 10:45 am
Intro to copyright and open access publishing (Abstract)
Danielle Steinhart, University Libraries
Bootcamp data
The following figures provide some data about Bootcamp registrations.
The Bootcamp is sponsored by the Child Study Center, the University Libraries, the Institute for Computational & Data Science, the Social Sciences Research Institute, the Department of Statistics, and the Center for Social Data Analytics.