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Researchers: Roadmap, Roles and Reality Checks
—the Work of the RIM Programme
Ricky Erway, Senior Program Officer John MacColl, European Director RLG Partnership, OCLC Research18 September 2009
RLG Partnership: Diverse PerspectivesRLG Partnership: Diverse Perspectives
About 130 partner institutions in North America, Europe, the Middle East and in the Asia-Pacific region.
National libraries, universities, museums, and independent research libraries
System-wide ChallengesSystem-wide Challenges
RLG: a unique venue - international perspective on shared priorities and concerns, community-wide impact
Combined OCLC Research and RLG Partnership capacity
supports evidence-gathering, problem-solving, prototyping
System-wide outlook and insights into macro-economics of library enterprise
Direct engagement with partner libraries provides opportunities to shape collective action agenda
Evolution of the Research Information Management program
Evolution of the Research Information Management program
• Incubation of an idea by staff• Input at from RLG Partners at 2008 RLG Annual Meeting
• RIM interest group• Advisory group on Research Output
Assessment • Four working groups • Update and recalibration at 2009 Annual
Meeting
Research Information Management Research Information Management
Image by permission of Rick Luce
Meeting Researchers’ NeedsMeeting Researchers’ Needs
The Research Information Management UniverseThe Research Information Management Universe
Scholar; Scopus; WoK; WorldCat; Oaister; CiteSeer; Google Books; datasets; databases; EEBO/ECCO; VREs; repositories; etc
Researcher
Domain
Institution
Data Environment
Assessment Regime
Other Researchers
Other Researchers
Large research-oriented (tend toward STEM)Smaller research-oriented (tend toward humanities)Tenure issuesFunding issues
JISC NamesISNIResearcherIDPeople AustraliaDAICooperative ID Hub?
Self-assessment (Netherlands; Nordic)Funding-based (UK, Australia)Tenure based (US)PR and institutional reputation (all)
Comfort zone, but withcompetition issues
RLG Research Information Management (RIM) ProgramRLG Research Information Management (RIM) Program
RLG Research Information Management ActivityRLG Research Information Management Activity
• Report on Scholarly Information Practices• Workflows in Research Assessment Project
(WRAP) consultancy• Joint investigation with RIN • Projects within the RLG Partnership
• A RIM manifesto• Testing the desirability of research services• Role of libraries in data curation• Changing roles of library staff
InstitutionDomain
User
First understand, then interveneFirst understand, then intervene
Patterns of Convergence in Scholarly PracticePatterns of Convergence in Scholarly Practice
accessingassessingchaining
disseminatingnetworking
Interdisciplinaryprobing
translating
HumanitiesSciences
direct searching scanningco-authoring coordinating monitoring data-sharing
Browsing collecting
re-reading assembling
consulting
note-taking
Adapted from C. Palmer, L. Teffau, C. Pirmann (2009)
Workflows in Research Assessment Program (WRAP) Consultancy
Workflows in Research Assessment Program (WRAP) Consultancy
• Survey library roles in research assessment data-gathering regimes within research universities in: • UK• Netherlands• Denmark• Republic of Ireland• Australia
• Describe the assessment regimes, placing them on a spectrum from high- to low-intervention, noting national characteristics.
Assessment RegimeInstitution
Joint project with UK Research Information NetworkJoint project with UK Research Information Network
Investigate methods of managing places of intersection around research support on campus Data Environment
Institution
User
RIM ActivityRIM Activity
• Report on Scholarly Information Practices• WRAP consultancy• Joint investigation with RIN • Projects within the RLG Partnership
• A RIM manifesto• Testing the desirability of research
services• Role of libraries in data curation• Changing roles of library staff
RIM Roadmap ProjectRIM Roadmap Project
•This project involves issuing a provocative call to action, urging academic libraries to take a more significant role in their institution's research mission.
Working GroupSusan Ashworth - University of GlasgowNiamh Brennan - Trinity College DublinElizabeth Brown - Binghamton University, SUNYSheila Cannell - University of EdinburghRoss Coleman - University of SydneyRobin Green - University of WarwickGeneva Henry - Rice UniversityAllen Jones - The New SchoolRebecca Kennison - Columbia UniversityMJ Romaniuk - University of AlbertaSally Rumsey - University of Oxford Anna Shadbolt - University of MelbourneChair: Chris Bourg - Stanford University
Data EnvironmentAssessment Regime
Institution
Support for the Research Process: An Academic Library Manifesto
Support for the Research Process: An Academic Library Manifesto
Scholarly communication and practice have undergone radical transformations in recent years. Developments such as cloud computing, open access publishing and online social networking are affecting scholarly practices. Researchers are asking a wider range of questions, using diverse data and methods, producing new forms of scholarly output, and engaging in innovative new forms of research and publication. The enticing opportunities in digital scholarship are coupled with new challenges for the research community. Researchers are drowning in a deluge of raw data and information and face a bewildering array of options for disseminating and sharing their work. The choices these scholars make have implications on intellectual ownership, potential audience, ways of measuring impact, and long-term preservation. As budgets across higher education are shrinking, some in the academy are questioning the continued value of large academic libraries. At the same time, many academic libraries are providing vital and innovative services and resources in support of emerging forms of research, publishing, and information management. While some would argue that academic libraries are playing an increasingly important role in scholarly research, others fear that they are on the brink of extinction and must change radically to survive. The challenge is to rise above the debate, and take a fresh look at the role of academic libraries in scholarly research.
