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euroCRIS Business Meeting

euroCRIS Business Meeting. euroCRIS Board Members, Barcelona 10 November 2015. The euroCRIS organisation.

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  1. euroCRIS Business Meeting euroCRIS Board Members, Barcelona 10 November 2015

  2. The euroCRIS organisation • An international not-for-profit association of experts and users of research information in general and research information systems (CRIS) in particular, with offices in The Hague, The Netherlands. • Mission: To advance Interoperability in the Research Community through CERIF . • Main activity: development and governance of the CERIF data model and promotion of its use. • Other important goal: promotion of cooperation and exchange of information and expertise between stakeholders in the RI ecosystem. To fulfill this function, euroCRIS regularly organises international events: Membership Meetings (twice a year) and Conferences (every 2 years). • Another way of pursuing the previously mentioned goal is by getting into Strategic Partnerships with neighbouring organisations in the Research Information Ecosystem. • Members of euroCRIS are: Universities, Research Institutes, Funding Agencies, National Research Councils, International Associations of Universities, Vendors of Research Information Systems, Publishers, ....

  3. Membership: the euroCRIS Community Members outside of Europe: Australia – Canada – China – Colombia – Iran – Israel – Malaysia – Nigeria – Pakistan – South Korea - USA Current membership is 236: 132 institutional, 79 personal and 25 affiliate (Coming from 43 countries, mainly Europe)

  4. Strategic Partners of euroCRIS.

  5. The euroCRIS Board Executive Positions: Task Group Leaders:

  6. The euroCRIS Task Groups • A substantial part of the work of euroCRIS is done in and by the euroCRIS Task Groups (TG’s) . More important so is that these Task Groups offer the opportunity to the euroCRIS membership to concretely participate in the activities of the organisation. • In the TG’s, members of euroCRIS work together on important issues concerning research information and the role of CRIS’s therein. • Currently, euroCRIS has the following Task Groups: • CRIS Architecture and Development • Best Practice/DRIS • CERIF • CRIS-IR • Indicators

  7. CRIS Architecture and Development TG The Task Group CRIS Architecture and Development focuses on those aspects of CRIS software and development processes which are suitable for sharing or reuse throughout the CRIS community. The main priorities are the development of a reference implementation for CRIS and the definition of a standard API for programmatic access to data in CERIF-CRIS systems. Furthermore, the scope of the TG includes best practice and "soft" topics, like task analysis, software specification, selection of technologies or third party products, software architecture, user interaction patterns, management of the implementation process, and testing. Concrete work done/in progress: development of CC-REFIM architecture and CERIF Rest API. TG Leader: Dimitris Karaiskos (Greece) karaiskos@ekt.gr

  8. Best Practice / DRIS Task Group The Task Group Best Practice / DRIS connects actors in CRIS and research e-infrastructure development for getting mutual benefits. Aims of the Task Group are:   To record cases of modern practice in developing and using CRISs, including CERIF usage, symbiosis with open access repositories, approaches to connect CRISs with research e-infrastructure, building of data and information spaces (DIS) over integrated CRISs content, and other CRIS-related innovations; To propagate recorded best practices and assist CRIS developers and users in implementing advanced concepts, design and tools. To setup an international Directory of (existing) Research Information Systems (DRIS). Work in progress: (continuously) updating the DRIS and developing a “Best Practice Catalogue”. Planned: the establishment of “National Focus Points” TG Leader: DanicaZendulková (Slovakia) danica.zendulkova@cvtisr.sk

  9. CERIF Task Group The CERIF Task Group maintains and further develops CERIF, the Common European Research Information Format. This also includes CERIF-XML, the exchange format, and CERIF canonical vocabularies of semantic terms. This work keeps up a number of deliverables (specifications, schemas, scripts) and provides the basis for other euroCRIS Task Groups. The group also interacts with the CERIF user base, including vendors of CERIF-based commercial solutions, with the goal of enabling maximum interoperability of Current Research Information Systems. Work in progress: continuous development/update of the CERIF model. jan.dvorak@infoscience.cz TG Leader: Jan Dvořák

