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-Research Systems\\ 
-This page (2017) and needs enhancement. Please feel free to edit this page. 
  
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-====== Institutional Repositories ​(IRs ​======+**Research Systems** \\ 
 +Please feel free to edit this page. To see which system are employed by each UK He Institution to to the (overall[[:​he_systems_review|HE systems review]] page
  
-===== Overview ​=====+====== Institutional Repositories (IRs) ======
  
-From Fixing ​the UK repository ​landscapeBy Neil Jacobs ​Jisc. Open access briefing paper23.10.18+===== NEWS Repository Purchasing Framework (February 2020) ===== 
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 +"Jisc is creating a Repository Purchasing Framework (a Dynamic Purchasing System), following feedback from the UK research sector and our members about the difficulties of procuring ​repository ​services, and the need for leadership and minimum standards in this area.\\ 
 +How will it work?\\ 
 +The framework will set out minimum standards that suppliers must comply with in order to have their product included. Suppliers will apply to be included, with the first wave of awards completed in the Spring. Additional suppliers can be added at any time.\\ 
 +Our members will be able to use the framework to run mini competitions with suppliers, using standard templates provided, and adding additional requirements of their own, if necessary. The Jisc framework team will administer the process, sending clarifications and responses to the member, who will then use their criteria to identify the preferred supplierIf a supplier is selectedJisc notifies all bidders of the result and contracts are between the preferred supplier and member are drawn up.\\ 
 +**Benefits and opportunities for members** 
 + 
 +   * The framework will reduce the procurement burden for members: it will facilitate a light touch procurement process for members, as the due diligence and OJEU requirements will have already been fulfilled. Members can focus solely on their specific requirements. 
 +  * Many members are undertaking research systems reviews with possibility of re-procuring for post-REF 2021, so this is a good moment to introduce this framework. 
 +  * Members can be confident that the services included use a clear set of sector standards 
 +  * The market for such services becomes more transparent,​ efficient and effective. 
 +  * Members get better value for money. 
 + 
 +**Contact** \\ Dr Tamsin Burland \\ Tamsin.Burland@jisc.ac.uk \\ Digital Resources, Jisc \\ 15 Fetter Lane, London, EC4A 1BW \\ T 07468 727061 \\ Twitter @tamsinburland \\ orcid.org/​0000-0002-5129-979X 
 + 
 +===== Overview =====
  
-Repositories in the UK today\\ +Neil Jacobs.[[http://​repository.jisc.ac.uk/​7087/​1/​2018JiscOABriefingFixingUKRepositoryLandscape.pdf|Fixing ​the UK repository landscape]] Jisc Open access briefing paper, 23.10.18 \\   \\ 
-According to the global directory OpenDOAR5there are 258 repositories in the UK, of which 180 hold research articles ​and, of these, 160 are institutionally-based (as opposed to being departmental or disciplinary).+**Introduction** \\ "This paper outlines ​the current state of the organisationalcultural and technical landscape related to OA repositories in the UK, trends ​and recent developmentsand suggestions for improvement"​
  
-According to the Universities UK 2017 Monitoring report , some 48% of articles with a UK author were openly available online other than on the publisher site, of which 15% were in institutional repositories,​ 13% in subject repositories,​ and 50% (likely illegally) on ResearchGate. The submission of items into institutional repositories is often mediated (or at least checked) by library staff, whereas that into subject repositories is usually direct by the author. While the REF policy has prompted many universities to increase the investment in their repositories,​ for others staffing for repository support remains rather low.\\ +**"Software** \\ Of the 160 institutional repositories,​ 27 use the DSpace open source software, 98 use the EPrints open source software, and 13 use Elsevier’s PURE product. A sizeable minority of those using open source software in fact pay for a hosted solution managed by a third party. Those with local installations are often running rather old software, perhaps because an accretion of local configurations makes it difficult to upgrade ​" \\
-Software\\ +
-Of the 160 institutional repositories,​ 27 use the DSpace open source software, 98 use the EPrints open source software, and 13 use Elsevier’s PURE product. A sizeable minority of those using open source software in fact pay for a hosted solution managed by a third party. Those with local installations are often running rather old software, perhaps because an accretion of local configurations makes it difficult to upgrade.+
  
 ====== A Tour of the Research Data Management (RDM) Service Space ====== ====== A Tour of the Research Data Management (RDM) Service Space ======
  
