Research Discovery Service Academic Computing Development Team, OUCS Anne Bowtell, Web Manager, MSD
Apr 01, 2015
Research Discovery Service
Academic Computing Development Team, OUCS
Anne Bowtell, Web Manager, MSD
… and finally
What? A directory of summary information about researchers
and research activities in the Medical Sciences Division. Available on the web. A project undertaken by the Academic Computing
Development Team, joint bid by Medical Sciences Division and Research Technologies Service.
Research Development Fund support for the next phase……
Agenda
The problem and background Demonstration Structure Potential Uses
The problem?
for potential donors for potential graduate students
Information about MSD research on the web should be easy to find:
Hierarchies
Neuroscience
Dept of Clinical Neurology
Dept of Experimental Psychology
Dept of Pharmacology
•Information exists but is hard to find and hard to pull together.
•Providing a structure on top of the wealth of web information available already.
•Cutting across division/dept hierarchies to view information by theme and subject area.
Division
Department Department Department
Research Unit
Research UnitsResearch Centres
LaboratoriesResearch Groups
CollegesDepartments
External Bodies
ResearchersPrincipal Investigators
AcademicGraduates
Administrators
AwardPrize
Guest Lecture
ActivityProjectAvenue
Discovery
PublicationArticleBook
Poster
LOCAL THEMES
GLOBAL THEMES
PEOPLEGROUPSRECOGNITION
ACTIVITIES
OUTPUT
Demonstration
Structure
RESEARCHDirectory Service Publications
MAIN WEBSITEOTHER SITES
WEB BASED INTERFACE
FOR UPDATE
SEARCH
ADMINISTRATIVE BACK-END
BROWSE
Getting people to use the system
Information reuse Self-service updating Levels of privacy
Principles
Information reuse Interoperating with other systems Defining the scope of our system
RESEARCHDirectory Service Publications
RAE
Institutional Repositories
Authorisation for other systems
Contact Information
Information interchange
RESEARCHDirectory Service Publications
MAIN WEBSITEOTHER SITES
WEB BASED INTERFACE
FOR UPDATE
SEARCH
ADMINISTRATIVE BACK-END
BROWSE
•ODBC
•RSS
•Web Services
Self-service update
What’s the potential….?
What it’s not
Google; Knowledge Management; Replacement for a department or unit
website (though it is hoped they can reuse the information);
UCLA
Virtual Research Environment
Find out what’s out there: Opportunities for collaboration; New directions and approaches.
Keep track of what’s happening: e.g.: RSS feeds of particular subject areas.
Expand to suit your requirements: Add research resources, skills, techniques; Avenues for further investigation.
… and finally