Research Collaboration - Making the link IATUL 2013Reed Elsevier
This document discusses research collaboration and the library's role in facilitating it. It begins by exploring collaboration as a trend in research and libraries. Research has become more collaborative, with benefits like sharing knowledge and expanding networks. The document then discusses tools libraries can use to help researchers find collaborators, like SciVal Experts and Strata, which provide profiles and metrics to compare researchers. The document uses a case study of a researcher at Stellenbosch University to demonstrate how the library there is using these tools to help researchers identify potential collaborators in their field in order to increase publication output and impact.
Student Persistence: How the library makes a difference.Wil Weston
Presented and the 2016 California Academic & Research Libraries Association (CARL) Conference. http://conf2016.carl-acrl.org/ March 31-April 2, 2016. Costa Mesa, CA.
Brief presentation on data driven collection development or evidence based collection development. Generally, some of the things to watch out for and advice on how to view your data.
Academic library impact: Improving practice and essential areas to researchLynn Connaway
Connaway, L. S. (2018). Academic library impact: Improving practice and essential areas to research. Presented at Bar-Ilan University, March 11, 2018, Ramat Gan, Israel.
Where are We Going and What Do We Do Next? Demonstrating the Value of Academi...Lynn Connaway
Connaway, Lynn Silipigni. 2017. “Where are We Going and What Do We Do Next? Demonstrating the Value of Academic Libraries in Time of Uncertainty.” Presented at the RLUK Conference 2017, London, United Kingdom, March 9.
Demonstrating the Value of Academic Libraries in Times of Uncertainty: A Rese...Lynn Connaway
The document summarizes key findings from a research study examining how academic libraries can demonstrate their value, especially in times of uncertainty. The study utilized focus groups, interviews with provosts, and a literature review to develop a research agenda. Key recommendations include identifying learning and success outcomes, bolstering collaboration, communicating the library's role in institutional missions, and conducting learning analytics and assessment of diverse student populations. The research agenda prioritizes communication, collaboration, mission alignment, teaching and learning, and student success.
Communicating Library Impact Beyond Library Walls: Findings from an Action-or...Lynn Connaway
Connaway, Lynn Silipigni, and Alan Carbery. 2017. “Communicating Library Impact Beyond Library Walls: Findings from an Action-oriented Research Agenda.” Presented at the ACRL Leadership Council at the ALA Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois, June 23.
Lecture presented by Rhea Rowena U. Apolinario at PAARL's Summer Conference on the theme "Library Analytics: Data-driven Library Management, held at Pearl Hotel, Manila on 20-22 April 2016
Research Collaboration - Making the link IATUL 2013Reed Elsevier
This document discusses research collaboration and the library's role in facilitating it. It begins by exploring collaboration as a trend in research and libraries. Research has become more collaborative, with benefits like sharing knowledge and expanding networks. The document then discusses tools libraries can use to help researchers find collaborators, like SciVal Experts and Strata, which provide profiles and metrics to compare researchers. The document uses a case study of a researcher at Stellenbosch University to demonstrate how the library there is using these tools to help researchers identify potential collaborators in their field in order to increase publication output and impact.
Student Persistence: How the library makes a difference.Wil Weston
Presented and the 2016 California Academic & Research Libraries Association (CARL) Conference. http://conf2016.carl-acrl.org/ March 31-April 2, 2016. Costa Mesa, CA.
Brief presentation on data driven collection development or evidence based collection development. Generally, some of the things to watch out for and advice on how to view your data.
Academic library impact: Improving practice and essential areas to researchLynn Connaway
Connaway, L. S. (2018). Academic library impact: Improving practice and essential areas to research. Presented at Bar-Ilan University, March 11, 2018, Ramat Gan, Israel.
Where are We Going and What Do We Do Next? Demonstrating the Value of Academi...Lynn Connaway
Connaway, Lynn Silipigni. 2017. “Where are We Going and What Do We Do Next? Demonstrating the Value of Academic Libraries in Time of Uncertainty.” Presented at the RLUK Conference 2017, London, United Kingdom, March 9.
Demonstrating the Value of Academic Libraries in Times of Uncertainty: A Rese...Lynn Connaway
The document summarizes key findings from a research study examining how academic libraries can demonstrate their value, especially in times of uncertainty. The study utilized focus groups, interviews with provosts, and a literature review to develop a research agenda. Key recommendations include identifying learning and success outcomes, bolstering collaboration, communicating the library's role in institutional missions, and conducting learning analytics and assessment of diverse student populations. The research agenda prioritizes communication, collaboration, mission alignment, teaching and learning, and student success.
Communicating Library Impact Beyond Library Walls: Findings from an Action-or...Lynn Connaway
Connaway, Lynn Silipigni, and Alan Carbery. 2017. “Communicating Library Impact Beyond Library Walls: Findings from an Action-oriented Research Agenda.” Presented at the ACRL Leadership Council at the ALA Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois, June 23.
Lecture presented by Rhea Rowena U. Apolinario at PAARL's Summer Conference on the theme "Library Analytics: Data-driven Library Management, held at Pearl Hotel, Manila on 20-22 April 2016
Demonstrating the Value of Academic Libraries in Times of Uncertainty: A Rese...Lynn Connaway
Connaway, Lynn Silipigni. 2017. “Demonstrating the Value of Academic Libraries in Times of Uncertainty: A Research Agenda for Student Learning and Success.” Presented at the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, April 7.
"From Reading Rooms to Research Commons" Sheila Corrall, DARTS4ARLGSW
The research environment is challenging libraries to raise their game by providing higher-end services in response to technological change and policy developments. Librarians are being urged to move from service-as-support to a partnership model involving “deep collaboration” across the whole knowledge lifecycle. But libraries are no longer the “go-to” place for researchers. Perceived as dispensers of goods, more geared to students and education, they struggle to gain take-up for research offerings. Innovative practitioners are using various strategies to reposition themselves as key players in the research arena, notably space-as-service strategies, which can bring researchers back to the physical library and improve visibility of virtual services.
Strand 1: Mandates, funding and embargoes, what are the options? by Ellen Col...OAbooks
This document discusses options for open access monographs, as funders and institutions have been slow to mandate open access for monographs like they have for journal articles. It outlines different business models for open access monograph publishing, including author-pays models where the author pays a fee, models where libraries pay membership fees, and models relying on crowdsourced funding. The document also notes the Wellcome Trust's recent decision to extend its open access policy to include monographs and some challenges around making book chapters openly accessible through green open access repositories.
Availability and Use of Reference Sources and Service in Babcock University L...paperpublications3
Abstract: This study investigated the availability and use of reference sources and service in Babcock university library. A survey research design was used and a simple random sampling method was adopted to determine the 93 samples used for this study. Findings were analyzed using descriptive statistic sand the results indicated that 38(40.9%) of the respondents use the reference sources weekly. Majority of the respondents indicated that reference sources are highly available, accessible and adequate except yearbook, bibliographies and biographies that are not available, accessible and adequate .Therefore, university libraries should provide students with relevant reference sources, effective library orientation programme sand also employ an innovative librarian that has good customer relationship.
