In a recent piece for Issues in Science and Technology, IOI's Kaitlin Thaney and Jennifer Gibson from Dryad make the case plainly: without sustained operational funding, open research infrastructure keeps disappearing, and everything built on top of it goes with it.
Using data from IOI's State of Open Infrastructure report, the piece lays out concrete steps for funders and institutions to stop treating this infrastructure as an afterthought.
Read the full piece: https://issues.org/open-data-research-%20infrastructure-gibson-thaney/
Issues in Science and TechnologyWho Will Keep Research Data Infrastructure Open and Running? | Real NumbersThe scientific community must consider the longevity of open research infrastructure—why it might fail and how to prevent it.