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Managing Scholarly Research Output: The Smithsonian Institution Experience
The document discusses the Smithsonian Institution's approach to managing scholarly research output, detailing the significant growth in publications across various fields since 1843. It highlights the commitment to increasing public access to federally funded research materials, along with the ongoing development of digital identifiers and open access publishing. Additionally, it outlines the collaborative initiatives and tools designed to enhance the accessibility and preservation of research outputs within the institution.
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- 1. Click to editMaster title style Managing Scholarly Research Output: The Smithsonian Institution Experience An Introduction to Smithsonian Research Information Management Martin R. Kalfatovic Alvin Hutchinson, Richard Naples, Suzanne Pilsk CNI Spring Meeting 8 April 2019 | St. Louis
- 2. Click to editMaster title style 156 Million Objects & Specimens
- 3. Click to editMaster title style Anacostia Community Museum Library National Air and Space Museum Library National Museum of African American History & Culture Library National Museum of American History Library National Postal Museum Library Smithsonian Institution Libraries Research Annex The Vine Deloria, Jr. Library, National Museum of the American Indian History and Culture Smithsonian American Art / Portrait Gallery Library Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Library Freer and Sackler Galleries Library Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Library Warren M. Robbins Library, National Museum of African Art Art and Design Botany and Horticulture Library John Wesley Powell Library of Anthropology Museum Support Center Library National Museum of Natural History Library National Zoological Park Library Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Library Earl Tupper Library, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Sciences Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History Special Collections Smithsonian Libraries
- 4. Click to editMaster title style Supporting Research Taxonomy
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- 7. Click to editMaster title style Supporting Research History / Art / Culture
- 8. Click to editMaster title style SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING EXPONENTIAL GROWTH OF ARTICLES Global scientific output doubles every nine years Source: http://blogs.nature.com/news/2014/05/global- scientific-output-doubles-every-nine-years.html
- 9. Click to editMaster title style SMITHSONIAN SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING 0 10000 20000 30000 40000 50000 60000 70000 80000 90000 Growth of annual number of publications by Smithsonian authors in Research Online (from 1843-2018) OVER 87K PUBLICATIONS SINCE 1843
- 10. Click to editMaster title style SMITHSONIAN RESEARCH ONLINE RESEARCH.SI.EDU
- 11. Click to editMaster title style Dspace Repository
- 12. Click to editMaster title style SCIENCE HISTORY & CULTURE ART OTHER What Smithsonian Researchers Publish Lots of Science, sure. But enough of the “other stuff” to cause data capture headaches 12,115 publications: 2012-2017 87,800+ total publications since 1846
- 13. Click to editMaster title style NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE NATIONAL ZOO ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER MUSEUM CONSERVATION INSTITUTE Science Publications in Research Online From astrophysics to zebra reproduction, 10:1 journal articles to everything else 9,834 Science publications: 2012-2017
- 14. Click to editMaster title style AIR & SPACE MUSEUM AMERICAN HISTORY MUSEUM POSTAL MUSEUM FOLKLIFE AMERICAN INDIAN ANACOSTIA AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN CENTER 1,376 History & Culture publications: 2012-2017 History & Culture Publications in Research Online 25% book & book chapters, 25% blog posts, 50% journal articles
- 15. Click to editMaster title style AMERICAN ART MUSEUM FREER & SACKLER PORTRAIT GALLERY COOPER HEWITT HIRSHHORN AFRICAN ART 350 Art publications: 2012-2017 Art Publications in Research Online More than half are books or book chapters
- 16. Click to editMaster title style SCHOLARLY PRESS CASTLE OFFICE OF POLICY & ANALYSIS ARCHIVES SMITHSONIAN LIBRARIES GARDENS Other Publications in Research Online Interdisciplinary and support organizations, including our publications arm. 60% books & chapters 411 Other publications: 2012-2017
- 17. Click to editMaster title style Yet Another Digital Identifier (YADI) Slide
- 18. Click to editMaster title style Commitment to Globally Unique Identifiers CrossRef DOIs Zenodo ORCID EZID Archival Resource Keys Etc.
- 19. Click to editMaster title style We interupt this talk for a public service announcment … ARKs in the Open Project
- 20. Click to editMaster title style ARKs in the Open: community owned identifier infrastructure ARKs in the Open Project
- 21. Click to editMaster title style The Covenant of the ARK The ARK scheme will not charge fees to create or use ARKs will not limit the number of ARKs you assign will not limit the kind of content you identify will not require metadata, nor even persistence will not mandate use of any particular resolver 21 The Covenant of the ARK
- 22. Click to editMaster title style Collaboration with DuraSpace ARKsInTheOpen.org • Start-up help for community-building • Experience with open-source software support • Fiscal sponsor for small non-profits
- 23. Click to editMaster title style No! CDL plans to be a core member of the ARK community and invites anyone with an interest in promoting long-term access to information objects to join us. Is CDL abandoning ARKs?