Chcete vědět víc? Mnoho dalších prezentací, videí z konferencí, fotografií i jiných dokumentů je k dispozici v institucionálním repozitáři NTK: http://repozitar.techlib.cz
Would you like to know more? Find presentations, reports, conference videos, photos and much more in our institutional repository at: http://repozitar.techlib.cz/?ln=en
Building Portals for Evidence Informed Education: Lessons from the DeadBalrymes
This paper discusses lessons learned from the Teacher Training Resource Bank (TTRB) portal in England. The TTRB provided evidence-informed resources for teacher training but was shut down after a change in government. Key lessons include the importance of quality assurance processes for reviews, classification systems to improve searchability, and planning for open licensing or archiving of resources to allow their continued use after a project ends. The TTRB was found to improve the quality of trainee teachers' work by providing up-to-date research but faced challenges around sustainability due to its reliance on government funding and policy changes.
The PPT is to orient the students about the usage of library. Specially the E-Resources available in Shri Jagdishprasad Jhabarmal Tibrewala University, Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan
Action-Oriented Research Agenda on Library Contributions to Student Learning ...Lynn Connaway
Connaway, Lynn Silipigni, William Harvey, Vanessa Kitzie, and Stephanie Mikitish. 2017. “Action-Oriented Research Agenda on Library Contributions to Student Learning and Success.” Presented at the ALA Midwinter Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, January 22.
This document discusses evaluating and selecting online resources. It begins by introducing the presenters and their interests in usage measurement and the concept of electronic resource usage in libraries. It then discusses how collection practices have shifted from a supply-side to a demand-driven model where use and demand analysis drive decisions. The document advocates for a data-driven approach using multiple variables like usage statistics, user feedback, and quality metrics to make large decisions. It outlines an agenda to discuss understanding e-resource use and value as well as negotiations. Finally, it questions how to best measure use and the value of understanding use as a complex process rather than just a number.
The University of Washington Libraries serves a multi-campus university with over 16 branch libraries and colleges. In 2008, the libraries recognized changes in student and faculty research behaviors with decreasing print usage and increasing digital resources usage. This led the libraries to re-evaluate service models and prepare facilities for ongoing changes in research and learning. The document provides contact information for two library staff members to learn more about the University of Washington Research Commons.
Interactive Poll to determine needs of researchersReed Elsevier
An unusual survey method is used to determine the needs of researchers and research students. The aim is to find potential areas for collaboration across academic divisions to holistically improve research support.
What's in the research librarian's tool shed?Reed Elsevier
This document provides an overview of bibliometric tools and metrics that can be used to measure and evaluate research impact and productivity. It discusses common metrics like publication counts, citations, h-index, g-index and m-index which are calculated using bibliographic databases like Scopus and Web of Science. It also explores more novel altmetric tools that can measure impact of research outputs beyond publications. The document emphasizes that bibliometrics should be used cautiously and as a supplement to peer review, to avoid perverting incentives for researchers.
Research Commons @ Stellenbosch University presented at RLC Academy, Mont Fle...Reed Elsevier
The Research Commons at Stellenbosch University aims to empower postgraduate research through specialized facilities, assistance, partnerships and events. It provides (1) dedicated work spaces, equipment and reference materials for postgraduate students; (2) research assistance from librarians and peer advisors on topics like referencing, bibliographic tools and technical writing; and (3) workshops and seminars on research skills. Initial feedback indicates the Research Commons is motivating students and received positive comments on its services, while also identifying opportunities to expand assistance and resources. Usage statistics show growing utilization of its study areas, seminar rooms and research support services.
Confessions of an ex-librarian: research support across divisional bordersReed Elsevier
This document discusses the stages a librarian went through in adapting to changing research needs and environments. It begins with the librarian getting acquainted with new factors like the Research Libraries Consortium project and literature on the evolving research process. The librarian then pursued understanding new modes of research like Mode 2 knowledge production and the triple helix model. This led to a stage of commitment to support the entire research lifecycle. However, disagreements with colleagues on the librarian's role led to a stage of disillusionment. Finally, the librarian reached a stage of finding balance by acknowledging changes, collaborating with stakeholders, and empowering researchers through the correct use of tools.
African solutions to African problems: the role of research management tools ...Reed Elsevier
Describes SciVal as an efficient tool to find potential research collaborators on the African continent to support the ideology of African solutions to African problems.
Libraries play a central role in research by procuring and providing access to research materials like journals and books. They assist researchers with tasks like finding resources and offer advice on publishing and copyright. Libraries also help institutions recruit and retain top researchers by enhancing the institution's reputation and supporting grant applications. Additionally, libraries connect with researchers to better understand their needs and promote new technologies and models of scholarly communication.
ARLG 2014 conference workshop detail with abstractsCILIP ARLG
This document provides information about several presentations to be given at two workshops on Monday 23 June. It includes abstracts for 11 presentations covering topics such as e-safety education, special collections, information literacy instruction, inclusive library services, and library spaces. The presentations will discuss initiatives at various universities and colleges in the UK regarding topics like embedded instruction, collaboration, service delivery models, and library involvement in university open days.
The document discusses the role of open access projects and libraries. It notes that open access has permanently changed scholarly communication and that libraries are now more involved in research, data curation, and education. Libraries are setting up open access repositories and helping to create open educational resources. The document also discusses challenges around open data and the need for libraries to support open access to research data. Finally, it argues that libraries must be agile and innovative to support new forms of scholarly communication and the needs of researchers.
International Journal of Pharmaceutical Science Invention (IJPSI)inventionjournals
International Journal of Pharmaceutical Science Invention (IJPSI) is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of Pahrmaceutical Science. IJPSI publishes research articles and reviews within the whole field Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science, new teaching methods, assessment, validation and the impact of new technologies and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. The publications of papers are selected through double peer reviewed to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online
What do academic libraries have to do with open educational resourcesR. John Robertson
This paper (preprint for Open Ed 2010) will discuss the possible roles of academic libraries in promoting, supporting, and sustaining institutional Open Educational Resource initiatives. It will note areas in which libraries or librarians have skills and knowledge that intersect with some of the needs of academic staff and students as they use and release OERs. It will also present the results of a brief survey of the views of some OER initiatives on the current and potential role of academic libraries.
Demonstrating the Value of Academic Libraries in Times of Uncertainty: A Rese...Lynn Connaway
Connaway, Lynn Silipigni. 2017. “Demonstrating the Value of Academic Libraries in Times of Uncertainty: A Research Agenda for Student Learning and Success.” Presented at the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, April 7.
