Pan Breen bibliometrics update april 2011

MyRI: An bibliometrics toolkit –collaboration in research skills support Ros Pan & Ellen Breen

The presentation – LILAC 2011• Introductory points and slides – 15 mins• Demonstration of the online tutorial, a major project deliverable – 15 mins• Promotional video – 3 mins• Questions

INTRODUCTORY SLIDES

Bibliometrics is..• Bibliometrics is one of various quantitative measures widely used to assess research impact, based on analysis of publication and particularly citation counts• Bibliometrics is being increasingly used at all levels: international and national benchmarking of universities and academic units within them; to assess particular research groups and their impact; and to assess individuals• Some typical uses – a major element in world university rankings is based on citation impact – ranking of journals to decide where to publish – individuals including metrics in their CVs and grant applications.• It is not a method that currently works well for research areas that are not based principally on journal articles as their channel of publication but is nevertheless applied widely and so it is crucial that all researchers are aware of the basics of bibliometrics and the full range of data sources, metrics and tools

Various factors leading to the projectLibraries movinginto higher endresearchersupport and This new area ofbibliometrics is research skills supportone such area comes as library staffing and resourcing Bibliometrics skills are are declining – largely generic so lend COLLABORATION is an themselves to obvious path to take collaboration NDLR LInCS projects are collaborative – at least 3 partners required

Academic libraries and units in partnership

Some project details• Project is funded by NDLR (broadly equivalent to JORUM) under Learning Innovation Community Support Projects (LInCS) strand and we provide matching funding which is almost entirely from staff time.• Well over 1,000 hours of staff time• 10k grant – software, professional design of branding, video production by professional company, PR and launch items and promotion items, printing• UCD, DIT, NUIM and DCU are the partners, UCD is the lead partner• Original timeline was July – December 2010 but that was extended to end of March 2011 – these things take a fair amount of time if not full time• We set out milestones and divided the work up into work packages each with a leader who then formed up their own teams, brought in other staff as required and had local meetings – a lot of staff involved in the project overall• We have managed the project with the Basecamp online environment and that has been overall a good thing – milestones set out, messages, writeboards, filestores etc

Basecamp - an online environment helps with 4 partners

Work packages and leadersSet up in dSpace and create Brandingweb page front endRos Pan (project leader) Mary Antonesa (Maynooth)Upload all existing materials Online tutorial developmentacross partners to assess Ellen Breen (DCU)Kathryn Smith (UCD)Workshop & presentation Computer Science materialsitemsRos Pan/Kathryn Smith (UCD) Julia Barrett (UCD)Geography materials Launch/PR/marketingMay Antonesa/Ciaran Quinn Ros Pan (project leader)(Maynooth)

Shared production of materials for shared used• Open Access• Use a model which is – Granular i.e. in small units that you can put together as you want to – Allow editing so you CAN add your own touches, take out things you don’t have access to, customise the examples and so on – RLO Reusable Learning Objects concept is very important

The Open Access bibliometrics toolkit Workshop and presentation materials 70 items to pick and choose from Materials for Worksheets, workshops & datasheets, posters, Online presentations booklet, videos Tutorial Bibliometrics Most can be edited to suit local needsOnline tutorial ToolkitOverview Creative CommonJournal Ranking licensePersonal bibliometricsArticulate used to create Lesson Lesson plansthis tutorial Plans Suggestions on how to pick materials andRun HEAnet hosted pressent them forversion or download, different time periods andcustomise and host topics.locally Includes powerpoint slides

Online tutorial look and feel

The online tutorial

Complementary print materials

Video content

Exhibition posters

The MyRI webpage – the main access routewww.ndlr.ie/myri

dSpace presentation – the MyRI “Community”

The future• User testing, feedback and adjustment• Marketing and advocacy campaign over time• Keep the material up to date – it is not task and finish! As we now realise..• Extend the bibliometrics toolkit in various directions – more subject tailored content• Build on a collaborative approach to academic library information skills work in general, beyond this project - deliverables

Developing the Online Tutorial • Development Team • Software Platform • Content Development • Video Interviews • Draft Build, Review • Final Version

Software Platform?•Web-based…..use existingtemplate?•Articulate Studio •Easy to use •Can create visually engaging content and interactions •Training available

Content Development

Video Interviews• Employed graduate students• 6 interviewees• 4 main interviews covered 3 questions• 3.5 hours edited down to 11 short videos

Draft Build and Review• MyRI Team Review• User review – Minor amendments (typos, links etc) – Some suggestions not possible e.g. link between modules – User feedback very positive

The online tutorial – Let’s take a look

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lkx3qAmutDsPROMOTIONAL VIDEO - 3 MINS

Final points before demo• There is a workshop built around this set of materials – Exploring the extent of current re-use – Discussing the challenges of re-purposing Open Access information skills learning objects – Build various lessons out of the MyRI materials – Wednesday, 2.20, Alumni Theatre at LSE• We are sponsors of pre-conference dinner drinks – samples and freebies will be available then – Tuesday evening• QUESTIONS….

Pan Breen bibliometrics update april 2011

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