1. University of St Andrews Towards e-Research June 16 th 2005 Research-related computing developments in St Andrews Birgit Plietzsch, Anna Clements, Jeremy Upton

2. University of St Andrews Towards e-Research June 16 th 2005Developments Arts server Research expertise database Institutional repository  work in progress

3. University of St Andrews Towards e-Research June 16 th 2005Introduction Co-ordination of research-related computing developments Aims: »Avoidance of duplication of data entry »Consistency of information provision across resources »Efficiency of maintenance Preparation for RAE »Information of research at St Andrews »Access to research outcomes

4. University of St Andrews Towards e-Research June 16 th 2005 Arts server Birgit Plietzsch IT Services bp10@st-andrews.ac.uk 01334 462315

5. University of St Andrews Towards e-Research June 16 th 2005 Arts server http://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk A A = arts R R = research & T T = teaching S S = server

6. University of St Andrews Towards e-Research June 16 th 2005Remit Sustainable & accessible resource creation »Open standards, documentation, metadata »Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Resource creation in context »Projects »Methods »Arts & Humanities Computing developments

7. University of St Andrews Towards e-Research June 16 th 2005 Why arts? (1/2) Central resource »External: Arts computing in St Andrews »Internal: Service to Faculty of Arts Overview of research and teaching data created

8. University of St Andrews Towards e-Research June 16 th 2005 Why arts? (2/2) Experiment with technology: »Project requirements »Support for arts computing / demonstrate new technology

9. University of St Andrews Towards e-Research June 16 th 2005 What’s on arts? Projects News Details of: »Events »Resource creation »Using resources »Funding opportunities

10. University of St Andrews Towards e-Research June 16 th 2005 http://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk

11. University of St Andrews Towards e-Research June 16 th 2005 Research Expertise Database Anna Clements Business Improvements akc@st-andrews.ac.uk 01334 462761

12. University of St Andrews Towards e-Research June 16 th 2005Background Research Expertise database setup in Nov 2002 to update/maintain external databases www.scottishresearch.comwww.scottishresearch.com www.cos.comwww.cos.com Now covers academic staff across the University Expanded in Nov 2004 to cover RAE-specific data collection

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14. University of St Andrews Towards e-Research June 16 th 2005 Current Statistics Research Expertise and skills on over 450 staff 8500 + publications 900 + qualifications (degrees, professional) 440 + honours, prizes and awards 1500 + former positions 2000 + esteem pointers 600 + professional memberships

15. University of St Andrews Towards e-Research June 16 th 2005 Each Profile will bring data together … Research Expertise data (previous slide) Full-text repository of peer-review and other publications– administered by the University Library Output from Arts and Humanities Research projects – Arts Server Grant applications and awards data from RGFO (Research Grants Finance Office) Research Contracts and published patent information from RES (Research and Enterprise Services) Research Students and Assistants from Registry, Human Resources and Finance

16. University of St Andrews Towards e-Research June 16 th 2005 Benefits/Uses : internal Data stored in one location – cut-down duplication of data collection and maintenance Linked data can be viewed and appropriate central unit advised of any mistakes Accessibility increases confidence that data is correct, current and complete Individuals can identify potential collaborators across the University CV generation RAE2008 preparation School/Department will have access to relevant subsets of data eg for web pages etc

17. University of St Andrews Towards e-Research June 16 th 2005 Benefits/Uses : external Research excellence presented to outside world : »Potential Research Collaborators »Potential Research Students »General Public/Media/Press »External websites eg COS and ScottishResearch websites

18. University of St Andrews Towards e-Research June 16 th 2005 St Andrews Institutional Repository Jeremy Upton LIS Jeremy.upton@st-andrews.ac.uk 01334 462286

19. University of St Andrews Towards e-Research June 16 th 2005Background Academic needs: »Faster access to research output »Better access to research output »Easier access through harvesters Institutional needs »Need to track output of staff (RAE) »Requirement of future RCUK bids »Recruitment of researchers/PhD’s

20. University of St Andrews Towards e-Research June 16 th 2005 Background (2) Publication crisis: Journal Inflation running consistently ahead of RPI Library budgets reducing in real terms Institution having to pay to buy back research which has been publicly funded Opportunity to re-gain control of academic output A better way of publishing in an electronic environment

21. University of St Andrews Towards e-Research June 16 th 2005 Background (3) Scottish perspective: Library member of JISC IRIS project University signed up to OATS (http://scurl.ac.uk/WG/OATS/index.html), Open Access Team for Scotland declarationhttp://scurl.ac.uk/WG/OATS/index.html ‘We believe that the interests of Scotland will be best served by the rapid adoption of open access to scientific and research literature.’

22. University of St Andrews Towards e-Research June 16 th 2005 St Andrews Project Pilot repository running since 2001 as part of HaIRST project Variety of materials deposited Paper on e-theses submission going through research committees

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25. University of St Andrews Towards e-Research June 16 th 2005 St Andrews Repository Depositing material Needs to be straight forward and quick May have to provide mediated service

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30. University of St Andrews Towards e-Research June 16 th 2005 St Andrews Repository Copyright Most publishers will allow publication in e-repository SHERPA/RoMEO listing of publishers’ permissions (http://romeo.eprints.org/ )http://romeo.eprints.org/ Southampton now archiving over 90% of research outputs

31. University of St Andrews Towards e-Research June 16 th 2005 St Andrews Repository Why the Library, why a central repository? Permanent location for document using persistent URL’s and DOI’s Enhancement: controlled metadata including subject information Digital preservation/permanent archiving Use of agreed standards to allow harvesting

32. University of St Andrews Towards e-Research June 16 th 2005 St Andrews Repository Future Enhancement of environment for research communities Support for variety of item types with clear description »Pre prints »Conference papers Support for theses work in progress New software for closer linking to RAE