Table of Contents
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The purpose of this document is to build on the Landscape Analysis by offering a roadmap of potential actions that stakeholders can use to chart both individual and collective responses.
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Broad adoption of common terms and conditions will have a market effect that favors products and services that are in the best interests of the academic community. This includes advantaging Open Source software over “black-box” algorithms and leveling the playing field for community-owned tools to compete with commercial options whenever available.
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The most direct path to ensure community control over data infrastructure is to build or acquire it.
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It is vital for the governing bodies of infrastructure services to include representation from the communities they serve in order to ensure that management stays accountable to the community’s evolving needs.
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Another avenue to expand community’s control over data infrastructure is to advocate for favorable federal and state policies.
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These community-based actions portend several possible realignments within the academic community and its stakeholder groups that should also be considered as efforts move forward.