Making Sense of the Confusing World of Research Information Management
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This document summarizes Rebecca Bryant's presentation on research information management (RIM). It discusses what RIM is, different models and terminology used, common uses of RIM systems, and the role of libraries in RIM. Key points include: RIM involves aggregating and curating metadata about research activities; it can take the form of metadata-focused or use-focused systems; common uses include grants management, repositories, and analytics; drivers of RIM include competition, mandates, and increasingly networked research; and libraries can contribute expertise in publishing, training, discoverability, and stewarding the institutional research record.
Making Sense of the Confusing World of Research Information Management
- 1. SM Making Sense of the Confusing World of Research Information Management Rebecca Bryant, PhD OCLC Research, USA orcid.org/0000-0002-2753-3881 bryantr@oclc.org @rebeccabryant18 NISO Virtual Conference Research Information Systems: The Connections Enabling Collaboration 16 April 2017
- 3. Americas 10,817 members in 27 countries EMEA 3,734 members in 69 countries Asia Pacific 1,580 members in 24 countries As of 31 March 2017 A global network of libraries
- 4. See OCLC’s Fifty Years of Sharing Knowledge oc.lc/fifty
- 5. • Devoted to challenges facing libraries and archives since 1978 • Community resource for shared Research and Development (R&D) • Engagement with OCLC members and the community around shared concerns • oc.lc/research
- 7. Senior Program Officer, OCLC Research Rebecca Bryant, PhD @rebeccabryant18
- 9. OCLC Research Library Partnership (RLP) • ~150 research libraries worldwide • Facilitates collaboration, research, & sharing across member institutions & with OCLC Research o Working groups o Research reports o Webinars o Consultations & events • www.oclc.org/research/partnership.html
- 10. • Rebecca Bryant, OCLC Research • Anna Clements, University of St Andrews • Carol Feltes, Rockefeller University • David Groenewegen, Monash University • Simon Huggard, La Trobe University • Holly Mercer, University of Tennessee, Knoxville • Roxanne Missingham, Australian National University • Maliaca Oxnam, University of Arizona • Anne Rauh, Syracuse University • John Wright, University of Calgary OCLC Research Library Partnership: RIM working group GOALS • Facilitate international conversations & sharing around RIM practice • Provide an international framework for understanding RIM practices • Synthesize key talking points for how libraries are valued partners in institutional RIM activities
- 11. What is Research Information Management? Nomenclature Two models: • Metadata • Uses
- 12. The aggregation, curation, & utilization of metadata about research activities Overlapping terms: • CRIS (Current Research Information System) • RIS (Research Information System) • RNS (Research Networking System) • RPS (Research Profiling System) • FAR (Faculty Activity Reporting) • RIMs ≠ social networking platforms like ResearchGate or Academia.edu • RIM ≠ Research Data Management (RDM) What is Research Information Management (RIM)?
- 13. • An ecosystem, not a single system or platform • Increasingly more than the most “current” information Why call it Research Information Management? Overlapping terms: • CRIS (Current Research Information System) • RIS (Research Information System) • RNS (Research Networking System) • RPS (Research Profiling System) • FAR (Faculty Activity Reporting)
- 14. RIM metadata
- 24. Research Analytics VTechWorks Institutional repository CollabVT academic profiles (campus only) Research Analytics EFARS academic reviews
- 25. Who? 25 Enterprise-wide collaboration The role of the library
- 28. • Opportunities to leverage through collaborations to address other institutional challenges • Opportunities to better address local goals by understanding the problems others at the institution are trying to solve. –Provost & institutional research –Research Office –Campus communications –Library –Researchers! Doing more. Together.
- 29. Libraries in research information management Publications & scholarship expertise Training & support Discoverability, access & reputational support Stewardship of the institutional record
- 30. • OCLC Research Report, October 2017 • Supporting slides, templates for library adaptation Next steps
- 31. Why?
- 32. What‘s driving RIM activity? Drivers of RIM adoption Global competition & rankings External mandates Increasingly networked research information
- 33. • Varies according to local, regional, & national drivers & incentives • Stronger mandates ~à higher RIM activity • Also influences what TYPE of RIM activity is prioritized RIM practices
- 34. • Investigate RIM practices in 3 national contexts: • Finland • Germany • Netherlands • Examining the nexus of RIM with integration of persistent identifiers • Focus on person and organizational identifiers • Objective: • Gain useful insights on emerging practices and challenges in research management at different levels of scale • Research report expected late Fall 2017 Research Project: Adoption & Integration of Persistent Identifiers in Research Information Management
- 35. OCLC Research • Rebecca Bryant • Annette Dortmund • Constance Malpas Project team in collaboration with LIBER • Kristiina Hormia-Poutanen (National Library Finland) • Birgit Schmidt (State and University Library Göttingen) • Esa-Pekka Keskitalo (National Library Finland)
- 36. • Netherlands: Leiden University, VU Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam, Radboud University / euroCRIS, SURF • Germany: University of Münster, University of Kassel, FAU (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg), BASE Bielefeld, German National Library • Finland: Aalto University, University of Eastern Finland, University of Jyväskylä, University of Helsinki, CSC • PID organizations: ORCID & ISNI Conducted interviews with ~15 research universities, ICT organizations, and PID providers
- 38. 38 RIM Finland
- 39. 39 RIM Germany
- 43. Survey on Research Information Management Practices
- 44. • ORLP in collaboration with EuroCRIS • Beta testing in late summer • Launch live survey in fall • Report findings in 2018 International Survey of Research Information Management Practices • Rebecca Bryant, OCLC Research • Pablo de Castro, University of Strathclyde & EuroCRIS • Anna Clements, University of St. Andrews & EuroCRIS • Jan Fransen, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities • Julie Griffin, Virginia Tech • Constance Malpas, OCLC Research • Michele Mennielli, DuraSpace & EuroCRIS • Rachael Samberg, University of California, Berkeley
- 45. • Follow OCLC Research –Hangingtogether.org blog –#OCLCResearch –oc.lc/rim • Promote & participate in the upcoming Survey on Research Information Management Practices Get involved
- 46. Discussion Rebecca Bryant, PhD OCLC Research, USA http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2753-3881 bryantr@oclc.org @rebeccabryant18