Redefining roles: supporting researchers at York and Leeds

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Redefining roles: supporting researchers at York and Leeds Janette Colclough Research Support Manager University of York Pat Spoor Scholarly Communications & Researcher Skills (ScoReS) Team Leader University of Leeds

A tale of two cities Evolving roles and changing structures Case studies from Leeds and York Drivers for change Wider implications for support of health-related staff and students What does this mean for health librarians?

How it used to be… Support structure based on Faculty Team/Academic Liaison roles Single point of contact Role included: Liaison activities Information skills teaching Collection and budget management Subject knowledge Copyright BBC / Company Productions Ltd.

The impact of the change process

Reorganisation by function Specialist by topic not subject Teaching and Learning Research Support Collection development Academic Liaison? Leeds: Split between Learning Services and Research Support York: Academic liaison posts retained but role modified and staffing reduced, HYMS Librarian post retained New teams created from old Change management Staff reallocation

Research Support: External drivers Researchers’ information needs RIN/RLUK (2011) The value of libraries for research and researchers Librarians for new roles RLUK (2012) Reskilling for Research Research environment Finch report on Open Access Funder policies

Research Support: Internal drivers University research strategies Growing demand for REF, Open Access, RDM support Resource discovery tools e.g. Summon, Primo Collection development tools No funding for new staff Bring together dispersed activities

Research Support Teams: Leeds SCoReS (7.5 FTE) Research Data (3 FTE) Digital Content (5 FTE) Repositories – WRRO and WREO Data Management Plans Leeds Digital Library Publications Database Data curation and preservation Digitisation Studio Open Access Storage Copyright Bibliometrics Data catalogue REF publication support Data Repository Researcher Enquiries Researcher Skills Development LUCID – paid for literature services Digital Publishing

Research Support Team: York One team with 4 staff Engaging with researchers, postgraduate research students, and research administrators Specialist areas: Open Access Research data management Copyright Bibliometrics (scoping stage) Information skills teaching and enquiry support

What do the changes mean for health researchers? Increased support to meet research needs and funder requirements Holistic service for researchers Share best practice and learn from health researchers Benefit from new research-related projects e.g. UK Medical Heritage Library digitisation (Leeds) e.g. ORCID iDs (York)

Impact on other support for health Activity York Leeds Literature search support Academic Liaison team Learning Services and SCoReS Literature searches None (but CRD based at York) SCoReS Information skills Tailored - Academic Liaison/HYMS Librarian Tailored - Learning Services & SCoReS Collection development Reading list driven Patron driven Academic Liaison selection Usage based NHS Liaison Academic Liaison/HYMS Librarian Customer Services Digitisation Digital York/Archives Digital Content Team

Next steps for research support HEFCE OA requirements for REF EPSRC data requirements deadline May 2015 http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/about/standards/researchdata/expectations/ Review of teaching programmes Development of e-learning resources/online tutorials New researcher spaces Marketing and communications Continuing change…

What does this mean for health librarianship?

Thank you for listening Contact details Janette Colclough: janette.colclough@york.ac.uk Pat Spoor: p.a.spoor@leeds.ac.uk