{"id":440,"date":"2018-12-04T15:52:18","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T15:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/data-management\/?page_id=440"},"modified":"2024-09-19T16:35:55","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T16:35:55","slug":"osf","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/data-management\/store\/osf\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Science Framework"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/osf.io\/\">Open Science Framework (OSF)<\/a> is a free and open source web application built by the <a href=\"https:\/\/cos.io\/\">Center for Open Science<\/a> that provides all researchers with a mechanism to organize, collaborate, share, and store components of their research projects. Features of the OSF include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.osf.io\/article\/195-get-to-know-your-dashboard\">Individual user dashboards<\/a> to manage multiple projects, both private and public<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.osf.io\/article\/385-collaborating-on-projects\">Collaborative capabilities<\/a> to share data within and beyond institutions and research groups<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.osf.io\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360019738694-File-Revisions-and-Version-Control\">Version control<\/a> measures<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.osf.io\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360019737414-Grant-Access-to-a-Project\">Access control<\/a> at both project and file levels<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.osf.io\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360019931013-Create-DOIs\">Persistent identifiers (DOIs)<\/a> for all work and a platform to register and share work, whether in process or complete<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.osf.io\/hc\/en-us\/sections\/360003623833-Storage-add-ons\">Storage add-ons<\/a> for bringing together documents, data, code, and related products that are stored in different spaces such as Github, Google Drive, and Dropbox<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>OSF is designed to function with your workflow and to facilitate sharing at any point in the research process, either privately among your peers, or publicly with a persistent identifier and a citation.<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"OSFforMIT\"><\/a>OSF for MIT<\/h2>\n<p>MIT affiliates can now sign into OSF with your MIT credentials <a href=\"https:\/\/osf.io\/institutions\/mit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>\u00a0(Choose &#8220;login&#8221; and then select &#8220;login through your institution&#8221;). Use this <a href=\"https:\/\/osf.io\/institutions\/mit\/\">OSF for MIT portal<\/a>\u00a0to affiliate your public projects with MIT, view public projects with which others at MIT are involved, and make serendipitous connections for future collaborations.<\/p>\n<h2>Resources<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/54u7osoiq09abkh\/Handout_OSF_MIT.pdf?dl=0\">Getting Started with OSF at MIT<\/a> (1-page quick start PDF)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/help.osf.io\/\">OSF Guides\u00a0<\/a>provide detailed information on topics such as security and privacy, sharing projects, setting up add ons, and more.<\/li>\n<li>Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/help.osf.io\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360019737894-FAQs\">OSF FAQ<\/a>\u00a0for answers to common OSF questions.<\/li>\n<li>OSF also offers <a href=\"https:\/\/osf.io\/preprints\/\">OSF Preprints<\/a>. Don\u2019t know what preprints are or are interested in exploring preprint options? 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