Strategic planning and delivery of services at the University of Auckland's Libraries and Learning Services (L&LS) is underpinned by institutional collaboration and consultation. L&LS continues to strengthen its specialist research support services with an enhanced focus on strategic partnerships. L&LS is the institutional owner of Research Outputs (Symplectic Elements), the system used by University of Auckland (UoA) researchers to record and manage their research publications and professional activities. Research Outputs is also a key data source for services that support UoA researchers increase their visibility, track and measure their research impact, and generate data for performance reviews. A reference group of senior academic and professional staff, chaired by the University Librarian, is a forum for strategic decision making on best practice use and development of Research Outputs. The UoA external facing university directory and academic profiles use a publication feed from Research Outputs and is one example of L&LS collaborating on an enterprise wide project to increase the visibility of researchers. L&LS actively contribute to several working groups including an initiative to promote ways to enhance academic reputation and profile, and increase citations. One outcome was a marked increase in deposits to the UoA research repository. A research impact publication service was launched by L&LS in 2014. The multi-faceted BiblioInformatics Service, developed with input from strategic partners and stakeholders, offers researchers consultations with librarians on how to track and maximise the impact of their research outputs and is supported by online guides. A self-service platform, drawing on Research Outputs as a data source, provides information such as h-index and top cited publications. To support strategic decision making the service also delivers benchmarking and collaboration reports to Senior Management on research and citation performance.

1. Impact ²: Through the Power
of Collaboration:
7 July 2015
How we increased our impact by helping
researchers to increase theirs.
36th Annual IATUL Conference 2015
Hester Mountifield
Associate University Librarian
Academic and Research Support Services
Libraries and Learning Services
The University of Auckland

2. The University of Auckland

3. Undergraduate EFTS 25,937
Postgraduate EFTS 7,511
Academic staff 2,154
Research Led University

4. 92nd in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS)
World University Rankings
175th in the Times Higher Education
(THE) World University Rankings
In the 201-300 band for the Academic
Ranking of World Universities

5. • Purpose: encourage and reward excellent research
• Assess the research performance
• Allocate government funding
Funding allocations 2012
Performance-Based Research Funding
(PBRF)

6. Background:
Research outputs @ Auckland
…and beyond
2010
Purchase
Symplectic
Elements*
*First site outside of the UK
to implement Elements
2011
Library
ownership
New team
2012
PBRF

7. Research Outputs
Publication
details
Simon’s
profile
Collaboration
map
Publications
over time
Co-authoring
summary

8. Researcher selects
databases to search
Library subscriptions
Open access sites
Supplementary sources
provided by Symplectic

9. Impact of an article
Rankings
and
citations
Global
interest
tracking
Social
media
mentions

10. Group reporting available

11. System integration
Research
Repository
Impact
platform
University
reporting
systems
University
directory
profile
Research
Outputs

12. Data integration
Reporting
Tools
Database
Custom Reports
• APR
• CVs
• Evidence Portfolios
HR Data Feed
(Person)
Publications
metadata
via API
Research
outputs
Enterprise
reporting
University
Directory
profile
University
Research
repository

13. Collaboration & Partnerships
Planning &
Quality
Office
School of
Graduate
Studies
Information
Technology
Services
Libraries &
Learning
Services
Faculty
research
support
Research
Office

14. University directory

15. BiblioInformatics Service
Phased Launch 2014 - 2015
For individuals:
• Consultations
• Research Impact Reports
• Web guides
For senior management & HoDs
• Benchmarking, citation and collaboration reports
Multi faceted impact
reporting service

16. BiblioInformatics

17. Trends
Strategic reporting for senior management across:
BiblioInformatics
CollaborationsStrengthsComparisons

18. Collaborations: Who are our international collaborators?
Assess the spread of our collaborations
BiblioInformatics

19. BiblioInformatics

20. Working Groups
The various working groups are:
Increase your
impact
Researcher
development
Increase your
outreach
Open Access

21. Citation Working Group
Library recognized as active and knowledgeable
in this area – invited to write position paper and
present to Research Committee
Number of recommendations saw the formation
of a Citation Working Group
An institution wide Increase Impact campaign
was successfully undertaken in late 2014
Working Groups
How best to increase UoA and researcher
citation performance and impact

22. Collaboration on integration initiatives,
working groups and new services
=
Exponential impact for Library,
researchers and the institution
Sustained buy in and support of Library led initiatives
and services
Ongoing recognition of Library value with opportunities
to participate in institution wide projects
Poised to continue to lead further
service development and initiatives

23. Questions?