  10. CRIS-IR Task Group The CRIS-IR Task Group aims at furthering the science and technology of the linkage between CRIS and repositories and specifically open access institutional repositories of publications, although data and software repositories are also of interest. This involves working on the architecture for linkage, the metadata and the mechanisms. There are outstanding issues in these areas concerned with syntax, semantics and software processes. Technical work must be preceded by communication and approximation of views between two communities: CRIS and Repository managers and specialists. Work done/in progress: inventory of CRIS-IR relation (integration/exchange) models and practices in European countries. TG Leader: Pablo de Castro (UK) pcastromartin@gmail.com

  11. Indicators Task Group Aim of the Indicators TG is to develop an active programme of research and generation of best practice (linked with TG Best Practice / DRIS) in the use of indicators (scientometrics, bibliometrics) for evaluating research. The TG will develop a catalogue of known methods with appropriate analysis of their effectiveness and efficiency. The expected output is CERIF-compliant software services (jointly with the CERIF and Architecture TG) to perform evaluation of research including for commonly used national or international methods. Concrete work done/in progress: “CERIF-ying” of the Snowball Metrics and a “Catalogue of Indicators” TG Leader: Mark Cox (UK) mark.cox@kcl.ac.uk

  12. euroCRIS Web site: www.eurocris.org

  13. euroCRIS Repository: dspacecris.eurocris.org

  14. Joining euroCRIS • Ifyou want to become a member of euroCRIS, click on the “JoineuroCRIS” button on the web site: • institutionalmembershipcosts € 300,-- a year and a personal (individual) membership € 60,-- • For more info oneuroCRIS, please consult the web site or contact the euroCRISSecretariat: • SecretariateuroCRIS:Anna van Saksenlaan 512593 HW The HagueThe NetherlandsTel. +31 70 349 44 50Email: eurocris@eurocris.org

  15. euroCRIS Reports Report of the Secretary Report of the Treasurer

  16. euroCRIS Strategy 2015-2016 • What we aimto do • “ The euroCRIS Board working with the membership and strategic partners plan to increasesubstantially the use of CERIF in production systems for research information exchange. The ongoing enhancement of CERIF will still be important but the main effort will be spent encouraging and facilitating an increase in take-up of CERIF, particularly by national and international funders, commercial suppliers and standards organisations working in the research information arena. This needs to continue to be backed up by the advocacy work by the Board, members and partners on the benefits of CERIF-CRIS as the system that sits naturally at the heart of any organisation producing / using research information to support its business“ Membership Meeting Barcelona, Nov 10-11 2015 Anna Clements

  17. euroCRIS Strategy 2015-2016 • How we aim to do this – PROGRESS UPDATE • Understand current usage • Joint EUNIS/EuroCRIS Survey https://inqueritos.up.pt/limesurvey/index.php/727886/lang-en • Deliver ‘CERIF seal of compliance’ • CERIF reference implementation • CERIF API • V1 specification published Oct 2015 • Compliance testing Membership Meeting Barcelona, Nov 10-11 2015 Anna Clements

  18. euroCRIS Strategy 2015-2016 How we aim to do this – PROGRESS UPDATE Build CERIF practitioners network • Effective use of website and other tools • New website with TG outputs section • CERIF Hackathon • Training, Blogs and Videos .. maybe a MOOC? • We need your ideas too! Membership Meeting Barcelona, Nov 10-11 2015 Anna Clements

  19. euroCRIS Strategy 2015-2016 • How we aimto do this – PROGRESS UPDATE • Work with Strategic Partners & Members to solve interoperability challenges • e.g. CASRAI, ORCiD, Jisc, COAR, VIVO, OpenAire • CASRAI – Technology Advisory Group • ORCID – cerification due by end 2015 • Jisc–Report with RCUK OSIP [Overview of Systems Interoperability] • http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/publications/policy/osipreport/ • in which CERIF recommended • UKRDDS &, Cerif in Action follow-on work • https://www.jisc.ac.uk/rd/projects/uk-research-data-discovery • OpenAire – Guidelines for CRIS Managers released July 2015 • COAR – Membership of CASRAI-OAIO • Snowball Metrics – Cerificationwork for TG review & approval • NETHERLANDS– CERIF-XML pilot launched Anna Clements

