Research Community Outreach with Open Science Team Agreements
The Carpentries alpha Stage
A full draft exists and is being piloted by the original developers. Gaps or inconsistencies may still be present.About this Lesson
Introduces the Open Science Team Agreement template as a practical tool for researchers and librarians to advocate for open science practices and plan research outreach activities.
Learning Objectives
- Summarize the benefits of an open science team agreement.
- Modify the open science team agreement for an example research group.
- Design an outreach plan for a specific research audience.
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Help Improve this Curriculum
This lesson is currently in the alpha phase. The authors are currently piloting this draft. You can help by reviewing the materials and reporting any bugs or areas for improvement.
For more on how to run a pilot, visit The Carpentries Handbook.
- Duration: 2h 15m
- Level: Introductory
- License: CC-BY 4.0
APA Format:
BibTeX:
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@misc{research_community_outreach_with_open_science_team_agreements_2026,
author = {Samantha Teplitzky and Ariel Deardorff and Samantha Wilairat},
title = {Research Community Outreach with Open Science Team Agreements},
year = {2026},
publisher = {UCLA IMLS Open Science},
url = {https://ucla-imls-open-sci.info/lessons/research-community-outreach-with-open-science-team-agreements}
}- Last updated: May 2026
- Contributors: 3 people
- Open discussions: 2
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Authors
Samantha Teplitzky
Open Science Librarian, UC Berkeley
Ariel Deardorff
Director of Data Science & Open Scholarship, UCSF Library