Manifesto principlesManifesto principles
• Study the ever-changing work patterns and needs of scholars• Design flexible new services around those parts of the research
process that cause scholars the most frustration and difficulty.• Embed library services in scholars’ workflows; integrating with
services others provide• Redefine reference as research and technical consultation
instead of fact-finding. • Ensure that staff training and hiring reflect needs of new modes
of scholarly research.• Recognize that discovery will happen outside of libraries --
provide the organization that makes content discoverable.• Focus on unique, core services; while seeking collaborative
partnerships for common services. • Demonstrate the value of library services to funders; while
providing services that may seem invisible to scholars.• Engage researchers in the selection of content for long-term
preservation and access. • Offer alternative scholarly publishing and dissemination
platforms
RIM Research Services ProjectRIM Research Services Project
• A list of research support services will be tested with researchers. The list exemplifies a user-centered approach, with services that researchers should like because they can make their work easier and help them in maintaining their scholarly reputation.
Working GroupSusan Ashworth - University of GlasgowJeff Belliston - Brigham Young UniversityNiamh Brennan - Trinity College DublinMartha Brogan, University of PennsylvaniaSten Christensen - University of SydneyJudy Gardner, Rutgers UniversityLeah Krevit, Rice UniversityZack Lane - Columbia UniversityVirginia Shih - University of California, BerkeleyChair: Robin Green - University of Warwick
Data Environment
Institution
User
List of Research Support Services
(slide 1 of 2)
List of Research Support Services
(slide 1 of 2)We will… • provide you dedicated space on a server.• help you load your work if you like, and back it up.• ensure access to your work remotely, wherever you
are.• help you structure space to organize your notes,
datasets, others’ publications, presentations…• provide tools for group work/version control at file
level.• help you manage your research, track who is involved
in which grant, which research is funded by which grant, and purchasing grant-funded equipment.
• include you in the campus expertise database and facilitate inclusion in disciplinary expert databases.
• keep your personal bibliography up-to-date. • provide you with a customizable personal web page.
List of Research Support Services
(slide 2 of 2)
List of Research Support Services
(slide 2 of 2)(Cont.) We will… • advise on information sources and publication routes
when you research in unfamiliar disciplines. • maintain your awareness of rights issues relating to
your outputs and to negotiate publication rights• help you comply with funder requirements.• see that your work is disseminated broadly, quickly and
openly, with maximum impact for you and your university.
• preserve your outputs in the institutional repository and facilitate inclusion in disciplinary repositories.
• do the authority work to credit you for the various forms of your name used in indicating authorship.
• help you manage, store and preserve your data, link it to your related publications, and make it available for reuse.
• enable your work to go with you if you leave this institution.
While big science often has its data curation needs met outside the library, the library needs to be prepared to respond to the need for local dataset management, to look beyond derivative data, to include the source data, and to help researchers manage the entire data lifecycle.
Working GroupJeff Belliston - Brigham Young UniversityNiamh Brennan - Trinity College DublinElizabeth Brown - Binghamton University, SUNY Rowan Brownlee - University of SydneyFaye Chadwell - Oregon State UniversityPatricia Cruse - California Digital LibraryRobin Green - University of WarwickAllen Jones - The New SchoolMJ Romaniuk - University of AlbertaSally Rumsey - University of OxfordAnna Shadbolt - University of MelbourneChair: ?
Data Environment
InstitutionDomain
User
Data Curation Project
Assess library contributions related to data curation• Big science vs. little science and humanities• Derivative data vs. source data• Data lifecycle management• Data reuse• Institutional vs. disciplinary approaches
Data Curation
This project entails an investigation of how traditional library roles can be simplified, so that libraries can rise to the increasing demands related to scholarly communication and data curation.
Working GroupSusan Ashworth - University of GlasgowChris Bourg - Stanford UniversitySheila Cannell - University of EdinburghRoss Coleman - University of SydneyRobin Green - University of WarwickAllen Jones - The New SchoolCatherine Mitchell - California Digital LibraryMJ Romaniuk - University of AlbertaSally Rumsey - University of OxfordSarah Watstein, University of California, Los AngelesChair: Niamh Brennan - Trinity College Dublin
Data EnvironmentAssessment Regime
InstitutionDomain
Changing Roles of Library Staff
Explore changing roles of library staff• Increasing demands • Role of "data librarians" • Faculty liaison role• Specialization in rights and open access• Ways to work with departments to increase
data management awareness and skills
Changing Roles of Library Staff
Comments?Comments?
• Report on Scholarly Information Practices• WRAP consultancy• Joint investigation with RIN • Projects with the RLG Partnership
• A RIM manifesto• Testing the desirability of research services• Role of libraries in data curation• Changing roles of library staff
ResourcesResources
Research Information Management Programwww.oclc.org/programs/ourwork/researchinfoOCLC Research White Paperswww.oclc.org/programs/publications/reports.htmBloghttp://hangingtogether.org/ Webinars and Podcastshttp://www.oclc.org/programsandresearch/parcasts
Ricky Erway [email protected] MacColl [email protected]