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

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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

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Thank You!Thank You!