"From Reading Rooms to Research Commons" Sheila Corrall, DARTS4ARLGSW
The research environment is challenging libraries to raise their game by providing higher-end services in response to technological change and policy developments. Librarians are being urged to move from service-as-support to a partnership model involving “deep collaboration” across the whole knowledge lifecycle. But libraries are no longer the “go-to” place for researchers. Perceived as dispensers of goods, more geared to students and education, they struggle to gain take-up for research offerings. Innovative practitioners are using various strategies to reposition themselves as key players in the research arena, notably space-as-service strategies, which can bring researchers back to the physical library and improve visibility of virtual services.
Strand 1: Mandates, funding and embargoes, what are the options? by Ellen Col...OAbooks
This document discusses options for open access monographs, as funders and institutions have been slow to mandate open access for monographs like they have for journal articles. It outlines different business models for open access monograph publishing, including author-pays models where the author pays a fee, models where libraries pay membership fees, and models relying on crowdsourced funding. The document also notes the Wellcome Trust's recent decision to extend its open access policy to include monographs and some challenges around making book chapters openly accessible through green open access repositories.
Availability and Use of Reference Sources and Service in Babcock University L...paperpublications3
Abstract: This study investigated the availability and use of reference sources and service in Babcock university library. A survey research design was used and a simple random sampling method was adopted to determine the 93 samples used for this study. Findings were analyzed using descriptive statistic sand the results indicated that 38(40.9%) of the respondents use the reference sources weekly. Majority of the respondents indicated that reference sources are highly available, accessible and adequate except yearbook, bibliographies and biographies that are not available, accessible and adequate .Therefore, university libraries should provide students with relevant reference sources, effective library orientation programme sand also employ an innovative librarian that has good customer relationship.
Chcete vědět víc? Mnoho dalších prezentací, videí z konferencí, fotografií i jiných dokumentů je k dispozici v institucionálním repozitáři NTK: http://repozitar.techlib.cz
Would you like to know more? Find presentations, reports, conference videos, photos and much more in our institutional repository at: http://repozitar.techlib.cz/?ln=en
Building Portals for Evidence Informed Education: Lessons from the DeadBalrymes
This paper discusses lessons learned from the Teacher Training Resource Bank (TTRB) portal in England. The TTRB provided evidence-informed resources for teacher training but was shut down after a change in government. Key lessons include the importance of quality assurance processes for reviews, classification systems to improve searchability, and planning for open licensing or archiving of resources to allow their continued use after a project ends. The TTRB was found to improve the quality of trainee teachers' work by providing up-to-date research but faced challenges around sustainability due to its reliance on government funding and policy changes.
The PPT is to orient the students about the usage of library. Specially the E-Resources available in Shri Jagdishprasad Jhabarmal Tibrewala University, Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan
Action-Oriented Research Agenda on Library Contributions to Student Learning ...Lynn Connaway
Connaway, Lynn Silipigni, William Harvey, Vanessa Kitzie, and Stephanie Mikitish. 2017. “Action-Oriented Research Agenda on Library Contributions to Student Learning and Success.” Presented at the ALA Midwinter Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, January 22.
This document discusses evaluating and selecting online resources. It begins by introducing the presenters and their interests in usage measurement and the concept of electronic resource usage in libraries. It then discusses how collection practices have shifted from a supply-side to a demand-driven model where use and demand analysis drive decisions. The document advocates for a data-driven approach using multiple variables like usage statistics, user feedback, and quality metrics to make large decisions. It outlines an agenda to discuss understanding e-resource use and value as well as negotiations. Finally, it questions how to best measure use and the value of understanding use as a complex process rather than just a number.
The University of Washington Libraries serves a multi-campus university with over 16 branch libraries and colleges. In 2008, the libraries recognized changes in student and faculty research behaviors with decreasing print usage and increasing digital resources usage. This led the libraries to re-evaluate service models and prepare facilities for ongoing changes in research and learning. The document provides contact information for two library staff members to learn more about the University of Washington Research Commons.
Interactive Poll to determine needs of researchersReed Elsevier
An unusual survey method is used to determine the needs of researchers and research students. The aim is to find potential areas for collaboration across academic divisions to holistically improve research support.
What's in the research librarian's tool shed?Reed Elsevier
This document provides an overview of bibliometric tools and metrics that can be used to measure and evaluate research impact and productivity. It discusses common metrics like publication counts, citations, h-index, g-index and m-index which are calculated using bibliographic databases like Scopus and Web of Science. It also explores more novel altmetric tools that can measure impact of research outputs beyond publications. The document emphasizes that bibliometrics should be used cautiously and as a supplement to peer review, to avoid perverting incentives for researchers.
Research Commons @ Stellenbosch University presented at RLC Academy, Mont Fle...Reed Elsevier
The Research Commons at Stellenbosch University aims to empower postgraduate research through specialized facilities, assistance, partnerships and events. It provides (1) dedicated work spaces, equipment and reference materials for postgraduate students; (2) research assistance from librarians and peer advisors on topics like referencing, bibliographic tools and technical writing; and (3) workshops and seminars on research skills. Initial feedback indicates the Research Commons is motivating students and received positive comments on its services, while also identifying opportunities to expand assistance and resources. Usage statistics show growing utilization of its study areas, seminar rooms and research support services.
Confessions of an ex-librarian: research support across divisional bordersReed Elsevier
This document discusses the stages a librarian went through in adapting to changing research needs and environments. It begins with the librarian getting acquainted with new factors like the Research Libraries Consortium project and literature on the evolving research process. The librarian then pursued understanding new modes of research like Mode 2 knowledge production and the triple helix model. This led to a stage of commitment to support the entire research lifecycle. However, disagreements with colleagues on the librarian's role led to a stage of disillusionment. Finally, the librarian reached a stage of finding balance by acknowledging changes, collaborating with stakeholders, and empowering researchers through the correct use of tools.
African solutions to African problems: the role of research management tools ...Reed Elsevier
Describes SciVal as an efficient tool to find potential research collaborators on the African continent to support the ideology of African solutions to African problems.
Libraries play a central role in research by procuring and providing access to research materials like journals and books. They assist researchers with tasks like finding resources and offer advice on publishing and copyright. Libraries also help institutions recruit and retain top researchers by enhancing the institution's reputation and supporting grant applications. Additionally, libraries connect with researchers to better understand their needs and promote new technologies and models of scholarly communication.
ARLG 2014 conference workshop detail with abstractsCILIP ARLG
This document provides information about several presentations to be given at two workshops on Monday 23 June. It includes abstracts for 11 presentations covering topics such as e-safety education, special collections, information literacy instruction, inclusive library services, and library spaces. The presentations will discuss initiatives at various universities and colleges in the UK regarding topics like embedded instruction, collaboration, service delivery models, and library involvement in university open days.
