Lightning talk at OER13: Creating a Virtuous Circle Nick Sheppard Repository Developer, Leeds Metropolitan University UKCoRR (Technical Officer) Blogs: Libraries, OA research and OER: towards symbiosis?

JISC Repositories Start-up (2007) Prioritised set of needs Broad range of material Commercial solution (intraLibrary) Multiple Application Profiles Flexible organisational structure Unicycle - phase 1 ukoer project (2009) “Blended” repository – Two publicly accessible collections –Research (OA full text) –OER –Links between collections –ALPS Common Competency MapALPS Common Competency Map Developing research management infrastructure Symplectic Elements The Leeds Met repository

A New Open Landscape? Open Access to research Finch report and role of (institutional) repositories Gold vs Green (and CC licencing) Research Data Management Learning objects Open Educational Resources (OER) Role of academic libraries “outside in” vs “inside out” (Lorcan Dempsey)outside in” vs “inside out Managing (and disseminating) “institutional assets” Open journal publishing Open Journal System (OJS) EPrints The lines are blurring Is our software/infrastructure up to the job?

The roles of libraries and information professionals in Open Educational Resources (OER) initiatives Gema Bueno-de-la-Fuente, R. John Robertson, Stuart Boon. August 2012 We found a clear need to promote the role that libraries and librarians can play in OER initiatives, highlighting the expertise and competencies which libraries and librarians can offer. This active promotion is needed to build awareness among stakeholders about libraries and librarians potential contribution to the OER movement, but also, among libraries and librarians about their key role as OER advocates within and out-with their institutions.

Integrating infrastructure(s) Disseminate and discover RSP Embedding Guide – Practical guide Embedding research repositories Institutional processes, systems, culture Synced with HR database Dynamic feeds to staff profiles

Two very different animals? Academic libraries/repositories historically: Focus on access to research materials Not closely involved with management of teaching materials Often in VLEs (when available digitally) Library may not have access Poorly integrated into users’ view of library resources Digital objects Quality assurance Dissemination Discovery (SEO) Preservation Metadata Usage metrics Attribution/citation Copyright/licensing

Research Management infrastructure Adapted from the Repositories Support Project CRIS/RMS Repository Discovery & link resolution: library catalogue Bibliographic/bibliometric data from (commercial) databases Copyright info from RoMEO Other internal systems e.g. HR, Finance, Students, Estates Researchers and administrators Other repositories Funders’ systems e.g. Research councils Researchers’ profiles, web pages Publication reporting (internal, REF), business intelligence Usage data

Are you aware of examples of OER included on staff profiles at UK HEIs? Bebob at the University of LincolnBebob – “the Bebop plugin has provided a way for staff to publish a curated list of their teaching resources, which can be displayed on their official Staff Directory profile”Bebop plugin HumBox also incorporates nice user profiles (subject based)user profiles EdShare? Increasingly important for research staff to have online profile Listing research outputs Link to an accessible version of the full text (research data / other files?) Why not OER? OER on staff profiles?

Symplectic Elements (or similar) Database of Leeds Met research All staff have account (synced daily with HR) Link to repository (full text/data/OER) API to feed data back out to www Manual data entry

The Jorum API

Closing the institutional ukoer circle Leeds Met Repository Parallels development of OA research aggregation CORE (Connecting Repositories) Ubiquitous CC licensing makes it easier OAI- PMH Open API Repurpose Relicence Redeposit Local deposit into IR

References Discovery vs discoverability... Dempsey, L. (2013) Discovery vs discoverability.... Lorcan Dempsey's Weblog On libraries, services and networks, [blog] 2nd January, Available at: [Accessed: 21st March 2013]. Libraries, Institutions, and Open Educational Resources: possible connections? Robertson, J. (2010) Libraries, Institutions, and Open Educational Resources: possible connections?. John's JISC CETIS blog, [blog] 17 March, Available at: [Accessed: 25/03/2013]. Open Educational Resources and the University Library Website Hirst, T. (2009) Open Educational Resources and the University Library Website. OUseful.Info, the blog…, [blog] August 10, Available at: university-library-website/ [Accessed: 25/03/2013]. university-library-website/ BuddyPress, Bebop and building the staff directory Winn, J. (2012) BuddyPress, Bebop and building the staff directory. BuddyPress OER Profiles: A JISC Funded Project, [blog] October 11, Available at: bebop-and-building-the-staff-directory/ [Accessed: 25/03/2013]. bebop-and-building-the-staff-directory/