-\\ + \\ Bryant, Rebecca, Brian Lavoie and Constance Malpas. 2017. [[http://​www.oclc.org/​content/​dam/​research/​publications/​2017/​oclcresearch%20%20-research-data-management-service-space-tour-2017-a4.pdf.|A Tour of the Research Data Management (RDM) Service Space]]. The Realities of Research Data Management, Part 1. Dublin, Ohio: OCLC Research. [[http://​www.oclc.org/​content/​dam/​research/​publications/​2017/​oclcresearch|http://​www.oclc.org/​content/​dam/​research/​publications/​2017/​oclcresearch]] \\ 
-Bryant, Rebecca, Brian Lavoie and Constance Malpas. 2017. [[http://​www.oclc.org/​content/​dam/​research/​publications/​2017/​oclcresearch%20%20-research-data-management-service-space-tour-2017-a4.pdf.|A Tour of the Research Data Management (RDM) Service Space]]. The Realities of Research Data Management, Part 1. Dublin, Ohio: OCLC Research. [[http://​www.oclc.org/​content/​dam/​research/​publications/​2017/​oclcresearch|http://​www.oclc.org/​content/​dam/​research/​publications/​2017/​oclcresearch]]\\ +-research-data-management-service-space-tour-2017-a4.pdf. \\ 
--research-data-management-service-space-tour-2017-a4.pdf.\\ + \\ 
-\\ +From the introduction:​ \\ 
-From the introduction:​\\ +//"​Research data management (RDM) has emerged as an area of keen interest in higher education, leading to considerable investment in services, resources and infrastructure to support researchers’ data management needs. This is the first in a series of reports by OCLC Research which examines the context, influences and choices higher education institutions face in building or acquiring RDM capacity—in other words, the infrastructure,​ services and other resources needed to support emerging data management practices. Our findings are derived from detailed case studies of four research universities,​ hailing from four distinct national contexts: the University of Edinburgh (UK), the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (US), Monash University (Australia) and Wageningen University & Research (the Netherlands). In this introductory report, we provide some brief background on the emergence of RDM as a focus for research support services within higher education; present a simple framework for navigating the contours of the RDM service space; describe the methodology we employed for assembling our findings and discuss the key elements of RDM capacity acquisition these findings address; and offer a preview of the next report in the series"//​ \\  \\ For a list of the Research Management Systems used in each UK Higher Education Institution see the [[:​he_systems_review|Who uses what system page]]
-//"​Research data management (RDM) has emerged as an area of keen interest in higher education, leading to considerable investment in services, resources and infrastructure to support researchers’ data management needs. This is the first in a series of reports by OCLC Research which examines the context, influences and choices higher education institutions face in building or acquiring RDM capacity—in other words, the infrastructure,​ services and other resources needed to support emerging data management practices. Our findings are derived from detailed case studies of four research universities,​ hailing from four distinct national contexts: the University of Edinburgh (UK), the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (US), Monash University (Australia) and Wageningen University & Research (the Netherlands). In this introductory report, we provide some brief background on the emergence of RDM as a focus for research support services within higher education; present a simple framework for navigating the contours of the RDM service space; describe the methodology we employed for assembling our findings and discuss the key elements of RDM capacity acquisition these findings address; and offer a preview of the next report in the series"//​ \\ +
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-For a list of the Research Management Systems used in each UK Higher Education Institution see the [[:​he_systems_review|Who uses what system page]]+
  
-====== Research ​//Management// Systems in use in the UK ======+====== Research Management Systems in use in the UK ======
  
-include:\\ +include: \\ [[http://​symplectic.co.uk/​products/​elements/​|Elements]] (Symplectic) \\ 
-[[http://​symplectic.co.uk/​products/​elements/​|Elements]] (Symplectic)\\ +[[https://​www.elsevier.com/​solutions/​pure|Pure]] (Elsevier) \\ 
-[[https://​www.elsevier.com/​solutions/​pure|Pure]] (Elsevier)\\ +[[http://​converis.thomsonreuters.com/​|Converis]] (Thompson) \\ 
-[[http://​converis.thomsonreuters.com/​|Converis]] (Thompson)\\ +[[http://​www.phd-manager.co.uk/​|PhD Manage]]r (Haplo) \\
-[[http://​www.phd-manager.co.uk/​|PhD Manage]]r (Haplo)\\+
 [[http://​research.worktribe.com/​|Worktribe]] [[http://​research.worktribe.com/​|Worktribe]]
  
 ====== Other kinds of '​Research'​ Systems ====== ====== Other kinds of '​Research'​ Systems ======
  
