Part 2: Research support in a 21st century academic library: a case study of Stellenbosch University...
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“Your dynamic partner in academic excellence”
Building blocks in the partnership between the Library and the Research
Office
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“Your dynamic partner in academic excellence”
Elsevier partnership
• Access to key, peer-reviewed scholarly journals and electronic books
• Writing workshops• Career guidance for researchers • Search strategy training• Subscription to SciVal Spotlight, Strata, Experts• Research performance evaluation workshops
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“Your dynamic partner in academic excellence”
Research Commons
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Institutional Research Repository
• 2008 - Theses & Dissertations Repository• 2010 - Expand to journal articles and other
research output material• Bibliographic research output records • Webometrics ranking
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Research At Stellenbosch
• Prize winning publication• Showcase researchers,
projects and facilities• First launched in the
Library (Research Commons)• Library participation on
editorial board
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Berlin 10 Open Access Conference
• First Berlin Conference in Africa 7 & 8 Nov 2012• Convergence between Library advocacy for Open
Access and institutional objective to play a leading role on the African continent
• Local Organising Committee
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“Your dynamic partner in academic excellence”
Practical examples of research support services and collaboration
between the Library and the Research Office
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“Your dynamic partner in academic excellence”
Prepare
Gather
CreatePreserve
Share
Measure
Research life cycle
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“Your dynamic partner in academic excellence”
Prepare
PREPARE deals with finding ideas and plan-ning the research pro-
ject
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“Your dynamic partner in academic excellence”
Prepare phaseResearch activities Library services
• Background reading/looking for ideas• Deciding on a topic• Formulating a research
question• Securing funding• Planning the project• Identifying skills deficits and
planning for workshops
• Orientation sessions • Contemplative space (
Research Commons)• Using SciVal Spotlight, the
Library provides insight into institutional themes
• Iterate funding opportunities
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“Your dynamic partner in academic excellence”
Gather
GATHER refers to the resources,
skills and strategies re-
searchers require to find information
sources for their research project.
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Gather phaseResearch activities Library services
• Literature review• Research design• Research method• Research proposal• Ethical compliance• Data collection
• Access to information sources• Training / workshops• Shared calendar for skills
development• Research support forum
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Create
CREATE refers to analysis, synthesis and writing as well
as networking, refer-ence management and compliance is-
sues (copyright, avoiding plagiarism,
etc.)
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Create phaseResearch activities Library services
• Data analysis•Writing• Edit/proofreading• Bibliographic management• Comply with copyright &
plagiarism
• Conducive space • Workshops on references
management & ethical use of information & storing and sharing documents
• Collaboration facilities: • tools to locate potential
collaborators • video-conferencing• collaboration spaces
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Preserve
PRESERVE refers to ensuring per-
petuate accessibil-ity of research
output and replic-ability of data
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“Your dynamic partner in academic excellence”
Preserve phaseResearch activities Library services
•Managing and archiving research outputs•Managing and archiving
research data
• Institutional reposity (SUNScholar)
• Self-archiving mandate
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Share
The SHARE phase refers mainly to
publishing; identi-fying suitable
journals in which to publish; choos-ing between Open Access and com-
mercial publishers
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Share phaseResearch activities Library services
• Publication in books• Publication in traditional
journals• Open access publishing• Conference papers• Publication in social media
• Provide guidance on different aspects of publishing
• Assist researchers to promote their work
• Provide a journal publishing platform
• Provide and manage funds for article processing charges for publication in open access journals
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Measure
MEASURE refers to determining the value or impact of research contribu-tions (social relev-ance and scientific
excellence)
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Measure phaseResearch activities Library services
• Strategic research management (showcasing, funding, collaboration)
• Determine journal impact • Author productivity and
impact reports• Profiling to increase visibility • Consider collaboration
opportunities• NRF ranking applications
• Individual and faculty based support wrt SciVal Spotlight, Strata & Experts including on demand reports
• On demand calculation of h-index for NRF rating applications
• Included in orientation sessions: journal metrics, unique researcherID, etc.
• On demand citation reports
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Conclusion
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Thank you!