The document discusses the role of open access projects and libraries. It notes that open access has permanently changed scholarly communication and that libraries are now more involved in research, data curation, and education. Libraries are setting up open access repositories and helping to create open educational resources. The document also discusses challenges around open data and the need for libraries to support open access to research data. Finally, it argues that libraries must be agile and innovative to support new forms of scholarly communication and the needs of researchers.
International Journal of Pharmaceutical Science Invention (IJPSI)inventionjournals
International Journal of Pharmaceutical Science Invention (IJPSI) is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of Pahrmaceutical Science. IJPSI publishes research articles and reviews within the whole field Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science, new teaching methods, assessment, validation and the impact of new technologies and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. The publications of papers are selected through double peer reviewed to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online
What do academic libraries have to do with open educational resourcesR. John Robertson
This paper (preprint for Open Ed 2010) will discuss the possible roles of academic libraries in promoting, supporting, and sustaining institutional Open Educational Resource initiatives. It will note areas in which libraries or librarians have skills and knowledge that intersect with some of the needs of academic staff and students as they use and release OERs. It will also present the results of a brief survey of the views of some OER initiatives on the current and potential role of academic libraries.
Adoption Of Online Databases In Public Libraries An Australian Case StudyLori Moore
This document summarizes a case study that evaluated the adoption of online databases in public libraries in Victoria, Australia. Researchers used an interpretivist framework and Rogers' diffusion of innovations theory to understand how both library staff and patrons perceived and used four new online databases. Through focus groups and surveys with staff and patrons across different libraries, the study found that training was key to improving understanding and adoption of the new databases, as both staff and patrons were slow to accept the technologies initially. The researchers believe Rogers' theory can help explain barriers to adoption for new technologies in libraries.
The document discusses the changing role of librarians from quiet repositories of knowledge to active partners in instruction through collaborations with teaching faculty. It notes that while some have been slow to embrace this new role of "teaching librarians," partnerships between librarians and faculty can enhance student learning and instruction in many ways. Some examples highlighted include librarians assisting with research projects, selecting research topics, term paper clinics, grant writing, and computer-based projects. The document concludes that faculty-librarian evaluations and partnerships that allow open communication can strengthen student learning and are important trends, though still new, that will become tradition over time.
Assessing service effectiveness and satisfaction with library services at bab...Alexander Decker
This study aimed to assess the effectiveness and satisfaction of undergraduate students with library services at Babcock University in Nigeria. The researchers conducted a survey of 200 undergraduate students to determine the most utilized services, perceived effectiveness of services, and level of satisfaction. The findings showed that photocopying and reference services were the most utilized, and photocopying, reference, and circulation services were considered the most effective. However, the majority of respondents indicated they were only satisfied to a little extent with the library services. The researchers concluded it is important for libraries to provide effective services and get feedback from users on how to improve satisfaction.
This document compares reference services at Kalamazoo College Library (KCL) and Grand Valley State University's Mary Idema Pew Library. Both libraries have learning commons that are less than two years old. At KCL, reference services operate from librarian offices during the week and a reference desk staffed by students evenings and weekends. The Pew Library does not have a reference desk and has research consultants and writing center staff handle most questions. Both libraries provide training to student employees but are still evaluating how the learning commons have affected reference services.
The document identifies the top ten trends in academic libraries according to the ACRL Research Planning and Review Committee in 2012. The trends include communicating the value of libraries, data curation, digital preservation, shifts in higher education, the growing role of information technology, increasing use of mobile devices, patron-driven e-book acquisition, evolving models of scholarly communication, developing staff to meet new challenges, and changing user behaviors and expectations.
Availability and Accessibility of Information Resources by the University Stu...YogeshIJTSRD
The study examined the availability and accessibility of information resources by the students in Ekiti State University Library. The purpose of the study is to determine the various types of information resources available, the various forms of information resources and to find out the extent in which the library improve on the accessibly and availability of information resources to its users. Descriptive survey research design was adopted in this study. Questionnaire was employed for this study. The population consisted of all the students of Ekiti State University which include both male and female students from 100 to 500 levels. The sample of the study consisted of 180 students from all the nine 9 Faculties in Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State from the total population of 1,500 students who were regular library users. The data collected were analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences SPSS . Based on the findings of this study some recommendations were made that the library must sustain and maintain the current level of the information resources available in the library. Library orientation should be organized on the importance of using the library and mostly how to access the available materials. The library authority should be given more attention as certain percentage should be allocated for the library development to enable the students to access the needed resources. The study concluded that effectiveness of any library depends on the full availability and accessibility of the information resources. Therefore, proper steps for availability and accessibility of the information resources should be the focal point of the library management and staff in order to meet the demand of the users at the right time. Adepoju Eunice Olayinka "Availability and Accessibility of Information Resources by the University Students in Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Southwest, Nigeria" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-4 , June 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.compapers/ijtsrd38727.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.comhumanities-and-the-arts/education/38727/availability-and-accessibility-of-information-resources-by-the-university-students-in-ekiti-state-university-adoekiti-southwest-nigeria/adepoju-eunice-olayinka
Presentations from the 8th International Evidence Based Library and Information Conference held in Brisbane 6-8 July 2015. Full details of the program can be found at http://eblip8.info
Changing role of faculty librarians in open accessIryna Kuchma
How faculty librarians could contribute to open access awareness raising and advocacy, provide support and training for researchers and students on changing scholarly communication landscape
The annual report summarizes activities of Queen's University Library in 2013-2014. It highlights developments like the approval of a new Library and Archives Master Plan to adapt facilities to changing learning and research needs, and enhance the student experience. It also describes how the Library supports learning outcomes through information literacy instruction reaching over 14,000 students, experiential learning opportunities, and involvement in curriculum development. The report indicates the Library's role in supporting the university's vision and priorities through engagement with faculty and students.
The document describes a series of workshops created by Writtle College Library for academic staff. The workshops aimed to build relationships between librarians and academic staff and provide training to staff on library resources. This would help train students through better-informed academic staff and improve staff and student perceptions of the library. Topics included current awareness, effective searching, web presence, Prezi, and creating a blog. Sessions were designed to be relevant to both staff research and student needs.
The document announces a program for the Florida Association of College and Research Libraries (FACRL) Fall 2008 conference to be held on November 7, 2008 at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville. The conference will focus on how academic librarians can prove their worth and add value to their institutions. There will be a keynote speech by Dr. Michael Reiner on the challenges of hiring a new library director. Additional speakers will discuss librarian contributions to faculty promotion and tenure processes and a partnership between interlibrary loan and digital services departments to enhance access to collections. A panel will explore techniques for providing library instruction to online students, including a for-credit research course and embedding librarians in online courses.
