Lowe NISO virtual conf feb17

This talk was provided by Brian Lowe of Ontocale SRL during the NISO Virtual Conference, Using Open Source in Your Institution, held on February 17, 2016

VIVO, an Open-Source
Research Networking System:
A Case Study at
The Scripps Research Institute
Brian Lowe
Ontocale SRL
brian@ontocale.com
Michaeleen Trimarchi
Former Manager, Library
Programs, Kresge Library, TSRI

VIVO
• Research Networking System (RNS)
• An open, shared platform for connecting
scholars, research communities, campuses, and
the world using Linked Open Data (LOD)
• Supports recording, editing, searching, browsing
& visualizing scholarly activity

Key VIVO principles
• Open software: vivoweb.org
• Open data: RDF & Linked Open Data
• Open ontology: VIVO-ISF
• Open community: VIVO at Duraspace.org
• Local control

Multiple Uses for VIVO
VIVO
Reports
Portfolio/
Vitae
Websites
Faculty
Reporting
CRIS
systems
„Self”
Editing
ORCID
Institutional
DBs
Publication
DBs

Lessons Learned
• Administrative support
• Critical for project launch
• Office of the COO & the Dean of Faculty
• Financial support
• Unexpected costs arise
• Team participation in early stages was limited by
already-approved library budget

Lessons Learned
• Technical support
• NIH grant: >100 people across seven institutions
• resources to supplement in-house expertise
• Access to software development resources
proven critical to project’s success
• identification of qualified contract programmers
became a priority

Accessibility Issues
• Only library staff can log in to edit VIVO
• Editing forms need further refinement to be usable
by the wider academic community
• not a high priority at this time
• Most data in standard text format
• Raw visualization data available for use in other
environments

Evaluation
• Currently no formalized evaluation process
• Have been responsive to faculty needs
• supporting NIH grant application process
• institution relies on NIH grant support for
approximately three-quarters of our operating
budget

Integration with Other Library Websites
• Integration of VIVO into faculty biographical
sketches on the main institution website
• explored with (former) director of IT services
• not yet implemented
• Data curated for VIVO allows library staff to be
responsive to requests from administration
• demonstrate faculty collaboration

Thank You
Questions?
Brian Lowe
Ontocale SRL
brian@ontocale.com
Michaeleen Trimarchi
Former Manager, Library
Programs, Kresge Library, TSRI

Presented at the OCLC Research Library Partnership meeting by Senior Program Officer, Karen Smith-Yoshimura and hosted by the University of Sydney in Sydney, NSW Australia, 17 February 2017. This meeting provided an opportunity for Research Library Partners to touch base with each other on issues of common concern and explore possible areas of future engagement with the OCLC Research Library Partnership and OCLC Research.

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