- COLASC May 25 - UC OSPO <https://ucospo.net/> --- ## What is an OSPO? - Office to manage and support open source software (OSS) at an institution. - Enhances research, teaching, and community engagement through open source. --- ## Who Benefits? - Researchers: Get support for OSS projects and best practices. - Students: Access internships, mentorship, and practical OSS experience. - Departments: Collaborate across campus and with external partners. - External partners: Industry and non-profits gain a trusted academic partner for OSS. --- ## OSPO Activities - Best practice guidance on licensing, compliance, and project management. - Workshops, mentorship, and curricula on OSS. - Tech transfer: Collaboration with industry and managing intellectual property. - Community: Supporting diverse OSS communities through events and meetups. - UC Open in April 2025! - Infrastructure: Providing tools, engineering support, and grant management. --- ## OSPO Location - Library: Neutral ground, supporting open scholarship and data management. - Data science service: Promotes best practices in coding & computational research. - Research admin: Connects cross-disciplinary research and strategy. - Tech transfer office: Facilitates collaboration with industry and handles intellectual property management. --- ## Why Support an OSPO? - Aligns with open scholarship goals and reproducibility. - Broadens outreach to new academic and external partners (OSPO for good). - Establishes best practices for long-term sustainability. - Leverages a UC-wide initiative for shared resources, collaboration and expertise. - We are doing much of this already. --- ## Why Now? - Funding from the Sloan Foundation for UC OSPO network. - Growing campus engagement with open science and digital scholarship. - Aligns with university goals to increase research impact and public engagement. - Growth in this as successful model at other academic institutions. --- ## Next Steps (UCLA) - Hire student consultants and launch a train-the-trainer program in the DSC. - Train students and staff to consult on software best practices and community support as part of . - Create an inventory of OSPO-relevant lessons (with UCSD & UCSC) - Identify gaps and plan for development next year. - Support and sponsor hackathons to foster engagement. --- ## UC Network Activities - UC Open Conference (April 2025 in UCSC) - UC Open Source Repo Finder (UC ORB) - Containerization Service - Project Health tool and analytics (Apache Incubator Project Explorer (APEX) --- ### Contact us for more information or to get involved: - Tim Dennis (Campus Co-pi) <tdennis@library.ucla.edu> - Todd Grappone (Campus PI) <grappone@library.ucla.edu> - UC OSPO Net <https://ucospo.net/>