  20. Academic affairs: activities in 2015 and next steps • CRIS 2016 Conference • Program committee renewed and updated from last edition, to be announced soon. • Agreement with Emerald-Program journal to publish extended versions of best papers. • Training – on-line • Contacted with Canvas Network for the eventual launch of a MOOC on CRIS-CERIF as a complement to the current CERIF tutorials. • Training - curricula • Review of existing research data management programs as the first step towards curricular guidelines and eventual (similar to the experience of ECQA: http://www.ecqa.org/) • Education-related EU projects • Proposal preparation for Erasmus+ ITN on data science education includes CRIS. Cooperation with EU project BigDataEurope and EDISON on education oriented to data scientists.

  21. euroCRIS Communications Report Delivered since last MM: convened a Communications Committee (David Baker, Michele Mennielli, Valerie Brasse, Pablo de Castro), Scoped an initial list of communications priorities for current year, developed a members survey for regular use to collect data on performance and mission

  22. euroCRIS Communications Report Upcoming Activities: implement the members survey and compile results for Board review governance roles and responsibilities develop communications plan

  23. External Relations: activities in 2015 • Strategic Partnership with EUNIS (signed in 2014) • Research Track @EUNIS15 (first time this domain is discussed at a EUNIS event) • All euroCRIS Members can attend any EUNIS’ event paying the members fee • Joint Survey on CRIS/IR distribution in Europe • Turkey • Presentation of euroCRIS and CERIF @ANKOS (Turkish University Libraries Consortium) • Invitation to present euroCRIS and CERIF at TÜBİTAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) during the National Open Access Day • Australia • Promoting euroCRIS at the next THETA Conference and the CAUDIT Membership Meeting (Council of Australian University Directors of Information Technology) • DuraSpace: euroCRIS is now included in the DSpace Strategic Plan and in the Dspace Marketing Strategy as a potential partner and CERIF as an integration to work on for DSpace

  24. External Relations: the next steps • COAR • Strengthening the cooperation based on the “COAR Roadmap: Future Directions for Repository Interoperability” • euroCRIS Repository • Making it the Repository for other European Organisations • CHEITA (Coalition of Higher Education IT Associations) • euroCRIS as an official Member of the global Group to lead initiatives in the Research Area • Scaling the CRIS/IR Survey at a global level • EDUCAUSE 2016 • Presenting CERIF at the next EDUCAUSE Conference to promote the standard in the US • New Strategic Partnership • OCLC / CAUDIT / DuraSpace / TÜBİTAK / …

  25. ONGOING EC PROJECTS 01/02/2014 – 31/07/2016 01/01/2015 – 31/12/2016 01/10/2015 – 30/09/2018 Connecting CRISes to HOLA PLATFORM Studying VRE requirements Disseminating OA advocacy resources

  26. CSA = Coordination and Support Action RIA = Research and Innovation Action IA = Innovation Action EC PROPOSALS 2015 Submitted 14/04/2015 Submitted 14/04/2015 Submitted 28/05/2015 Submitted 28/05/2015 ? Submitted 16/09/2015 ? Submitted 16/09/2015

  27. TG CRIS-IR: Activities in 2015 Discussion on whether information on APC payments can be included in CRIS and IR datamodels. Modeling in CERIF Report on available CRIS/IR infrastructure at European level for supporting Open Access policies, PASTEUR4OA project, August 2015 Institutional CRIS/IR survey jointly carried out by EUNIS and euroCRIS – results to be eventually brought into the euroCRIS DRIS Discussions (FOSTER and Knowledge Exchange events) on interoperability between national CRISs and the IR network for national Open Access policy compliance in Slovakia, Norway and Estonia. Discussions around OpenAIRE-compliance of national CRIS platforms. Discussions (KE events) on gaps in the current CRIS/IR infrastructure for Open Access policy compliance monitoring and risks they pose to the implementation of OA policies

