CRIS as an Interconnector: IConnectEU - Building a thematic CRIS Maximilian Stempfhuber & Engin...

CRIS as an Interconnector:IConnectEU - Building a thematic CRIS

Maximilian Stempfhuber & Engin SagbasGESIS-IZ Social Science Information CentreBonn, Germany

euroCRIS Membership Meeting 2008, Moscow

IConnectEU - Building a thematic CRIS Maximilian Stempfhuber

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Agenda

• Why a thematic CRIS?• The idea behind IConnectEU• The IConnectEU Portal• Feasibility – Lessons learned so far• Future steps• Conclusions


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Obstacles in accessing research information…

…in the way it is currently produced by researchers• Different target groups / different information needs• Dispersed information (websites), hard to get an

overview• Heterogeneous information• Lack of interlinked information • Lack of interactive access and visualization• Lack of sustainability of results (after end of

projects)

Integrating and organizing the available information provides added value for the users

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Typical questions regarding research information

• Which projects are working on a specific topic?• Which persons and institutes are cooperating in the

project?• Is there statistical data for this country?• Which resources are available for/from a specific

country?• Which project is doing research on a specific country?• Which are a person's publications?• Which outcomes are available from a specific project?

Mix between typical CRIS entities (projects, publications etc.) and documentation-oriented aspects (geographic coverage, research method etc.; discipline-specific)

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The idea behind IConnectEU

Researchers noticed:• Each project normally has its own

dissemination activities• There is a demand from the researches

involved in the projects to access the outcomes of their colleagues

• They know each other from conferences

Exchange of information between researchers is driven by a common research interest (not by a general need for information, a common funding scheme, the country they live in, the institution they work at, …)

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The idea behind IConnectEU (cont.)

Commission noticed:• For “third parties” (political stakeholders, general

public etc.) it is difficult to identify complementary research activities and information (they are no scientists)

• Most dissemination activities are targeted at other researchers (conferences, scientific publications etc.) and are not directly useful for other groups of users:– Hard to find– Difficult to get an overview what is there– Not easy to understand and determine consequences

IConnectEU = CRIS as a dissemination tool for researchers = researchers take the active role

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Goal: Connect complementary research via joint dissemination


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Adding value by thematic integration


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IConnectEU – The project

• Funded by the European Commission under FP6 as SSA• Duration: 01.03.2006 - 31.10.2008• Partners: 8 projects from FP 6, Priority 7

“Citizens and Governance in a Knowledge-based Society”

+ an social sciences information provider

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+Project coordinatorInformation technology


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IConnectEU – The project

Central work packages:• Pilot portal as a joint activity for joint dissemination

of results from complementary projects: IConnectEU.org– Technology: Web-based catalogue based on existing

software, implementing CERIF core entities & relationships

– Data entry: Project coordinators of the 8 projects– Contents: 8 projects, 150 institutes, 700 persons, 550

publications, 250 events (Core CERIF), 15 information systems / databases, etc. ; constantly growing, e.g. primary data

• Guidelines for reusing the technology and concepts for other topics & in other disciplines

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IConnectEU.org: Homepage

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www.IConnectEU.org


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IConnectEU.org: Projects

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IConnectEU.org: Institutes

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www.IConnectEU.org


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IConnectEU.org: Institutes

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IConnectEU.org: Persons

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IConnectEU.org: Results

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Feasibility: Lessons learned so far

• Researchers are willing to provide information…– … in the case of IConnectEU coordinators, but they

are more able to represent researchers then administration is

– … if the process is monitored at an adequate level– … if they see an immediate benefit / incentive – … if they can do it within and for their

“research environment” (for their colleagues)• Researchers don’t want to enter everything multiple

times:– Why not get data back from CORDIS (“We already

delivered it during negotiation”)?– We want to upload from our systems (e.g. EndNote)

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IConnectEU: Future developments

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SSOAR.info – Social Science Open Access Repository


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Conclusions

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• IConnectEU.org as a CRIS• From the researcher’s view• As a means for active dissemination by

reserachers• Linking (past) results & future activities• Thematically focused• Bridging FPs at the topic level

• IConnectEU.org as a• Pilot for thematically focused

dissemination• Test case for new types of dissemination• Model for other topics & disciplines• Application of CERIF core model to an

existing cataloguing system (perspective: exchange)


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Thank You!

Dr. Maximilian StempfhuberGESIS-IZ Social Science Information CentreLennéstr. 30, 53113 Bonn, [email protected]

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