Indiana University joins HELIOS Open

Recognizing and reacting to the limits of a semi-closed research system, IU has joined more than 100 American universities in a coordinated effort to align higher education practices with open scholarship values. 

Ruth Lilly Dean of University Libraries, Diane Dallis-Comentale, will represent IU researchers as national systems are collaboratively designed to protect rigorous and responsible research while also promoting inclusivity, usability, and transparency. 

The Higher Education Leadership Initiative for Open Scholarship, or HELIOS Open, launched in 2022 with 60 universities and has quickly grown into the largest and most coordinated effort toward practical open scholarship progress. 

“Researchers here at IU, as well as across the country, embrace the possibilities and values of Open Scholarship. If it were easy to realign our systems and outputs to produce and share research results openly, we would already be doing it,” said Dallis-Comentale. 

“What is true is that much is required from each of us to make our values a reality. HELIOS Open offers higher education a space to design future research frameworks and IU must be present and engaged to ensure researchers here remain recognized and rewarded for their incredible contributions.” 

Appointed as IU’s representative by Vice President of Research Russ Mumper, Dallis-Comentale will meet regularly with peers from other institutions, in collaboration with IU leaders such as Heather Coates, IU’s Research Data Steward and Data Management Librarian at IU Indianapolis.