The Requirement For Worthy Attribute of Library Staff in Tertiary Institution...AJHSSR Journal
: This study focuses on the requirement for worthy attribute of library staff in tertiary institutions’
library services so as to be more relevant in the new information age. This is based on the fact that institutions’
libraries are set up now to extend services beyond their physical walls, provide materials accessible by
electronic means and at the same time to provide unrestricted access to information. Invariably, to effectively
cope with their changing roles in the library system, Librarians need to avail themselves to training and
retraining programmes local, regional and international so as to keep pace with the development in the
Information Communication Technologies in the 21st Century to provide optimum services for library
users/clienteles. The study concludes that individuals must be preparing to make personal sacrifices towards
upgrading themselves. Similarly, tertiary institutions/ organisations should as a matter of obligation develop
people; it has no choice. It either helps them grow or it stunts them. It either forms them or it deforms them as
opine by Drucker, Peter F (1990). This training and retraining programmes is imperative in this new Information
Communication Technology dispensation as far as librarianship is concerned
The role of librarians has evolved from managing collections to facilitating learning communities. Librarians now focus on connecting users like faculty members to resources to support teaching, learning, and research. They work to advance methods of instruction through collaborations. As part of faculty learning communities, librarians invite faculty to events, participate in activities, and provide services and spaces to achieve common university goals like improving student outcomes. By building relationships between faculty, administrators, and librarians, libraries help universities solve problems through strong triangular relationships between these core groups.
Similar to Research support through the lens of transformation sajlis 2014 (20)
Stellenbosch University Library and Information Service Carnegie Research Com...Reed Elsevier
This slideshow presents an image-based overview of the Carnegie Research Commons at Stellenbosch University including reference to the concepts, context, facilities, services, activities, staff and general aspects related to the facility located in the JS Gericke Library, Stellenbosch.
Elevating research librarianship to a new level, presented at LIASA Conferenc...Reed Elsevier
The document summarizes discussions from a research librarianship conference in South Africa. It covers several topics:
1) An overview of the Research Libraries Consortium (RLC) in South Africa and an internship program at US universities to learn from their research support practices.
2) Different aspects of research support discussed, including services at various US universities like research commons, data services, and support for the entire research process.
3) Information literacy instruction from a research perspective, emphasizing integrating it within courses, using collaborative activities, and teaching critical thinking.
4) Challenges and opportunities in collection building to support researchers, such as embracing digital formats, institutional repositories, and data management.
Making the link: the library’s role in facilitating research collaboration. P...Reed Elsevier
The document discusses the trend of collaboration in science and how it aligns with human nature, as well as Stellenbosch University's goals of facilitating research collaboration. The Stellenbosch University Library and Information Service has a plan to strengthen collaboration by providing resources like seminar rooms, social networking sites, and tools to analyze researchers' outputs and connections. The library aims to identify opportunities for new collaborations and fill in "weak links" by connecting researchers with similar interests but who have not previously collaborated.
Part 2: Research support in a 21st century academic library: a case study of ...Reed Elsevier
The document outlines the partnership between the library and research office at a university. It describes various services provided to support the different phases of the research lifecycle from preparing a project, gathering resources, creating research outputs, preserving and sharing results, and measuring impact. These include access to journals and books, workshops on topics like writing and career development, research repositories, and tools for identifying collaborators and tracking metrics. The goal is to provide dynamic support for academic excellence through all stages of research.
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Research support through the lens of transformation in academic libraries with reference to the case of Stellenbosch University Libraries
Reggie Raju1 and Lucia Schoombee2
reggie.raju@uct.ac.za, lcs1@sun.ac.za
Received: 30 November 2013
Accepted: 15 January 2014
Changing higher education pedagogy, digitisation of scholarly content and the increasing influence of relevant technologies have impacted on the transformation of academic library services. This paper examines research support through the lens of the transformation of academic library services. The authors have conducted a review of the literature to determine benchmarks by which to measure the research support services delivered by Stellenbosch University. The paper examines academic libraries’ attempts to establish the “deeper meaning” of the librarian for the researcher and the research process. In support of that deeper meaning libraries are providing a new and expanded set of services which includes, inter alia, research data management, curation and preservation; facilitation of open access and bibliometric analysis. Using the research life cycle as a framework, this paper examines the research support services provided by the Stellenbosch University Library and Information Service (SULIS) to the research community. The Research Commons is used as the launch pad for new and innovative services at Stellenbosch. The use of research performance management tools to scan the research landscape, strengthening of self-retrieval of scholarly literature, assistance in the dissemination of research results via publication, and assistance in determining impact factor are all part of the suite of services offered by the Library at Stellenbosch University. The authors conclude that, for academic libraries, there is much to learn and contribute to in this dynamic environment of research production.
Keywords: Academic libraries, bibliometrics, research librarian, research support, research support librarianship, research data management, data curation
1 Introduction
It is beyond debate that academic libraries are in transition influenced by a myriad of factors. Many subscribe to the view that the transition is influenced by the desperate need to regain relevance. Gayton (2008: 60), for example, proclaims that “the impending death of the traditional library” has resulted in libraries creating new spaces and implementing new services: these new spaces and services are adopted to stave off any continuance of being on “life support”. Anderson (2011: 289) adds to this sense of desperation when he comments that academic libraries will become irrelevant if they continue on the path of service provisions based on “an eroding traditional functional model”. However, the authors of this paper are more optimistic and prefer the stance that libraries are in transformation due to their positive and proactive response to the demands of changing higher education pedagogy and e-science.
The authors draw their optimism from decisions taken at the UNESCO conference on higher education which was held in Paris in 2009 (UNESCO 2009). It was at this conference that leading academic institutions committed to realigning their foci within their core functions of research, teaching and service to the community, to incorporate the promotion of critical thinking. The principle of developing and nurturing critical thinking in higher education strengthens the paradigm shift in pedagogy: a shift from education being a domesticator to education being a liberator. That is, the changing role of the lecturer as a top-down deliverer of education (domestication) to the lecturer as a facilitator in the education process (education as liberator). Corroborating this shift in pedagogy is the comment by Bennett (2008: 183) that education is moving away from teaching to learning. Therefore, it is imperative that libraries focus on the process of learning that takes place within its spaces, bringing resources, learners and experts into easy proximity to facilitate collaborative learning (Thachill 2008).
Within this new higher education paradigm, where education is mooted to be done collaboratively, libraries are purported to be at the core. Libraries have always been quick to adopt relevant technologies to ensure efficient and effective support for the education process. The proactive response of the library to the demands of changing higher education pedagogy has stimulated new thinking with regard to innovative learning spaces and aligned new services. Some of these new services include virtual reference services, collecting and digitising archival materials, creating supportive metadata and maintaining digital repositories.
Given that higher education libraries, as a whole, are in transformation, this paper will focus on one area of growth and development, namely, support for research and researchers. As a point of clarification, the authors accept the
1. Reggie Raju (PhD), who is the corresponding author, is the former Director: Client Services, Library and Information Service, Stellenbosch University. He is currently the Deputy Director: Client Liaison Services, UCT Libraries, University of Cape Town.
