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25th February 2011
Managing research, managing repositories.Josh BrownResearch Information Management and Scholarly Communications
j.brown@jisc.ac.uk
JISC and repositories in the UK:
147+ repositories in the UK
JISC has invested millions in:
– Infrastructure
– Services
– Software
– Preservation tools
– National support and guidance
Funding has reflected the importance of the repository network to the sector and to the digital infrastructure vision
Aim has always been to help repositories reach a critical mass
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Do you consider that JISC has helped your repository to develop in any way?
– Yes 22
– No 2
– Don’t Know 1
– Total 25
Most reported that JISC had either funded the development of their repository or had supported their work via, for example, the Repository Support Project
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Current focus is on addressing specific issues such as:
– Deposit – DepositMo, DURA, RePosit, Kultivate and, SWORD, OARJ, Sonex
– Shared services – refining, consolidating and identifying new requirements, we have a number of shared services in this area – e.g. SHERPA RoMEO, OpenDOAR
– Take-up and embedding/integration – 6 projects. Also producing a guide to integration and embedding.
– National and International collaboration – possible joint strategy development for repository infrastructure (Research Councils, UKCoRR, PubMed Central), Knowledge Exchange Groups, COAR, openAIRE
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Repositories are a central part of the emerging Research Information Management infrastructure
– J-eS
– Research council SSC
– MRC e-Val and ESRC Society Today
Interactions with CRIS systems
REF reporting
Funder and institutional mandate compliance
Role to play as key stores for impact evidence, research data
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Borne out by the role repositories play in JISC research info projects:
– Enquire (Glasgow): recording impact evidence in Eprints
– MICE (KCL/St Andrews/Goldsmiths): extending CERIF4REF schema to include impact evidence, exporting from repositories
– BRIM (Huddersfield): linked repositories to HR data to disambiguate authors
– CRISPool (St Andrews/Glasgow/Edinburgh): pooled publication and staff info from partners in a research pool
– BRUCE (Brunel/St George’s): Drawing together data from across the institution to create a data warehouse for a range of reporting purposes
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Where are these projects heading?
– Improved reporting, both internal (business intelligence) and external (HESA, REF...)
– Greater collaboration across the sector
• 5 projects, 8 partners
• 4 projects, 17 partners
– Greater involvement with funders: RCs, HEFCE
– Greater involvement with private companies in developing a shared infrastructure: Atira, Symplectic, Thomson Reuters
– Easier collaboration, easier integration
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These developments offer :
– Enhanced partnerships for repositories, new communities for repository managers
– Diversified roles for the repository
– Repository managers the chance to extend their expertise
– Wider, stronger community of practice
BUT...
– The challenges are significant also.
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Challenges for repositories:
– Building content
– Integrating with other campus systems
– Keeping OA on the agenda
– Fighting for resources (cash, technical, staff)
– Changing workflows
– Multiplying standards and initiatives
– Scalability – more uses = more demands
– Maintaining the identity and value of the repository in a new landscape
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Challenges for JISC...
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JISC Budget 2010-11
Challenges for JISC...
– How can we continue to support the repository community?
– Infrastructure development has moved on from repositories
– BUT infrastructure depends on repositories...
– Demands on repositories will continue to grow:
• More services
• More integration
• More competition for resources
The solutions are not obvious, but we have some ideas.
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Repositories as partners:
– Research information management depends on the repository community
– Repository managers have the skills and experience we need
Repositories in the policy landscape
– Reinforces the value of the Open agenda
– Puts the focus on content
– Relies on the accruing evidence
– Central to the work of the Open Access Implementation Group
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So, questions FOR the audience:
What do you think would be the most valuable policies JISC could support?
What do you see as the priority concerns for your repository in the next few years?
How do you see the landscape in three to five years time?
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Thank you for listening, and thanks for your ideas.
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