1. Nelson Mandela University: OA Week Scholarly Communication: The Library’s strategic plan to support raising the visibility of institutional research 31st October Debbie Martindale: Librarian: Scholarly Communication

2. OUTLINE Setting the Research context at Rhodes University
Scholarly Communication
Scholarly Communication at Rhodes University Library
Open Access
Institutional Repository – Rhodes Digital Commons
Identity Integration – Social Scholarship

3. Setting the Research context at Rhodes University
Rhodes University Research Philosophy
Develop and maintain RU culture of research
Increase the number of Postgraduates and research outputs
Increase regional research focus and collaboration
Build on international links
Increase sources of internal and external funding opportunities
Foster research in identified niche areas

4. Setting the Research context at Rhodes University
“The importance of the Library to scholarly output”
Innovative solutions are required:
The Institutional Repository
Interdisciplinary scholarship
Research capacity building
Developing institutional research niches
Effective monitoring and benchmarking
Citation analysis and comparisons

5. Setting the Research context at Rhodes University
Rhodes Library’s Strategic Plan ( )
Identified strategic focus areas
eStrategy is one
New posts created
Librarian: Institutional Repository & Metadata
Librarian: Scholarly Communication
Started 1st June 2016

6. Scholarly Communication
Defined as “the system through which
research and other scholarly writings
are created, evaluated for quality,
disseminated to the scholarly community, and preserved for future use.
The system includes both formal means of communication, such as publication in
peer-reviewed journals,
and informal channels”
(Association of College & Research Libraries)

7. Scholarly Communication at RUL
Roles: Librarian: Scholarly Communication

8. Scholarly Communication at RUL
Liaison and Communication with Faculty (60%)
Advocacy and support for scholarly publishing and non-peer-reviewed research dissemination
Awareness of trends in scholarly communications
Providing support for researchers and postgraduates
Providing support for Intellectual Property rights and Copyright
Advocacy of policies
Strategic input and contributions for researchers and postgraduates

9. Scholarly Communication at RU: Institutional Repository
eResearch: Focus Area: Institutional Repository
Goal: To build and sustain the collection of institutional research on the IR (driven by Head: Technical Services and Head: User and Research Services)
Broad aspect: IR Mandate/Policy
Current status:
ContentPro was finally deemed unsuitable for flexible and manageable navigation – hindered the IR project.
Migration to VITAL – workflow and navigation is greatly improved
VALET is a critical tool to advance the workflow (SC, Faculty Librarians and Researchers)

10. Scholarly Communication at RUL: Institutional Repository
“Institutional repositories are digital collections of the outputs created within a university or research institution” (
Theses and Dissertations
Peer-reviewed research articles
Non-peer reviewed items eg conference papers, posters, inaugural lectures, keynote speeches etc
Rhodes Digital Commons

11. Rhodes Digital Commons: Theses & Dissertations
Thesis
Submission
Registrar’s Division
Rhodes Digital Commons
NRF Publication requirement
(A guide for students at Masters and Doctoral Rhodes University) (page 55)

12. Rhodes Digital Commons cont…
Research item types

13. Rhodes Digital Commons: Articles
Rhodes Annual Research report

14. Rhodes Digital Commons: Articles cont.
Rhodes Research Twitter

15. Rhodes Digital Commons: Articles cont…
Alerts

16. Rhodes Digital Commons: Articles cont…
Researcher Profiles

17. Rhodes Digital Commons: Articles cont…
Researcher Profiles

18. Rhodes Digital Commons: Articles cont…
Researcher CVs

19. Scholarly Communication at RUL: Open Access
“Open-access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. OA removes price barriers (subscriptions, licensing fees, pay-per-view fees) and permission barriers (most copyright and licensing restrictions)”
(Peter Suber)

20. Scholarly Communication at RUL: OA complements traditional endeavours
“Combining the use of print research with collaborative capabilities of Web 2.0 technologies as a means to developing new research and scholarship”
“An emergent form of scholarship that emphasizes the importance of collaboration and mentoring in the scholarly process”

