Futurecast
Washington DC
8 June 2011
Ricky Erway Jennifer SchaffnerProgram OfficersOCLC Research Library Partnership
Research Information ManagementResearch Information Management
The two guiding questionsThe two guiding questions
What is most needed by our partners ?
What lends itself to collaborative attention?
Research Information Management Research Information Management
Where we’ve come from
2008 RLG Partnership Meeting2008 RLG Partnership Meeting
The Researcher’s UniverseThe Researcher’s Universe
User
Domain
Institution
Data Environment
A&I, peer-reviewed journals, search engines, disciplinary repositories, social networks, datasets, databases, e-text centers… Self-assessment
Funding-based assessmentTenure-based assessment
Comfort zoneCollaborationCompetition
Assessment Regime
Scholarly communicationInstitutional reputationPublic relationsGrant funding
Name identifiersExpertise profiling
Research Information Management Research Information Management
Where we’ve been
RIM Working groups RIM Working groups
• Binghamton University, SUNY
• Brigham Young University
• California Digital Library
• Columbia University
• Emory University
• Oregon State University
• Rice University
• Rutgers University
• Stanford University
• The New School
• Trinity College Dublin
• University of Alberta
• University of California, Berkeley
• University of Cambridge
• University of Chicago
• University of Edinburgh
• University of Glasgow
• University of Leeds
• University of Melbourne
• University of Minnesota
• University of Oxford
• University of Pennsylvania
• University of Sydney
• University of Warwick
Outcomes to dateOutcomes to date
• Institutional reputation assessment
• Comparative Review of Research Assessment Regimes in Five Countries and the Role of Libraries in the Research Assessment Process
• Research Assessment and the Role of the Library
• Research support
• Support for the Research Process: An Academic Library Manifesto
• A Slice of Research Life: Information Support for Research in the United States.
• Research Support Services in UK Universities
• Supporting Research: Environments, Administration and Libraries
Research Information Management Research Information Management
What comes next?
Looking forwardLooking forward
Library support for academia
• Support for researchers on campus
• Services that support academia writ large
Intersection between library and other campus service departments
• Managing research
• Assembling research output
OCLC support for libraries and academia
Possible areas of investigationPossible areas of investigation
<Your ideas go here>
In all that we do …In all that we do …
… We are guided by two questions:
What is most needed by our partners ?
What lends itself to collaborative attention?
Thank You!Thank You!
Disciplinary Repositories and HubsDisciplinary Repositories and Hubs
InstitutionalIR is about research output assessment and preservation
Vertical
Often is met with indifference
Has institutional support
DisciplinaryDR is about researchers’ needs
Horizontal
Often has gravitational pull
May have a variety of support
A Disciplinary Hub might surround the DR with a variety of other services:•Collaborator finder and collaboration workspace•Grant information•Reputation management and expertise profiling•Social networking •Data set curation
Disciplinary HubsDisciplinary Hubs
What are good examples?
What role do mandates play?
Is there a data set curation component?
Is there a role for library subject liaisons?
What is the relationship between IRs and DRs?
What are successful sustainability plans?
Disciplinary Hubs - approachesDisciplinary Hubs - approaches
Scan for work that has already been done
Identify exemplars of disciplinary hubs
Case studies could characterize what works
Examine models for sustainability
…
Thank You!Thank You!
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