  28. TG CRIS-IR: Activities in 2015 Promote implementation of OpenAIRE Guidelines for CRIS managers Promote OpenAIRE-compliance for in-house built national CRISs Bring data from EUNIS/euroCRIS survey into the euroCRIS DRIS Explore the overlapping approach to Research Data Management from CRISs and IRs Checking the role played by CRISs and IRs in monitoring Open Access policy compliance in countries (NL, DK, SE) where a national goal has officially been set Following and sharing information on initiatives for international collaboration on CRIS/CRIS and CRIS/IR data exchange such as SELLRIM, plus national-level initiatives for CERIF implementation at institutional CRISs and their impact on interoperability

  29. TG Architecture & Development: activities in 2015 • Progressed CERIF REST API specification version 1.0 by incorporating all 3nd round comments as received from ARCH TG’s members. • Published CERIF REST API specification v1.0 to EuroCRIS website (http://eurocris.org/cerif-api-v10) and EuroCRIS repository (http://hdl.handle.net/11366/398). • Implemented CERIF REST API version 1.0 and included it in CC-REFIM (http://cc-refim.ekt.gr/cerif-rest-refim/). • Finalized the population of fabricated data into the CC-REFIM database. Fabricated data are comprised from 24205 fp7 projects, 222826 publications which concern 557083 persons and 27071 organizations. In total about 6M records have been included in the CC-REFIM database. • Further implemented CC-REFIM concerning mainly maintenance and upgrade issues (http://cc-refim.ekt.gr/).

  30. TG Architecture & Development: the next steps • Organize and run pilot operation of CERIF REST API version 1.0 with community users. • Proceed with CERIF REST API upgrades and new requirements as discussed in the forthcoming TG • Proceed with CC-REFIM implementation for production launch.

  31. TG BP-DRIS: activities in 2015 • International conference Open Access policy of Slovakia in the European context, the current state and prospects, March 2015, Bratislava, Slovakia • Presentation of CRIS related topic for representatives of Moldavian R&D community , August 2015 • Presentation of SK CRIS for representatives of CSC, Finland, November 2015 • Contribution to the euroCRIS+EUNIS CRIS-IR survey • Publish updated version of National CRIS Analysis • PASTEUR4OA Activities

  32. TG BP-DRIS: the next steps • Look for best practice sources in advanced research information systems, global scientific data and information space (DIS), modern virtual research environment (VRE) and e-infrastructure for e-Science, Open Science and other activities of the scientific community • Development of national CRIS systems • Finalise the document : RR&D Information Support in EU member countries http://nispez.cvtisr.sk/index.php?&menu=158Prepare specification of methodological recommendations and rules for national CRISes based on CERIF • To prepare the best practice document about SK CRIS Architecture and Interoperability – translation in preparation... • Dissemination of Directory of Research Information Systems (DRIS) through CRIS community worldwide; continual accomplishment of DRIS in cooperation with CRIS administratorshttp://www.eurocris.org/activities/dris

  33. TG Indicators: activities in 2015 • Priorities agreed at Paris MM • Expressing Snowball metrics in CERIF • Focus on societal impact • Recording impact in a CRIS - why and how • Review of impact definition in CERIF (originally implemented in CERIF 1.3)

  34. TG Indicators: next steps • Approval of Snowball CERIF elements following work at St. Andrews • Working interface for entering Snowball information • How does Elsevier fit into further development of Snowball, and role of euroCRIS • Advocacy and political issues related to wider implementation of Snowball • Importance of narrative and evidence in recording societal impact in a CRIS • Current weakness of CERIF in recording impact (via “indicators” and “measures”) • Evidence ≡ Indicators? • New “cfImpact” entity required? Or can existing entity be extended to cover impact? • Small group to create worked examples of expressing impact in CERIF

  35. Next euroCRIS Conference: CRIS2016

  36. Next euroCRIS Conference: CRIS2016

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