-The above are in addition to systems used to manage research outputs such as publication (typically managed within an Institutional Repository (IR) such as\\ +The above are in addition to systems used to manage research outputs such as publication (typically managed within an Institutional Repository (IR) such as \\ **[[http://​www.eprints.org/​uk/​|Eprints]]** ​ \\ **[[http://​www.dspace.org/​|DSpace]]** \\ [[http://​fedorarepository.org/​|**Fedora,​** ]] \\ 
-**[[http://​www.eprints.org/​uk/​|Eprints]]** \\ +Research //​data// ​ may also be manged using those systems. For more information about Research Data Management (RDM) see the [[https://​www.jisc.ac.uk/​rd/​projects/​research-data-shared-service|Jisc Research Data Shared service ]]This is a major Jisc initiative running until April 2018 with a budget of £1,000,000 \\ 
-**[[http://​www.dspace.org/​|DSpace]]** \\ + \\ 
-[[http://​fedorarepository.org/​|**Fedora,​** ]]\\ + \\ 
-Research //data// may also be manged using those systems. For more information about Research Data Management (RDM) see the [[https://​www.jisc.ac.uk/​rd/​projects/​research-data-shared-service|Jisc Research Data Shared service ]]This is a major Jisc initiative running until April 2018 with a budget of £1,​000,​000\\ +[[http://​orweblog.oclc.org/​research-information-management-systems-a-new-service-category/​|**Research information management systems – a new service category?​**]] Most of the information below is taken from a 2014 blog post by Lorcan Dempsey. It serves as a good introduction \\ 
-\\ +(What follows is an extract for Lorcan Dempsey'​s blog). Click on the link above to read the complete blog post \\ 
-\\ + \\ 
-[[http://​orweblog.oclc.org/​research-information-management-systems-a-new-service-category/​|**Research information management systems – a new service category?​**]] Most of the information below is taken from a 2014 blog post by Lorcan Dempsey. It serves as a good introduction\\ +October 26, 2014 Lorcan Dempsey \\ 
-(What follows is an extract for Lorcan Dempsey'​s blog). Click on the link above to read the complete blog post\\ +It has been interesting watching **Research Information Management** ​ or **RIM** ​ emerge as a new service category in the last couple of years. RIM is supported by a particular system category, the Research Information Management System (RIMs), sometimes referred to by an earlier name, the CRIS (Current Research Information System). \\  \\ For reasons discussed below, this area has been more prominent outside the US, but interest is also now growing in the US. See for example, the mention of RIMs in the Library [[http://​www.dartmouth.edu/​%7Elibrary/​home/​about/​mission.html|FY15 Strategic Goals]] at Dartmouth College. \\ 
-\\ +**Research information management** \\ The name is unfortunately confusing – a reserved sense living alongside more general senses. What is the reserved sense? Broadly, RIM is used to refer to the integrated management of information about the research life-cycle, and about the entities which are party to it (e.g. researchers,​ research outputs, organizations,​ grants, facilities, ..). The aim is to synchronize data across parts of the university, reducing the burden to all involved of collecting and managing data about the research process. An outcome is to provide greater visibility onto institutional research activity. Motivations include better internal reporting and analytics, support for compliance and assessment, and improved reputation management through more organized disclosure of research expertise and outputs. \\  \\ A major driver has been the need to streamline the provision of data to various national university research assessment exercises (for example, in the UK, Denmark and Australia). Without integrated support, responding to these is costly, with activities fragmented across the Office of Research, individual schools or departments,​ and other support units, including, sometimes, the library. (See [[http://​www.oclc.org/​content/​dam/​research/​publications/​library/​2009/​2009-09.pdf?​urlm=162926|this report]] on national assessment regimes and the roles of libraries.) \\ 
-October 26, 2014 Lorcan Dempsey\\ + \\
-It has been interesting watching **Research Information Management** or **RIM** emerge as a new service category in the last couple of years. RIM is supported by a particular system category, the Research Information Management System (RIMs), sometimes referred to by an earlier name, the CRIS (Current Research Information System).\\ +
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-For reasons discussed below, this area has been more prominent outside the US, but interest is also now growing in the US. See for example, the mention of RIMs in the Library [[http://​www.dartmouth.edu/​%7Elibrary/​home/​about/​mission.html|FY15 Strategic Goals]] at Dartmouth College.\\ +
-**Research information management** \\ +
-The name is unfortunately confusing – a reserved sense living alongside more general senses. What is the reserved sense? Broadly, RIM is used to refer to the integrated management of information about the research life-cycle, and about the entities which are party to it (e.g. researchers,​ research outputs, organizations,​ grants, facilities, ..). The aim is to synchronize data across parts of the university, reducing the burden to all involved of collecting and managing data about the research process. An outcome is to provide greater visibility onto institutional research activity. Motivations include better internal reporting and analytics, support for compliance and assessment, and improved reputation management through more organized disclosure of research expertise and outputs.\\ +
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-A major driver has been the need to streamline the provision of data to various national university research assessment exercises (for example, in the UK, Denmark and Australia). Without integrated support, responding to these is costly, with activities fragmented across the Office of Research, individual schools or departments,​ and other support units, including, sometimes, the library. (See [[http://​www.oclc.org/​content/​dam/​research/​publications/​library/​2009/​2009-09.pdf?​urlm=162926|this report]] on national assessment regimes and the roles of libraries.)\\ +
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 Some of the functional areas covered by a RIM system may be: Some of the functional areas covered by a RIM system may be:
  
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