Sarah Porter - Supporting Research Integrity

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JISC: supporting research integritySarah Porter

Infrastructure for research excellence

JISC provides infrastructure for research excellence

National strategically important infrastructure services for research such as the JANET network, data centres, repository infrastructure

Supporting universities to make effective and efficient use of technology – in research and in the management of research

Key themes: Increasing the impact and visibility of research

Increasing research competitiveness

Management of research information

Collaboration with business and the community

Improved management of research data.

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Increasing the impact and visibility of research

Universities:Demonstrate the contribution they make to the knowledge economy

Improve their chances in the competition for government research funding

Position themselves well to work with business and community partners

JISC is a leader in the movement towards making research outputs more openly available and we believe:

An institution’s research reputation benefits when authors make their research papers freely available

More frequently cited than those solely available via subscription based journals

Open Access benefits the economy and society

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For the Future:JISC is working with key stakeholders in a number of ways to

develop ways of making the transition to Open Access.

Convening the UK Open Access Implementation Group Resource summarising information and guidance for HEIs moving to

Open Access

Guidance for small learned societies in journal tendering, including Open Access options

Funded research into benefits of Open Access to the private, public and third sectors

Holds a continuing dialogue with publishers and key stakeholders

Extracting useful information across repositories

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Increasing the impact and visibility of research

Increasing research competitiveness

Universities: Institutions must collaborate in order to remain competitive

We Believe:

Digital technologies enable researchers to collaborate

Access to very large data sets and enormous computing power allows researchers to tackle challenges that would otherwise be intractable.

For the future: JISC provides national strategically important digital infrastructure

services Virtual research environments

JISC provides national strategically important digital infrastructure services for research to keep UK institutions competitive in research.

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Manage your research information - be ready for the REF

Universities:Research Excellence Framework. Demonstrate the contribution their research makes to the

economy and society Improve and reduce the burden of their data collectionDeploying new research information management systems

JISC has funded universities to demonstrate the benefits of using the Common European Research Information Format (CERIF)

–The cost of use can be more than offset by efficiency savings.

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We Believe:

Research information is often scattered across an institution, in systems that often can’t talk to one another efficiently

A research information management system brings together information that is stored and managed in different systems

What we are doing:

JISC has been working with other agencies to define what needs to be done to improve research information management.

Developed extensive resources to help you implement a new system

For the future:

JISC leading on work to create a modular research information management system as a shared service (Spring 2012)

4 pilot JISC projects due to report shortly

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Collaborate with business and the community

Universities:Deploying research expertise in collaborations with businesses and community organisations

Digital technologies can help institutions exploit their knowledge assets.  

What we are doing

Tools to help institutions promote their research expertise online

Customer relationship management (CRM) tools

We believe:JISC’s extensive advice and guidance can help you choose the best approach and online tools  

JISC can also help you manage the legal aspects of engagement with business and other external sectors

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For the future:

JISC is funding innovative projects for institutions to lead local provision of integrated information services online

In summer 2012, JISC will provide a comprehensive Online CRM Handbook for HE and FE

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Improve research data management

JISC believes that it is important to promote and support good research data management.

Why Universities should be thinking about improving research data management

Considerations for research integrity

Research Funder Policies

Freedom of Information / Environmental Information Regulations

Benefits of data reuse and improved research data management

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Improve research data management

Challenges for institutions

How can institutions support researchers in responding to funder requirements

How can Universities develop and inculcate best practice?

What planning and management systems can be used to remove excessive burden from researchers?

Where and how should the data be stored?

What data should be retained and what discarded?

What security, ethical and privacy issues need to be considered?

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What JISC is doing to help?

We have developed a significant number of online resources and continue to provide a range of front line support services.

JISC has made significant investment across three areas of activity:• Digital Curation Centre• Managing Research Data Programme• University Modernisation Fund Shared Services and the Cloud

Programme

How is JISC helping institutions?• Guidance materials and policy development• Training materials• Research data management planning• RDM Systems and Infrastructure

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Conclusion

Research Integrity Conference:

sharing our thinking and outputs for this work

Develop direction from you for our future work

Demonstrate range of practical measures and guidance that have been developed in collaboration with UK Universities and partners

For further information:

www.jisc.ac.uk

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