1. How does your research reach an audience?
discover Research Online
Julia Gross Faculty Librarian Education and Arts

2. What happens to your research ?
You many all be at different stages of your research journey
This presentation is about what happens at the End of the research journey
What happens to your research after you leave ECU, or after completion?
You will have deposited an electronic thesis in the library
You may have published journal article or book
if your research is unpublished, how does it reach an audience?
if it is published, How does it reach a greater audience,
We would like to think that our work has relevance outside ECU
Relevance to research community within our discipline, or relevance to the community at large
Whatever your research, it is most likely what you are working on, or have completed will be of interest to others
Your postgraduate, PHD or Masters research is important and unique
Other researchers may be interested in your findings

3. Age of Print
Used to be that published research would be found in hallowed halls of your institution’s library,
maybe difficult for others to track down
accessible in person or only inter library loan access to print
If unpublished and just available as a dissertation , then was not widely distributed
All that has changed
Electronic access now …

4. Electronic access Electronic Online access is the norm now
Electronic ways to store research
But how do people find your research?

5. How do scholars find your research ?
Your research can be discovered via online search of…
Library catalogue
Library databases
Google Scholar
How do other scholars find your research?
If other scholars can find you on the Internet, your research will reach a wider audience.
other scholars do this thru
library catalogue search, can be tricky if they don’t know your name, or search via subject e.g. all dissertations in health at ECU
Thru library database search,
Thru Google Scholar
If on Open Access they will find you…

6. Open Access Open access to publicly funded research
Research funding bodies may demand this
ECU open access policy
Open access repository
Movement towards Open access
Moral argument that: Open access to publicly funded research should be mandatory
Scholarly literature used to be locked away, no longer
Now, more pressing to have open access
Funders demand this now with digital content availability
ECU Open Access Policy
ECU Open access repository

7. Research - Closed vs Open Access
Library journal databases
[closed - subscription only]
Institutional open access repositories
[open - copy available to anyone]
What is unique about Open access repositories ?
Open access repositories entered the scene in last decade
If you thesis not on open access how would it be found?
If your journal article or conference paper available via subscription how would it be found
ECU Open Access Policy
Scholarly Communication debate: explain

8. Research Online ro.ecu.edu.au
RESEARCH ONLINE is an E-repository or Digital repository managed by ECU Library.
The goal of the repository is to
capture, preserve, and disseminate the intellectual capital of ECU researchers, and to make ECU research visible to the outside world via open access
The repository was set up in 2008 initially to store and manage ECU published research outputs so they could be available to federal government for ERA
Open access policy established
repository launched officially for all researchers this week

9. Advantages for researchers
For Individual researchers
Promote and showcase your research
Preserve your research online
Library plays a custodian role here
Direct others to one place to find your ECU research
Research tagged and coded for Google optimization and inclusion in Google Scholar

10. Your footprint Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ezioman/
One big advantage for researchers is increased visibility
It’s all about being visible online and having a digital footprint
Term “digital footprint” or “online footprint” now being used to describe your online identity
If that footprint is showcasing your unique work as researcher, you will benefit
As researcher is highly advantageous to have online visibility
Career advantage to promote your work to others
Source:

11. Advantages of Research Online
For Individual researchers
Promote and showcase your research
Preserve your research online
Direct others to one place to find your research
Research tagged for Google optimization and inclusion in Google Scholar
Also benefits For Wider community thru our commitment to open access
Disseminate works beyond ECU
Enhancing scholarly communication

12. Advantages of Research Online
For ECU
Promote and showcases ECU research output
Store and organise research output
Digital preservation for the long-term
Provide access to funding bodies

13. Research Online (RO) – special features
Top 10 downloads
Paper of the day
Recent additions
Statistics
Many features available thru the Digital Commons BPress software we are using
Top 10 downloads
Paper of the day
STATS
papers in there
6,000 + downloads a year

14. Special features
Conference management software
Journal peer review and publication management
for Editors of journals

15. RO stores multiple formats
published works
book chapters, conference papers
journal articles, working papers
variety of digital formats
media, music, image
dissertations
Can cope with creative works such as music
Streaming in the future

16. It’s not that difficult !
What do you need to do?
Have a look at the website FAQ
Academic staff
Enter publications in RAS system as usual
Or, you can self submit
Research students
Submit your thesis via repository

17. Where are we at now in ECU?
Research Online launch
August 2010
ERA in 2010
Beyond 2010….

18. Library RO contacts David Howard Christina Burnop Faculty librarians:
Manager, Library Collections and Access
Christina Burnop
Librarian, Library Collections and Access
Faculty librarians:
Julia Gross (FEA)
Ken Gasmier (SCA & WAAPA)
Agnes Noronha (B&L)
Lyn Leslie (CHS)
Your participation is important for a growing, vibrant E-repository.

19. Now a demo of Research Online
REFs

20. Any questions?
Thankyou !