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Transforming Research: The Role of Libraries in Virtual Research Environments

This article explores the concept of a virtual research environment, emphasizing its significance for academics and the pivotal role libraries play. It highlights the need for access to financial information, research opportunities, online library services, and support for collaborative work. Additionally, the piece details the benefits of establishing institutional repositories to enhance scholarly communication, increase visibility of research, and streamline the research process. With insights from Bill Hubbard, Project Manager of the SHERPA initiative at the University of Nottingham, this exploration underscores the changing landscape of academic research facilitated by technology.

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Transforming Research: The Role of Libraries in Virtual Research Environments

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  1. The library as a virtual research environment Bill Hubbard SHERPA Project Manager University of Nottingham

  2. A virtual research environment • what is in this environment ? • what do academics want ? • what role does the library play ?

  3. Users wanted . . . • access to financial information • access to funding and research opportunities • support in working practices • access to library services on-line

  4. Portal first page

  5. Portal finance

  6. Research news

  7. Virtual community and support

  8. Weblog support

  9. Virtual working environment • research project management • research development • support for collaborative working • access to library services and research papers

  10. Resources -

  11. Resources - inc Metalib

  12. Institutional repositories • improve scholarly communication • facilitate the research process • easy and cheap to establish • fit in with current working practices • can be built incrementally

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. Nottingham ePrints

  17. Nottingham eprints - record

  18. 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

  19. 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)

  20. 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

  21. 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

  22. http://www.sherpa.ac.uk bill.hubbard@nottingham.ac.uk

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