2. Lucia Schoombee is the Senior Librarian: Research Support, Library and Information Service, Stellenbosch University.
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cautionary comment of Parker (2012) that research support is much more than the provision of reference services for “students to complete their homework assignments”. Research support is the provision of a new and expanded suite of services such as research data management, curation and preservation, facilitation of open access and bibliometric analysis. Therefore, it is important that the authors define the concept “research support” before teasing out new roles and responsibilities associated with these new services.
It is accepted that research support librarianship, in this new and contemporary format, is a relatively new area of service provision by higher education libraries (especially in the South African context). The authors are therefore of the opinion that this paper will be of interest to the higher education library sector as a whole. Further, the discussions in this paper could be used as a building block for the growth and development of a new model of service provision by higher education libraries.
2 Methodology
Denscombe (2012: 55) makes the point that the use of more than one research method sits comfortably with the case study approach. The case study approach works best when researchers investigate an issue in-depth and provide an explanation for the issue. Given that research support librarianship is relatively new and very much in its fledgling stage in developing countries, it was important for the authors to conduct a thorough review of the literature to establish new trends and new roles and responsibilities of the new research support librarian. It is against this review of the literature that the authors examined current research support librarianship trends in South Africa, making specific reference to the implementation of research support services to the research community at Stellenbosch University. This method is supported by Fouché and Delport (2012: 134) and Leedy and Ormrod (2013: 141) who make the assertion that a conceptual framework for the study needs to be established to indicate where the study fits into the broader debates. More importantly, “the literature is used to sharpen the focus of the study” (Fouché and Delport 2012: 135).
The case study approach using Stellenbosch University conforms to the views of Gorman and Clayton (2005: 47) who define a case study as an investigation of an “entity on the assumption that it is possible to derive knowledge of the wider phenomenon from intensive investigation of a specific instance or case”. The combination of a review of the literature and the case study of Stellenbosch University provided the researchers with sufficient evidence to draw conclusions and make recommendations on this emerging area of research support librarianship in the higher education library sector.
3 Academic libraries in a new paradigm
Kwanya, Stilwell and Underwood (2012:1) quote the Special Libraries Association which states that the basic professional tenets of librarianship remain the same while the methods, tools, scope and environment of information delivery continue to change dramatically. Academic libraries have become increasingly more dynamic entities. The dynamism of the academic library, in the second decade of the 21st century, is illustrated by the continuous adoption of new philosophies to ensure relevance, effectiveness and efficiency. The library has moved from the “pull philosophy”, that is, drawing the users into the physical entity and rendering a service to those that are in the library to the “push philosophy”, that is, taking the library to the users. The conversion of print content into digital format and the ubiquitous nature of digital information have served as the impetus to push the boundaries in terms of taking the library to the users. In this age of a surfeit of information libraries are working towards and consolidating an “in your space” philosophy, that is, having a virtual presence in the space of the researcher. To be in the space of the researcher, the library must ensure that the user has access to full-text from the widest range of mobile devices (Stoffle, Leeder and Sykes-Casavant 2008; Basefsky 2009; Sennyey, Ross and Mills 2009).
Staley and Malenfant (2010: 65) add another dimension to the transformation of academic libraries making specific reference to research support. They point out that
libraries will need to reconsider what their relevance is in the research process. We need to start considering what our “deeper meaning” is to researchers to ensure that we fit into this new model. We feel strongly that we will have a role – it will look different from our role now, and we need to be careful not to cling to past practice for nostalgic reasons.
Amidst this transformation through the philosophies mentioned above and their concomitant practises, is the growth of new facilities and services to the research community.
The provision of new facilities and services to researchers must be viewed within the context of the change in the research information landscape which is now characterised by ubiquitous, digitised and online access to content. Therefore, it is imperative that libraries play a more significant role in the creation of research information and in connecting research communities. Walker (2009) suggests that some of the new services that academic libraries should be providing in this new research landscape include management of institutional repositories, management of vast research data sets and provision of specialised information technology services.
4 Research librarian defined
It is against this background of the transformation in the academic library landscape, the ubiquitous nature of information and the deluge of information, that the authors examine the concept of research support librarianship.
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As indicated earlier, Parker (2012) opines that “research support” is more than the traditional provision of services to assist students and others who are conducting research. She provides a simple but definitive description of the concept of “research support” as a set of services and facilities which assist in increasing research productivity and scholarship. Raju and Schoombee (2013) add that research support is the proactive engagement of the librarian with the researcher. The research librarian is an active partner in the research production process, from the initial stages of engagement with the researcher in the research process to the eventual publication of the thesis or dissertation or research article. Somewhere in the continuum from the initial stage to the publication stage are traditional services using appropriate technology. The research librarian is an important cog in the research production cycle bringing skills and experiences to the process that will benefit the researcher and the research product. Hence the shift in the role of the librarian is from a supporter of the research process to a contributor to the process.
5 Research support trends
A review of the literature reveals two significant trends in research support, namely, the repurposing of library spaces and the provision of new services. Further, this review has revealed that in the changing role of the library, the library provides new facilities and services that enhance its capacity in its transition from a supporter of the research process to a contributor to the process. The provision of new spaces, the Research Commons being an exemplar, and the provision of new services are not mutually exclusive. The synergy between the new physical spaces and the new services serves to elevate the library’s contribution to the research process.
5.1 Repurposing of library spaces
Academic libraries are repurposing spaces to align their facilities for improved contribution to collaborative learning – providing support for “education as a liberator”. Pennington (2012) makes the point that the idea of creating a “third space” in a library environment is relatively new in librarianship. Pennington (2012) goes on to quote Oldenburg who calls the “first place” the home and the “second place” the workplace. The “third place” serves as an anchor “for community life and facilitate[s] and foster[s] broader, more creative interaction [for research and learning]… it has a valuable atmosphere that encourages collaboration for student success”.
Stoffle and Cuillier (2011: 146), in discussing the library as place, make the assertion that there needs to be a re- examination and a refocusing – the focus should be on the library as a service. Library as service focuses on the customer with the underpinning principle of “everywhere-you-are access”. This principle pushes the library into the research and learning environments – to the desktops, to the laboratories, and to the classroom (the authors of this paper refer to this as the “in your space” philosophy). Stoffle and Cuillier (2011: 146) go on to say that the
library as service penetrates deeply into the activities and programmes of the campus, becoming an essential partner in achieving campus strategic goals in all arenas. Library as service tries to anticipate needs before there are demands. It empowers and enables customers to be effective information users and creators.
The authors, however, are of the view that it is not a case of either/or (that is, the “third place” or the “library as a service”), as the library needs to provide spaces that support collaborative learning. This collaborative learning will be enriched with the provision of a relevant set of services.