- 24. Click to editMaster title style How can I get involved? Explore the work so far: ARKsInTheOpen.org ARK mailing list Express your Interest: bit.ly/2C4fU8f Project roadmap, Advisory Group WGs: outreach, sustainability, technical Questions? arks@ucop.edu
- 25. Click to editMaster title style Smithsonian Public Access Plan • Reaffirm the Smithsonian’s commitment to increasing public access to federally funded research materials. • Support the governance of and best practices for managing federally funded research materials across the Smithsonian. • Ensure effective access to and reliable preservation of federally funded research materials for research, development, and education. • Preserve and increase the use of federally funded research materials to enhance discoveries.
- 26. Click to editMaster title style Smithsonian Public Access Plan Public Access to Federally Funded Research Materials Submission of accepted manuscripts and publisher agreements is facilitated via a website maintained by the Smithsonian Libraries. Likewise uploading the accepted manuscript to the SRO repository and observing any stated embargo period is done by SRO program staff. Persistent Identifier Use and Creation The Smithsonian Libraries works with recognized external service providers to create and manage standard identifiers used in scholarly informatics.
- 27. Click to editMaster title style The Smithsonian is publishing more articles in Open Access Journals Articles in OA Journals Articles published 2012-2018 in Smithsonian Research Online with exact journal title matches with the Directory of Open Access Journals. 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 18 39 26 21 16 10 22 21 61 67 86 139 176 196 222 284 329 311 368
- 28. Click to editMaster title style But publishing in OA Journals still only accounts for a low percentage of all articles % of Total Articles in OA Journals Articles published 2012-2018 in Smithsonian Research Online with exact journal title matches with the Directory of Open Access Journals. 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
- 29. Click to editMaster title style Atmospheric Chemistry and Phy... BMC Geno... Biodiversity Data Jou... Science Adva... Royal Society Open Sci... Journal of Hymenoptera Rese... Ecosp... BMC Evolutionary Bio... Nature Communicat... P Scientific Rep... Phyto... Ecology and Evolu... Zoo PLoS... 20 20 21 23 32 34 39 49 62 78 93 94 98 175 408 These are the 15 journals where we’ve published 20+ articles from 2012 to 2018
- 30. Click to editMaster title style Bibliometrics in Service of …
- 31. Click to editMaster title style Administration
- 32. Click to editMaster title style Administration
- 33. Click to editMaster title style BIBLIOMETRICS AT THE SMITHSONIAN AD HOC REPORTING EXAMPLES
- 34. Click to editMaster title style BIBLIOMETRICS AT THE SMITHSONIAN AD HOC REPORTING EXAMPLES Impact of Evolution of Terrestrial Ecosystems CITATION ANALYSIS, PRODUCTIVITY, CLARIVATE INCITES, ALTMETRICS
- 35. Click to editMaster title style Data Reuse on Staff & Department Pages
- 36. Click to editMaster title style Data Reuse on Staff & Department Pages
- 37. Click to editMaster title style Smithsonian Profiles
- 38. Click to editMaster title style Smithsonian Profiles • Expert Locator • Source for staff information for re-use in other Smithsonian systems • Statistics on staff expertise
- 39. Click to editMaster title style Smithsonian Profiles • Profiles link
- 40. Click to editMaster title style Smithsonian Profiles • Profiles Details
- 41. Click to editMaster title style RIM in a Material Culture Enviroment
- 42. Click to editMaster title style Smithsonian Research Information Managment Collections & Research: RDM
- 43. Click to editMaster title style Smithsonian Research Information Managment People: Profiles Collections & Research: RDM
- 44. Click to editMaster title style Smithsonian Research Information Managment People: Profiles Collections & Research: RDM Publication Citation: Research Online
- 45. Click to editMaster title style Smithsonian Research Information Managment Public Access: Research Repository People: Profiles Collections & Research: RDM Publication Citation: Research Online
- 46. Click to editMaster title style Smithsonian Research Information Managment Public Access: Research Repository People: Profiles Collections & Research: RDM Impact: Bibliometrics/ScholComm Publication Citation: Research Online
- 47. Click to editMaster title style Smithsonian Research Information Managment Public Access: Research Repository People: Profiles Collections & Research: RDM Impact: Bibliometrics/ScholComm Publication Citation: Research Online IDENTIFIERS
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- 49. Click to editMaster title style Thank You! Alvin Hutchinson Richard Naples Scott Miller Suzanne Pilsk Thanks to these Smithsonian Staff for assistance in this presentation & The ARKs in the Open Team