1. Working Toward Research Information Interoperability in the UK 1 st April 2014 CNI

2. 01.04.20142 Ben Showers Head of Scholarly and Library Futures, Jisc b.showers@jisc.ac.uk @benshowers Except where otherwise noted, this work is licensed under CC-BY-NC-ND

3. Introducing Jisc 3 Jisc offers digital services for UK education and research. The charity does this to achieve its vision for the UK to be the most digitally advanced education and research nation in the world. Jisc.ac.uk © Isaxen via Flickr

4. Overview 1. Overview of UK research landscape 2. Introduction and background to CASRAI 3. UK CASRAI national network pilot 4. Implications of CASRAI and connections to other initiatives 01.04.20144

5. The UK research context 01.04.20145 » Research excellence (REF) and research impact » Government mandates and reporting requirements » Open access » Increasing importance of external (non-governmental) funding » Interdisciplinary and international » Importance of the institutional brand and national/international profile

6. The UK research (information management) context 01.04.20146

7. The UK research (information management) context 01.04.20147 » Research information management is a relatively young profession  » Institutional systems landscape is complex (ad hoc): CRIS/IRs; UKRISS; spreadsheets. » Funder systems landscape is complex (and somewhat ad hoc): JeS; Research Fish; HESA; ROS » Information required for both day-to-day management, funding requirements and strategic decision making  Professionalising Research Management Report, 2009.

8. Introduction to CASRAI 01.04.2014Title of presentation (Go to ‘View’ menu > ‘Header and Footer…’ to edit the footers on this slide)8 » International community of leading research funders and institutions collaborating to ensure seamless interoperability of research information » Develop and maintain a common data dictionary and advocate on best practices » Consortia Advancing Standards in Research Administration Information (CASRAI)

9. Introduction to CASRAI 01.04.20149 » Dictionary defines key terms or information elements which relate to the management of (for example): › Research grants, › CVs › data management plans › controlled vocabularies › Authoritative lists › Identifiers

10. Introduction to CASRAI 01.04.201410 » A single, open and unambiguous reference source for data profiles » Can be used by multiple technology suppliers – including those using CERIF or VIVO

11. UK CASRAI national network pilot 01.04.201411 » Jisc and CASRAI are piloting three National Working Groups in the UK; » The groups will be focusing on priority areas that emerged at the CASRAI-UK summit in Dec 2013: 1. Data Management Plans 2. Organisational Lists 3. Research Reporting

12. CASRAI-UK: Data Management Plans 01.04.201412 Developing an initial data profile reflecting the current version of the Digital Curation Centre’s “DMP-Online” tool.Digital Curation Centre’s Potentially developing a version of the data profile derived from harmonization and discussions among the UK Research Councils.

13. CASRAI-UK: Organisational Lists 01.04.201413 » Explore the suitability of FundRef, ISNI, Ringgold lists for adoption as a standard authoritative list for international funding organizations » Examine sources of authoritative lists of organisations involved in UK research » Develop a sustainable process for maintaining authoritative lists of organisations in the CASRAI dictionary

14. CASRAI-UK: Research Reporting 01.04.201414 » Development of data profile supporting institutional report to UK funders for the new policy on Open Access and research contributions and outputs more generally

15. CASRAI-UK: Governance/Reporting 01.04.201415 » Engaging stakeholders by convening the CASRAI-UK National Review Circle » The National Working Groups will be developing the outputs, drafts and reports (and fed back to the Review Circle) » The National Review Circle ensures that the resulting standards are applicable and multi-disciplinary and that valid diverged views are communicated

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17. Jisc Monitor 01.04.201417 » Shared research reporting service focusing on priority use-cases for researchers, institutions, funders and publishers: › Monitoring publication activity › Collaboration: Standards development and interoperability › Funder mandate compliance › Monitoring publication charges

18. Further Information 01.04.201418 » CASRAI: Casrai.orgCasrai.org » CASRAI/Jisc National Network: Jisc.ac.ukJisc.ac.uk » Research Information Management Toolkit: jiscinfonet.ac.uk/infokits/research-information- management jiscinfonet.ac.uk/infokits/research-information- management » Jisc Monitor: slideshare.com/JISCslideshare.com/JISC » Cerif: eurocris.orgeurocris.org » Rioxx: rioxx.netrioxx.net

19. Find out more… 01.04.201419 Ben Showers Head of Scholarly and Library Futures, Jisc b.showers@jisc.ac.uk @benshowers Except where otherwise noted, this work is licensed under CC-BY-NC-ND