The library as a virtual research environment Bill Hubbard SHERPA Project Manager University of Nottingham

A virtual research environment what is in this environment ? what do academics want ? what role does the library play ?

Users wanted... access to financial information access to funding and research opportunities support in working practices access to library services on-line

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Portal finance

Research news

Virtual community and support

Weblog support

Virtual working environment research project management research development support for collaborative working access to library services and research papers

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Resources - inc Metalib

Institutional repositories improve scholarly communication facilitate the research process easy and cheap to establish fit in with current working practices can be built incrementally

Establishing a repository technically straight forward free software - EPrints.org, DSpace and others standard server needs integration into institutional systems & services collections policy –different disciplines –different research cultures

Benefits for the researcher wide dissemination –papers more visible –cited more rapid dissemination ease of access cross-searchable value added services –hit counts on papers –personalised publications lists –citation analyses

Why institutional ? institutions have centralised resources: –to subsidise repository start up –to support repositories with technical / organisational infrastructures –to deal effectively with preservation issues over the long term institutions get benefits: –raises profile and prestige of institution –tool for managing institutional information assets –permanent record of research activities –encourages an institutional identity in intellectual output

Nottingham ePrints

Nottingham eprints - record

SHERPA repositories Birkbeck Birmingham Bristol British Library Cambridge Durham Edinburgh Glasgow Imperial Leeds LSE Kings College Newcastle Nottingham Oxford Royal Holloway Sheffield SOAS UCL York AHDS

Institutional repositories worldwide –United States (57) –United Kingdom (29) –Canada (17) –Sweden (13) –France (12) –Netherlands (12) –Italy (11) –Germany (9) –Australia (8) –Hungary (4) –China (4) –Brazil (3) –Denmark (3) –Portugal (2) –South Africa (2) –Austria (2) –India (2) –Japan (2) –Mexico (2) –Ireland (2) –Belgium (2) –Finland (1) –Slovenia (1) –Israel (1) –Norway (1) –Switzerland (1) –Croatia (1) –Peru (1) –Spain (1)

repositories set up in each partner institution papers being added negotiations with publishers discussions on preservation of eprints work on IPR and deposit licences advocacy campaigns SHERPA - progress

A virtual research environment offers personalised services syntheses access to information and services provides a supported working environment used for finding information used for disseminating information facilitates collaboration in new ways and across old boundaries

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