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Current Research Information Systems in Greece

Current Research Information Systems in Greece. Dr Nikos Houssos National Documentation Centre (EKT) / National Hellenic Research Foundation (NHRF) ‏. Agenda. About the National Documentation Centre CRIS systems in Greece Important issues for CRIS development. NDC activities and role.

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Current Research Information Systems in Greece

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  1. Current Research Information Systems in Greece Dr Nikos Houssos National Documentation Centre (EKT) / National Hellenic Research Foundation (NHRF)‏

  2. Agenda • About the National Documentation Centre • CRIS systems in Greece • Important issues for CRIS development

  3. NDC activities and role • Part of National Hellenic Research Foundation (NHRF) - oldest research centre in Greece • Research and technology content and services: • National doctoral theses archive • 13,000+ theses on line, 3.500.000 pages in total • Both born digital and digitized material • National archive for variety of DBs and all research journals – both in print and electronic ones. • Union catalogues of journals that Greek Academic Libraries subscribe, municipal libraries etc. • Digitization services for cultural and scientific content • Development of CRIS - research results dissemination • Services for the academic/research community: • International cooperation, Enterprise Europe Network, National Contact Point for FP7, research metrics extraction

  4. National Documentation Centre – CRIS related activities • Has been building CERIF-compliant CRIS since 2002 • Since early 2007 runs a funded project related mainly to open access infrastructures • Institutional repository of NHRF • 5 open access journals • A part of the project concerns enhancements on existing CRIS • Funding for developing open access systems and CRIS is (practically) secured for at least two more years, beginning 2009

  5. Greek Research Groups Database • Attempt to create a register of all greek research groups/labs in universities and research institutes • Data collected by a survey research company • Numbers: 8500 researchers, 1400 organisations, 4000 publications • In pilot operation (greek-only http://www.ekt.gr/grcris)‏ • Built on the CERIF database schema • Implementation technology: Java EE

  6. Research Projects with Greek Participation • Information about R & D projects with greek participation. • Data collected from project databases: • CORDIS • National bodies • Built on the CERIF database schema - individual schemas mapped to CERIF • In operation (greek-only, http://services.ekt.gr:8080/portal/dt)‏ • Implementation technology: Java EE

  7. NISNEST database – researchers and organisations from Eastern Europe • Part of the NISNEST project - aims to strengthen the cooperation between the EU Member States and the Eastern European countries in the areas of frontier and high risk research • Mainly data from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova • Data collection methods: • Self-submission by researchers • Information extracted from event registration forms • Numbers: ~600 researchers and ~170 organisations • In operation (http://researchers.nisnest.gr)‏ • CERIF-based database schema with certain additions. • Basic faceted browsing functionality • Implementation technology: Ruby on Rails

  8. Database of researchers and organisations in humanistic studies and natural sciences • Part of the efforts to promote open access journals • Researchers and organisations from all over the world • Data collected from various sources in the Internet • Numbers: ~1400 researchers and ~150 organisations • In operation (http://resorgs.ekt.gr)‏ • Non-CERIF database schema, can be mapped to CERIF XML. • Basic faceted browsing functionality in development • Implementation technology: Ruby on Rails

  9. Mapping of Greek Women in Research • Creation of a register of greek women researchers. • Data solicited from universities and research centres • Additional data collected through questionnaires completed directly by researchers • Numbers: More than 3000 researchers, 80 organisations • System not public (contractual requirement)‏

  10. Experiences with CERIF • Model is quite complete – mapping from arbitrary schemas to CERIF without significant loss of information • Needed to extend the CERIF schema in some cases • Interoperability at the database schema level – in some case not the best choice • Example: flexibility of Ruby on Rails not utilised • Support for other databases desirable • MySQL, PostGreSQL

  11. Important issues for now and the future (1)‏ • Efficient data collection • Automated ingest/update from available sources (e.g., people, publications, organisations, projects)‏ • Need to ensure availability of sources (e.g., CORDIS, national sources)‏ • Enhance user experience • Faceted browsing • Advanced visualisation • Mashups based on CRIS data • Data quality • Data cleaning (e.g., de-duplication)‏

  12. Important issues for now and the future (2)‏ • Interoperability among CRIS • Harvesting of CRIS data • Cross-CRIS search, browsing • Interoperation with institutional repositories • CRIS role in the implementation of research assessment systems • Semantic web technologies

  13. More info • nhoussos AT ekt.gr

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