"Impact2: through the power of collaboration. How we increased our impact by helping researchers to increase theirs” 36th Annual IATUL Conference 2015. H Mountifield, Auckland 2015
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.
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- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 17. Trends Strategic reporting for senior management across: BiblioInformatics CollaborationsStrengthsComparisons
- 18. Collaborations: Who are our international collaborators? Assess the spread of our collaborations 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?