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Supporting Research Needs in the 21st Century

Supporting Research Needs in the 21st Century. Some Thoughts on Information Service Evolution. Missions and meanings. The institutional mission Teaching Research The context – local, national, global. Progress Enlightenment Evolution Truth Heritage Creativity. Store of knowledge

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Supporting Research Needs in the 21st Century

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  1. Supporting Research Needs in the 21st Century Some Thoughts on Information Service Evolution Alasdair Paterson University of Exeter

  2. Missions and meanings • The institutional mission • Teaching • Research • The context – local, national, global Alasdair Paterson University of Exeter

  3. Progress Enlightenment Evolution Truth Heritage Creativity Store of knowledge Curiosity Profit Career National interest Institutional interest Research: what’s it for? Alasdair Paterson University of Exeter

  4. Staff and p/g research Independent researchers 10% + of all UK academic library users Pushing the envelope Research degrees Text-based Lab-based Commercial Producing theses, articles, monographs Information - hungry (Part-) owners of intellectual property Researchers:what do they look like? Alasdair Paterson University of Exeter

  5. What’s strange about the UK? • Number of research-active institutions • Peer grading of research quality • Money follows grading • Overt competition for central funds Alasdair Paterson University of Exeter

  6. Distortions • Salami publishing • Need for more places to publish in • Commercial and pure research intermingling • Headhunting • Research directions unconnected to areas of library excellence • Lack of time to think it all out again Alasdair Paterson University of Exeter

  7. The view from the Library • National and regional cooperation • Investigation • Finance • E-resources • The hybrid library Alasdair Paterson University of Exeter

  8. National cooperation • Pilot programmes and beyond • Leadership • DNC & DNER • Full disclosure • Deeper collaboration • Cross-sectoral Alasdair Paterson University of Exeter

  9. E-resources • Electronic journals and the logjam in scholarly communications • SPARC • Open archives • Theses • Digitisation programmes – creation and preservation Alasdair Paterson University of Exeter

  10. Let’s hear it for the staff • Range of expertise and expectation • Training and development the key Alasdair Paterson University of Exeter

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