1. managing repositories.
25th February 2011
Presenter or main title…
Managing research,
managing repositories.
Session Title or subtitle…
Josh Brown Research Information Management and Scholarly Communications

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JISC and repositories in the UK:
147+ repositories in the UK
JISC has invested millions in:
Infrastructure
Services
Software
Preservation tools
National support and guidance
Funding has reflected the importance of the repository network to the sector and to the digital infrastructure vision
Aim has always been to help repositories reach a critical mass

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Do you consider that JISC has helped your repository to develop in any way?
Yes 22
No 2
Don’t Know 1
Total 25
Most reported that JISC had either funded the development of their repository or had supported their work via, for example, the Repository Support Project

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Current focus is on addressing specific issues such as:
Deposit – DepositMo, DURA, RePosit, Kultivate and, SWORD, OARJ, Sonex
Shared services – refining, consolidating and identifying new requirements, we have a number of shared services in this area – e.g. SHERPA RoMEO, OpenDOAR
Take-up and embedding/integration – 6 projects. Also producing a guide to integration and embedding.
National and International collaboration – possible joint strategy development for repository infrastructure (Research Councils, UKCoRR, PubMed Central), Knowledge Exchange Groups, COAR, openAIRE

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Repositories are a central part of the emerging Research Information Management infrastructure
J-eS
Research council SSC
MRC e-Val and ESRC Society Today
Interactions with CRIS systems
REF reporting
Funder and institutional mandate compliance
Role to play as key stores for impact evidence, research data

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Borne out by the role repositories play in JISC research info projects:
Enquire (Glasgow): recording impact evidence in Eprints
MICE (KCL/St Andrews/Goldsmiths): extending CERIF4REF schema to include impact evidence, exporting from repositories
BRIM (Huddersfield): linked repositories to HR data to disambiguate authors
CRISPool (St Andrews/Glasgow/Edinburgh): pooled publication and staff info from partners in a research pool
BRUCE (Brunel/St George’s): Drawing together data from across the institution to create a data warehouse for a range of reporting purposes

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Where are these projects heading?
Improved reporting, both internal (business intelligence) and external (HESA, REF...)
Greater collaboration across the sector
5 projects, 8 partners
4 projects, 17 partners
Greater involvement with funders: RCs, HEFCE
Greater involvement with private companies in developing a shared infrastructure: Atira, Symplectic, Thomson Reuters
Easier collaboration, easier integration

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These developments offer :
Enhanced partnerships for repositories, new communities for repository managers
Diversified roles for the repository
Repository managers the chance to extend their expertise
Wider, stronger community of practice
BUT...
The challenges are significant also.

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Challenges for repositories:
Building content
Integrating with other campus systems
Keeping OA on the agenda
Fighting for resources (cash, technical, staff)
Changing workflows
Multiplying standards and initiatives
Scalability – more uses = more demands
Maintaining the identity and value of the repository in a new landscape

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Challenges for JISC...

11. JISC Budget
Janet, JISC Collections, JISC Advance, Content Services ( data centres ) = services ( central services ? )

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Challenges for JISC...
How can we continue to support the repository community?
Infrastructure development has moved on from repositories
BUT infrastructure depends on repositories...
Demands on repositories will continue to grow:
More services
More integration
More competition for resources
The solutions are not obvious, but we have some ideas.

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Repositories as partners:
Research information management depends on the repository community
Repository managers have the skills and experience we need
Repositories in the policy landscape
Reinforces the value of the Open agenda
Puts the focus on content
Relies on the accruing evidence
Central to the work of the Open Access Implementation Group

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So, questions FOR the audience:
What do you think would be the most valuable policies JISC could support?
What do you see as the priority concerns for your repository in the next few years?
How do you see the landscape in three to five years time?

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Thank you for listening, and thanks for your ideas.