Part 2: Research support in a 21st century academic library: a case study of Stellenbosch University...

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Building blocks in the partnership between the Library and the Research

Office

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Elsevier partnership

• Access to key, peer-reviewed scholarly journals and electronic books

• Writing workshops• Career guidance for researchers • Search strategy training• Subscription to SciVal Spotlight, Strata, Experts• Research performance evaluation workshops

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Research Commons

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Institutional Research Repository

• 2008 - Theses & Dissertations Repository• 2010 - Expand to journal articles and other

research output material• Bibliographic research output records • Webometrics ranking

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Research At Stellenbosch

• Prize winning publication• Showcase researchers,

projects and facilities• First launched in the

Library (Research Commons)• Library participation on

editorial board

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Berlin 10 Open Access Conference

• First Berlin Conference in Africa 7 & 8 Nov 2012• Convergence between Library advocacy for Open

Access and institutional objective to play a leading role on the African continent

• Local Organising Committee

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Practical examples of research support services and collaboration

between the Library and the Research Office

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Prepare

Gather

CreatePreserve

Share

Measure

Research life cycle

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Prepare

PREPARE deals with finding ideas and plan-ning the research pro-

ject

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Prepare phaseResearch activities Library services

• Background reading/looking for ideas• Deciding on a topic• Formulating a research

question• Securing funding• Planning the project• Identifying skills deficits and

planning for workshops

• Orientation sessions • Contemplative space (

Research Commons)• Using SciVal Spotlight, the

Library provides insight into institutional themes

• Iterate funding opportunities

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Gather

GATHER refers to the resources,

skills and strategies re-

searchers require to find information

sources for their research project.

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Gather phaseResearch activities Library services

• Literature review• Research design• Research method• Research proposal• Ethical compliance• Data collection

• Access to information sources• Training / workshops• Shared calendar for skills

development• Research support forum

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Create

CREATE refers to analysis, synthesis and writing as well

as networking, refer-ence management and compliance is-

sues (copyright, avoiding plagiarism,

etc.)

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Create phaseResearch activities Library services

• Data analysis•Writing• Edit/proofreading• Bibliographic management• Comply with copyright &

plagiarism

• Conducive space • Workshops on references

management & ethical use of information & storing and sharing documents

• Collaboration facilities: • tools to locate potential

collaborators • video-conferencing• collaboration spaces

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Preserve

PRESERVE refers to ensuring per-

petuate accessibil-ity of research

output and replic-ability of data

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Preserve phaseResearch activities Library services

•Managing and archiving research outputs•Managing and archiving

research data

• Institutional reposity (SUNScholar)

• Self-archiving mandate

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Share

The SHARE phase refers mainly to

publishing; identi-fying suitable

journals in which to publish; choos-ing between Open Access and com-

mercial publishers

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Share phaseResearch activities Library services

• Publication in books• Publication in traditional

journals• Open access publishing• Conference papers• Publication in social media

• Provide guidance on different aspects of publishing

• Assist researchers to promote their work

• Provide a journal publishing platform

• Provide and manage funds for article processing charges for publication in open access journals

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Measure

MEASURE refers to determining the value or impact of research contribu-tions (social relev-ance and scientific

excellence)

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Measure phaseResearch activities Library services

• Strategic research management (showcasing, funding, collaboration)

• Determine journal impact • Author productivity and

impact reports• Profiling to increase visibility • Consider collaboration

opportunities• NRF ranking applications

• Individual and faculty based support wrt SciVal Spotlight, Strata & Experts including on demand reports

• On demand calculation of h-index for NRF rating applications

• Included in orientation sessions: journal metrics, unique researcherID, etc.

• On demand citation reports

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Conclusion

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Thank you!