21. Rhodes Digital Commons: Peer-reviewed and non-peer reviewed items
Copyright compliant

22. Rhodes Digital Commons: Workflow
Author (s) (affiliation and ORCID)
Title: Article/Chapter
Title: Journal/Book/Conference Proceedings/etc
Publisher and place of publication
Date of publication
ISBN/ISSN
URL: DOI/Handle/http
URL: Copyright
Full Text OR
Citation
Attach PDF or image
Update object to collection(s)

23. Rhodes Digital Commons: User view

24. Scholarly Communication at RU
eResearch: Focus Area: Research Analysis
Goal: Investigation of research analysis tools.
Broad aspect: Metrics ie Incites, Altmetrics, Google Citations, Dimensions, Microsoft Academics.
Current status:
To investigate suitable institutional culture using research analysis tools.
Comparative analysis when required by researchers: Encompasses comparisons between peer-researchers, national institutions, international similar-size institutions, subject areas globally
To establish current partnerships and future research areas

25. Scholarly Communication at RUL: Open Access Publishing: Gold Route (OA Journals)
OA Journals make their research content:
immediately available
to the public free of charge
in line with OA requirements at the time of their initial publication

26. “Public Library of Science (PLOS) is a
Scholarly Communication at RUL: Open Access Publishing: Gold Route (OA Journals) (Open/Genuine)
“Public Library of Science (PLOS) is a
nonprofit publisher, membership and
advocacy organization with a mission to accelerate progress in science and medicine by leading a transformation in research communication”

27. Scholarly Communication at RUL: Open Access Publishing: Gold Route (OA Journals) (Hybrid)

28. Partially based on subscriptions
Scholarly Communication at RUL: Open Access Publishing: Gold Route (OA Journals) (Hybrid)
Business model
Partially based on subscriptions
Provide Gold open access for those individual articles for which their authors (or their author's institution or funder) pay a specific fee for publication: Article Processing Fee (APC)

29. Scholarly Communications: Personal Identifiers
Researcher ID
Driver’s License
Passport
Bank Card
Staff card

30. Scholarly Communications: Researcher Identifiers
Researcher Identity
Discover
Create/Analysis
Manage
Publish/ Disseminate
Reuse

31. Open Researcher and Contributer ID ORCID: In context
“ORCID’s vision is a world where all who participate in research, scholarship, and innovation are uniquely identified and connected to their contributions across disciplines, borders, and time.”

32. Why IDENTIFIERS Matter (Matt Buys ORCiD)
Persistent IDs (Matt Buys – “Pretty damn stubborn”)
Document impact through research frameworks AND reduce the workload
Researcher is in control
Importance to researchers, publishers, funders and organisations
Name ambiguity
Trusted metadata
Unifies silo systems (HR, Finance, RIMS, Repository)
Showcases Return-on-Investment
Discoverability

33. ORCID: Many authorship names: One identifier

34. Scholarly Communication at RUL: Identity Integration

35. ORCiD Integrations NRF Integration
Between Funding and Organisations (Universities)
Integrate ORCiD with the CV Central System
Institution Integration
Organistion membership - Basic $4020
Consortium membership - $6000: National approach (TENET, NRF, Institutions, Publishers)
SAFIRE: South African Identity Federation
Guy Halse Director of Trust and Identity Services
Publisher Integration
Article submission requirement for over 700 publishers

36. ORCID: Enhancing your research web presence

37. ORCID: ONE Researcher Profile (CV)

38. The IR is a collective responsibility of the:
Scholarly Communication at RUL: Identity Integration and Social Scholarship
The IR is a collective responsibility of the:
Open Access Policy
Institution
Advocacy of researchers to deposit their research output into the IR; Annual Research Reports
Research Office
To take up the advocacy
Academics & Researchers
Library

39. Scholarly Communication at RUL: The role of the Library
Hosting and managing the IR

40. SOUTH AFRICA
“Academic libraries, especially those in Africa, have limited access to critical research information”
“This means that Africa is in fact deprived of its own knowledge production, relegating the continent to the status of silent and invisible contributor to research output.”
“ The adoption of open-access principles, which can help to remove these financial barriers to access to information, is one of the most progressive ways of growing and showcasing African research.”
Mr Derek Hanekom. Minister of Science and Technology, SA Government, South Africa (2012)

41. Thank You Librarian: Scholarly Communication Debbie Martindale
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