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Page 1: The library as a virtual research environment Bill Hubbard SHERPA Project Manager University of Nottingham.

The library as a virtual research environment

Bill Hubbard

SHERPA Project Manager

University of Nottingham

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A virtual research environment

what is in this environment ? what do academics want ? what role does the library play ?

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Users wanted . . .

access to financial information access to funding and research opportunities support in working practices access to library services on-line

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Portal first page

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Portal finance

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Research news

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Virtual community and support

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Weblog support

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Virtual working environment

research project management research development support for collaborative working

access to library services and research papers

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Resources -

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Resources - inc Metalib

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Institutional repositories

improve scholarly communication facilitate the research process easy and cheap to establish fit in with current working practices can be built incrementally

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Establishing a repository

technically straight forward free software - EPrints.org, DSpace and others standard server needs integration into institutional systems & services collections policy

– different disciplines– different research cultures

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Benefits for the researcher

wide dissemination – papers more visible– cited more

rapid dissemination ease of access cross-searchable value added services

– hit counts on papers– personalised publications lists– citation analyses

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Why institutional ?

institutions have centralised resources:– to subsidise repository start up– to support repositories with technical / organisational

infrastructures– to deal effectively with preservation issues over the long term

institutions get benefits:– raises profile and prestige of institution– tool for managing institutional information assets– permanent record of research activities– encourages an institutional identity in intellectual output

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Nottingham ePrints

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Nottingham eprints - record

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SHERPA repositories

Birkbeck Birmingham Bristol British Library Cambridge Durham Edinburgh

Glasgow Imperial Leeds LSE Kings College Newcastle Nottingham

Oxford Royal Holloway Sheffield SOAS UCL York AHDS

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Institutional repositories worldwide

– United States (57) – United Kingdom (29) – Canada (17) – Sweden (13) – France (12) – Netherlands (12) – Italy (11) – Germany (9) – Australia (8) – Hungary (4)

– China (4) – Brazil (3) – Denmark (3) – Portugal (2) – South Africa (2) – Austria (2) – India (2) – Japan (2) – Mexico (2) – Ireland (2)

– Belgium (2) – Finland (1) – Slovenia (1) – Israel (1) – Norway (1) – Switzerland (1) – Croatia (1) – Peru (1) – Spain (1)

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repositories set up in each partner institution papers being added negotiations with publishers discussions on preservation of eprints work on IPR and deposit licences advocacy campaigns

SHERPA - progress

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A virtual research environment

offers personalised services syntheses access to information and services provides a supported working environment used for finding information used for disseminating information facilitates collaboration in new ways

and across old boundaries

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http://www.sherpa.ac.uk

[email protected]

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