Hi, The National Library of Medicine (NLM) has driven open science and reproducible research long before the recent surge in popularity of the movement. Not only did the NLM start the Insight Toolkit (ITK) project in 1999, but it has continuously enabled it to thrive by supporting community development, maintenance, and algorithmic and technological advances to this day [1] [2].
Open science needs active communities, supported communities, standards, open-source tools, strong ties will commercial / clinical efforts, high-quality practices, transparency, and more - and those are exactly the strengths of our community's toolkits, applications, and projects. We should to encourage the NLM (NIH, DHHS, US Government) to continue to prioritize these efforts via their funding. The NLM has called for Request for Information (RFI) on the strategic plan for the institute: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-LM-17-002.html that is due by January 9th. Please consider letting the NLM know how important their role is in open science and open source. Thanks, Matt [1] https://itk.org/ITK/project/about.html [2] http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fninf.2014.00013/full _______________________________________________ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Kitware offers ITK Training Courses, for more information visit: http://kitware.com/products/protraining.php Please keep messages on-topic and check the ITK FAQ at: http://www.itk.org/Wiki/ITK_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/insight-developers
