Lero#
OSPO: Yes
Personnel: Patrick Healy, Clare Dillon
Member of: CURIOSS
General Description#
The Lero Open Source and Open Science Programme Office (Lero-OSPO) is a dedicated platform that is set up with the goal of promoting engagement between Lero members, stakeholders, and the broader Open Source community and promoting Open Science activities within Lero.
Lero is the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software.
Core Objectives#
The primary functions of the OSPO include:
Overseeing the development and management of open source software at Lero, with responsibilities including open source library selection, license compliance workflows
Managing Lero members’ relationship with the broader open source software (OSS) community, and more
The OSPO also advocates and promotes Lero’s Open Science policies and helps the Lero members with various activities & efforts related to Open Science
Primary Contacts#
Patrick Healy, Director of the Lero OSPO
Clare Dillon, Member of Lero OSPO and community member of Sustain OSS Academic Working Group and CHAOSS University Working Group.
Other context#
Lero is a Research Centre that involves the following 12 Irish academic institutions:
University of Limerick (Lero Host)
Atlantic Technological University
Dublin City University
Dundalk Institute of Technology
Maynooth University
Munster Technological University
South East Technological University
Technological University Shannon: Midlands Midwest
Trinity College Dublin
University College Cork
University College Dublin
University of Galway