1. Electric Connections, Edinburgh, March 11 2008 Sheila Cannell Project Director 'Institutional Repository Infrastructure for Scotland'

2. Electric Connections, Edinburgh, March 11 2008 IRIScotland JISC funded project, with recent extension Collaborative project bringing together main players in Scotland, initiated by SCURL, sponsored by NLS, SLIC and all Scottish Universities Work packages involved Universities of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Strathclyde (CDLR), NLS, Stirling, Abertay

3. Electric Connections, Edinburgh, March 11 2008 Outline of talk Scottish research and institutional repositories Aims of IRIScotland The changing landscape Project recommendations

4. Electric Connections, Edinburgh, March 11 2008 Scottish Research and Institutional repositories Scottish research punches above its weight Most outputs are published in journals not available to all and not visible to other researchers Publicly funded research should be publicly available Scottish Declaration on Open Access Author’s webpages, subject repositories, institutional repositories IRs can help with research management also IRs and not just for research

5. Electric Connections, Edinburgh, March 11 2008 Aims of IRIScotland 1.To bring about cultural change 2.To establish a framework for institutional repositories; and provide a hosted repository; and to provide a cross searching or harvesting repository 3.To explore what should be done at international, UK, Scottish, and institutional level

6. Electric Connections, Edinburgh, March 11 2008 The changing landscape Changes in research agenda: –research pooling; –Research Assessment Exercise, now Research Excellence Framework Work at National Library of Scotland on Trusted Digital Repository Less change than expected worldwide in scholarly communications until recently Development of other hosting repositories

7. Electric Connections, Edinburgh, March 11 2008 Current situation Cultural change moving more rapidly now Toolkit and advocacy in place Hosting repository Harvester repository Collaboration Project extension to take these issues forward

8. Electric Connections, Edinburgh, March 11 2008 Project recommendations Successor group established Summative evaluation commissioned Hosting service incorporated in NLS TDR with view to continued development Harvester service being maintained by CDLR Seek metadata agreement Seek Open Access mandate/requirement at institutional and national level Continue to collaborate on these issues

9. The context and ways forward Alma Swan Key Perspectives Ltd Truro, UK Electric Connections, Edinburgh, March 11 2008

10. The wider repository context in which IRIScotland sits Institutional repository developments –>1000 worldwide –Growing at 1 per day –Some collaborative repositories ‘Central’ (subject-based) repositories –e.g. arXiv, RePEc, EconomistsOnline

11. The cultural context Researcher awareness remains low (but now growing…) Institutional leadership still not engaged Current modus operandi is very deep set Reward system slow to shift to match new technologies and opportunities: –remains rooted in journal prestige (JIF) –new measures and metrics now possible Electric Connections, Edinburgh, March 11 2008

12. The policy context Metrics… (research assessment systems in UK [HEFCE] and Australia) Research funders (request or require?): –UK Research Councils –Australian Research Council and AMRC –Austrian, German, Swiss, NIH … –European Research Council Institutions, departments, faculties (Harvard) Electric Connections, Edinburgh, March 11 2008

13. Ways forward: three-pronged Advocacy to researchers Advocacy to institutional leaders (and higher) Promote Scottish ‘view’: a tool for … –showcasing Scottish research –promoting Scottish education –enabling innovation and knowledge transfer, boosting economic competitiveness Build services that will capture researchers’ attention and contribute to culture change Electric Connections, Edinburgh, March 11 2008

14. Thank you for listening aswan@keyperspectives co.uk www.keyperspectives.co.uk Electric Connections, Edinburgh, March 11 2008