Surprenant and Perry (2002) corroborate the views of Pennington (2012) and Stoffle and Cuillier (2011) when they affirm that in a new higher education landscape, “the library must now assume the role of being a highly interactive, proactive, digitally based, cyber mix of staff, activities and services. This role is typical of what will be offered in a Research Commons”. There is support for the views of Surprenant and Perry (2002) when Stoffle, Leeder and Sykes- Casavant (2008), Sennyey, Ross and Mills (2009) and Basefsky (2009) all point out that the challenge within this new pedagogy is not to create digital libraries, but to envision integrated learning environments which are designed for the learning styles of a digital generation. The emphasis is on libraries providing study spaces that enable students to conduct the near-synchronous acts of information access, reading, evaluation and writing. Further, the enduring value of the library as a cultural meeting place is taking on a more extroverted character as libraries realise how potent that social element can be in fostering learning.
5.2 New research support services
The provision of new services must take cognisance of the fact that the currency for learning and research is shifting, and rather rapidly too, from information to data. The role of the library has always been that of distributor of scholarly information but that is changing rapidly – the second decade of the 21st century demands from the library an expanded role in the research process through the provision of a new suite of services from the library. These new services include the collection, organisation and dissemination of research data. In this new service paradigm, the role of libraries, as purported by Borgman (2010: 13), is evolving from a “focus on reader services to a focus on author services”. MacColl and Jubb (2011: 5) corroborate this shift when they add that the “channels and forms of publication have become more diverse, and many materials are published on the Web either instead of, or as well as, in their more traditional form as processed by publishers”. Libraries are playing a significant role in this new “distribution (or dissemination) of information” model. Geraghty (2009) aptly describes this shift: “Think of the library inside out, what’s on the fringe is now at the centre,
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and what’s at the centre is now at the edge”. In this new distribution of information model (or in these roles that used to be at the fringes), the library collects, organises and makes accessible the research output of the parent institution.
5.3 Open access practices
There are two fundamental reasons for the adoption of open access practises. The first is to address the issue of the exorbitant cost of subscriptions and the second, which is one of the foci of discussion in this paper, is capacity to improve visibility and equitable access to research output and its associated impact on society and contribution to further research. The latter is supported by Jisc (2013) which maintains that:
Universities must increase the visibility of their research to demonstrate the contribution they make to the knowledge economy, improve their chances in the competition for government research funding and position themselves well to work with industry or third sector partners.
An open access repository or journal is a way for authors to make their research papers freely available online. Studies have shown that such papers are more frequently cited than those solely available via subscription-based journals.
Open access benefits not only researchers and their institutions, but the economy and society at large, as the outputs of publicly-funded research are available for all to use.
Reinforcing the need for the adoption of open access practices is the view expressed by Lee-Hwa, Abrizah and Noorhidawati (2012) that open access to research makes researchers more productive and research more effective. Further, they make the assertion that institutional “repositories have become a common platform for the academic institutions to store, share, disseminate and preserve knowledge”.
Institutional repositories, as pointed out by Parker (2012), showcase a university’s research output and provide equitable access to scholarly literature. She also claims that in many cases,
the institutional repository is an exemplar of a (usually library-based) research support service. It suits the needs of both researchers – in providing a single place to manage all of their publications – and the university, as a comprehensive record of its research output.
At Swinburne University, repository managers have taken on the responsibility of submitting the output on behalf of the researchers. This new service has been highly successful (Parker 2012).
To assist researchers with disseminating the results of their research through scholarly channels, libraries are increasingly offering the research community a publishing service. This gold route publishing service (institutional repositories are the green route) is becoming infectious. Park and Shim (2011: 82) point out that several libraries have recently launched library publishing services to support scholarly communication dissemination. Some of the libraries that have implemented publishing services include Columbia University Library, Cornell University Library, Duke University Library, MIT Library, and University of Calgary Library. Parker (2012) points out that Swinburne University Library publishes three journals edited by Swinburne researchers or with strong Swinburne involvement. The Swinburne library model offers its research community the following publishing services (Parker 2012):
technical infrastructure using the Open Journals Software;
assistance with search engine optimisation to increase the discoverability of publications;
help with copyright and open access policies, and author guidelines;
a DOI minting service;
allocation of ISSNs, and ISBNs for one-off monograph editions;
subscriptions management where necessary;
advice on entry into abstracting and indexing services; and
support for engagement with the ERA process to increase the visibility and prestige of Swinburne journals.
A second tier of support for publishing in open access journals is through the creation of a fund to pay author page fees. Park and Shim (2011: 82) report that Cornell University Library organised a task force on open access publishing through which institutions pay a publication fee for their faculty who publish in refereed open access journals. Similarly, MIT Libraries have developed an open access business model that helps authors publish in open access journals by utilising the MIT Open Access Article Publication Subvention Fund (OAAPSF). The University of Michigan Library has also maintained a similar publishing service through its Scholarly Publishing Office. Richardson et al. (2012) bring to the fore the Queensland University of Technology Library model. As an institutional member of selected open access publishers, the library provides financial support to researchers whose papers have been accepted for publication in selected gold open access journals.
In the current open access environment, as indicated by Riera-Quintero, Padrós-Cuxart, and Zuñiga-Ruiz (2012), research librarians guide users not only on traditional publishing practises, but also on open access publishing and the different types of usage licences for their publications (the issue of licences will not be discussed here as it is outside the scope of this paper). There is sufficient evidence emanating from the literature that demonstrates that research support
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librarians are actively providing advisory services on the different channels for publishing and dissemination of research results.
5.4 Bibliometrics
As discussed above, one of the primary reasons for adopting open access principles is to improve the visibility of research output. A significant spin-off of open access is that it influences the h-index of the author (measuring author impact) and the ranking of institutions. Aligned to this is the use of bibliometrics3 which, in the view of Bradbury and Weightman (2010: 67), provides evidence for assessing research quality. However, as pointed out by Roemer and Borchardt (2012: 597), there are many who have criticised the representativeness of metrics to evaluate scholarship fully. Nonetheless, “they [metrics] are still considered the gold standard” (Roemer and Borchardt 2012: 597).
As pointed out by Al, Soydal and Alı˙r (2012: 430), bibliometrics clarifies the nature of scholarly communications and reveals trends in scientific disciplines. It provides the basis for understanding the impact of the research output and makes provision for the understanding of new trends in scholarly communication through articles and their references. The references or citations cumulatively show the most important topics that were dealt with by scholars. Astrom, Hansson and Olsson (2011) maintain that bibliometrics must be viewed against the backdrop of the significant changes to systems of research management and policy. They go on to claim that evaluation of research outcomes are increasingly linked to the allocation of research funds on various levels – from individual scholars, to institutions and national systems for academic research, such as the national level distribution of government funds between publically funded universities. At an increasing rate, bibliometric methods have been used to provide quantitative indicators for academic productivity and quality (Astrom, Hansson and Olsson 2011: 9).
