Research Information in The Netherlands Marc Dupuis, eResearch Programme Manager, SURFfoundation EUROCRIS, 12 September 2011, Brussels

Agenda The present CRIS landscape The need for a new CRIS The role of SURF and SURFfoundation The process of collecting demands and requirements Selecting a new system Vision for the future Where are we now? 12/09/ Marc euroCRIS

The present CRIS landscape The METIS system was developed by the Radboud University Nijmegen, starting in 1992 Usage −All 14 research universities −Several research institutes at the Royal Academy of Sciences (KNAW) −1 institute at Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) Cost −Licence ca. €26k p.a. 12/09/2011Marc euroCRIS 3

METIS landscape anno /09/2011Marc euroCRIS 4

Use of Open Standards Repository infrastructure implementing: −DIDL/MODS metadata −OAI-PMH exchange protocol Current Research Information System −Partial compatibility with CERIF Development of Enhanced Publications −Publications + supplementary data −RDF and Open Vocabularies 12/09/2011Marc euroCRIS 5

The need for a new CRIS In 2008 the universities started expressing the need for a new CRIS METIS was not completely up-to-date and had several functional and technical restrictions SURF was asked to coordinate the activities whose initial aim was to explore the market and compare METIS with commercial vendor systems 12/09/2011Marc euroCRIS 6

SURF is a partnership between all Dutch institutions for higher education & research 42 Universities of applied sciences Dutch Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), Telematics Institute 14 Universities National Library Smaller institutions of higher education Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) Commercial R&D institutes Collaboration = Success factor! 12/09/2011 7

Marc euroCRIS SURF: ICT innovation by and for higher education and research Research universities, universities of applied sciences, and research institutions work together in SURF in order to: improve the quality of research and education by: creating pioneering ICT innovations. For more than twenty years, collaboration within SURF has led to products and services that the participating institutions could not have achieved on their own. 12/09/2011 8

A brief overview of the process ( ) 2009 −CRIS lab −Quickscan METIS architecture −Comparison of COTS (Commercial Off-The-Shelf) available products −Interface landscape study of METIS −Quickscan for feasibility of demand aggregation 2010 −Schedule of Requirements −Assembly of Specifications and Conditions for EU tender −Publication of Specifications and Conditions −Appr. 25 HEIs signed up for the new CRIS −13 research universities, 6 university medical centres, 6 universities of applied science, and a few more 12/09/2011Marc euroCRIS 9

Aggregation of demands and requirements 12/09/2011Marc euroCRIS 10

Key points for a national CRIS approach Recommendations and outcomes of studies: −Lean and Mean Core-system providing: −Input and registration −Functional management −API’s −Standard interface for in- and output, e.g. −Business intelligence and reporting −Repositories −Optional Functionality in Modules −workflow −‘my CRIS’ −Optional Multitenant implementation Additional constraints −CRIS-functionality (registration) separate from repository- functionality (archival) −Reporting functionality for Standard Evaluation Protocol (SEP) part of Core-system −CERIF-compliant 12/09/2011Marc Dupuis euroCRIS 12 September

Role of a CRIS Unique collection of relations between input and output −Joins information from HRM, IR, Bibliographic sources, −Joins information from local and national services (e.g. Digital Author Identifier) −Persons, Projects, Organisations, Research Output Data source for business intelligence −Research Assessment and Evaluation −Actual analysis through specialised BI tools (e.g. Business Objects) Data source for end-user services (single entry) −Personal websites −Publication lists (PubConnect gadget) −Aggregation of local Research Information in Netherlands Research Database (NOD) and web portal (NARCIS) Not necessarily an end-user service 12/09/ Marc euroCRIS

Where are we now? September 2011 −Assessments of Offerings December 2011 ??? −Grant 2012 −3 pilot implementations −All other implementations 12/09/2011Marc euroCRIS 13

Towards a Modernisation of Current Research Information Infrastructure 12/09/ Marc euroCRIS

Future for CRIS in the Research Information infrastructure Complete the modernisation Implement role based access e.g. to enable VREs Connect the CRIS to enhanced publications and other outputs Support Open Access and Open Data 12/09/ Marc euroCRIS

Relevance and impact of the CRIS programme At the executive level in the HEIs the new CRIS is regarded as the most important eResearch development In fact, the CRIS programme is the first community cloud initiative within Dutch higher education Thus the impact of the CRIS programme is strong: if it fails, can other community cloud projects be successful? 12/09/2011Marc euroCRIS 16

Thank you! Marc Dupuis 12/09/2011Marc euroCRIS 17