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The library as a virtual research environment. Bill Hubbard SHERPA Project Manager University of Nottingham. A virtual research environment. what is in this environment ? what do academics want ? what role does the library play ?. Users wanted. access to financial information
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The library as a virtual research environment Bill Hubbard SHERPA Project Manager University of Nottingham
A virtual research environment • what is in this environment ? • what do academics want ? • what role does the library play ?
Users wanted . . . • access to financial information • access to funding and research opportunities • support in working practices • access to library services on-line
Virtual working environment • research project management • research development • support for collaborative working • access to library services and research papers
Institutional repositories • improve scholarly communication • facilitate the research process • easy and cheap to establish • fit in with current working practices • can be built incrementally
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
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
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
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
Institutional repositories worldwide • 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) • United States (57) • United Kingdom (29) • Canada (17) • Sweden (13) • France (12) • Netherlands (12) • Italy (11) • Germany (9) • Australia (8) • Hungary (4)
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
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