Drummond and Wartho (2009: 79) maintain that bibliometric analysis has been identified as a new business area for librarians. Bibliometric services in a changing research paradigm, aided and abetted by the open access movement, are fast becoming a standard practice. There is support from Riera-Quintero, Padrós-Cuxart and Zuñiga-Ruiz (2012) and Bradbury and Weightman (2010: 68) with regard to the crucial role of the research support librarian in providing a bibliometric and research evaluation service. Corrall, Kennan, and Afzal (2013: 639) state that “many librarians have stepped forward to help negotiate the landscape of both traditional impact metrics… and emerging Web-based alternatives”. The alternative metrics to measure value of research output is in its infancy stage. Lapinski, Piwowar and Priem (2013) state that as altmetrics matures, libraries will help to facilitate an informed dialogue with the various constituencies that will intersect with altmetrics. Such constituencies include both researchers (students and faculty) and the academic administrative office (faculty affairs, research and grants, promotion committees, and such).
5.5 Identifying research landscape service
Riera-Quintero, Padrós-Cuxart and Zuñiga-Ruiz (2012) present a new service which has always been a forte of the librarian but never exploited to the extent envisioned in the context of new research support services. These authors point out that researchers and research groups have always used the librarian for guidance on searching for documents relevant to a user’s academic or research activity. This service is now being used differently under the guise of a new research support service. This “new service” is being used at different stages of the research process, for example:
at the research definition stage, the librarian works with the researcher to identify the field’s leading authors or research groups;
at the information search stage, here the librarian works with the researcher to establish the state of the art where existing bibliography is concerned; and
at the dissemination stage, the librarian works with the researcher to identify journals that publish articles on a given topic. The librarian provides guidance on publishing outlets.
These stages are crafted into the research life cycle which the authors of this paper will use later to lead the discussion on research support services at Stellenbosch University.
5.6 Research data management
Charbonneau (2013: 365-366) makes the assertion that a direct derivative of the dramatic change in the research landscape is the exponential growth in the volume of data being generated. She goes on to draw in the significance of the library in this data deluge era recognising that data is integral to the knowledge base that underpins scholarship, provides insight into the complex world, and informs decisions about the present and the future. Within this changing paradigm, the rapid change in the nature of research demands a change in the role of libraries in supporting data-intensive research. Librarians are exploring new roles, services and types of collaborations needed to support data-centric research. A further demand for this exploration is the reorganisation, by research funding bodies, of the importance of essential infrastructure and services to organise and preserve research data. Tenopir et al. (2013: 76) maintain that academic research librarians are the most appropriately equipped to provide required research data services such as data management planning, digital curation (selection, preservation, maintenance, and archiving), and metadata creation and conversion.
3. Bibliometrics is a set of methods to quantitatively analyze patterns of publication within a given field or body of literature.
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The 2030 vision of the Association of Research Libraries (2010) and the 2050 vision of SCONUL (2011) clearly demonstrate a major shift in the use and re-use of data. In these visions, data becomes the critical product for research and the librarian must be skilled to provide the above-mentioned services. Again, these services are commensurate with what was mentioned earlier with regard to data becoming the new currency for knowledge creation and innovation.
As librarians grow their skills and expertise in data management, they can become uniquely situated to support data management processes throughout the research life cycle. However, due to constraints of space, the authors will not discuss data management services aligned to the research life cycle. Charbonneau (2013) and Lynch and Carleton (2009), amongst others, discuss the issue in depth.
5.7 Partnerships/collaborations
The changing research librarianship paradigm demands that the library view itself as a valuable and active partner in all aspects of the research lifecycle. In this extended service model, the library forms partnerships with key stakeholders to ensure consistent and high-quality support for research. It has been suggested by Parker (2012) that libraries enhance research support by developing customised support services and, where appropriate, embedding information specialists, with discipline-specific expertise, in departments and research centres/teams.
In this new paradigm where the librarian plays a significant role in the research production process, libraries are largely in uncharted territory and have the opportunity to draw a new road map of support and services for researchers. An exemplar to demonstrate this collaborative relationship is that of Queensland University of Technology, Australia. At this institution the library has partnered with cognate institutional services
such as Student Academic Services, supporting Student Learning Support Services postgraduate sessions, Postgraduate Student Association interactive sessions, Faculty of Graduate Research orientation sessions, and the Research Office through the research output verification and new researcher orientation sessions (Parker 2012).
This pooling of resources and skills augurs wells for an enhanced researcher experience.
6 Case study: Stellenbosch University Library and Information Service (SULIS)
It is against the backdrop of the above-discussed provision of new services and facilities that this paper discusses the case of research support at Stellenbosch University (SU).
6.1 Strategy
The strategic plan and concomitant goals of the Stellenbosch University Library and Information Service (the Library) are informed by the strategic foci of the University. Here, the authors make reference to the specific strategic focus of the University that informs the Library’s strategic goals, namely, “broadening the knowledge base” (SULIS 2010). The Library responds to this strategic focus with two library-specific strategic actions, namely:
Developing the Library as a vibrant and inviting physical and virtual space that promotes collaboration, social networking, as well as private study and reflection; and
Supporting, developing and contributing to high-level scholarly publication output and sharing research data and results with the rest of the world, especially with researchers from the developing world via various open access initiatives. (SULIS 2010)
Both of these strategic actions of the Library contribute significantly to the implementation of new services to support research.
The above-mentioned strategy and the associated physical structure and policies are important for the Library in pursuit of its goal to advance and expand research support services, thus affirming its commitment to nurturing a strong research support environment. The Library’s strategic plan, Strategic Directions 2010-2015 (SULIS 2010) addresses specific aspects of research support such as scholarly publication and open access, research performance management and publication support. Leadership, in the form of a Research Support Committee, chaired by the Library’s Senior Director, and its Director: Client Services demonstrates the emphasis on developing the Library’s research support portfolio. The committee consists of representatives from various divisions such as Research Commons, Information Provision, Digitisation and Digital Services, Branch Libraries and Information Technology. The clustering of these services demonstrates a conceptual approach based on inclusivity whereby research support is regarded as a suite of services with strong collaborative ties rather than a single, uniform structure.
Before engaging in discussion on the role of the Library in the research life cycle (see Figure 1), it is important to discuss the repurposing of Library spaces as it provides the launch pad for the delivery of enhanced research support services. However, this is by no means suggesting that a research commons is an absolute necessity for the delivery of enhanced research support services.
Figure 1 Research life cycle: Stellenbosch University model
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6.2 Research Commons as a repurposed space
The creation, growth and development of the Research Commons forms a significant component of the Strategic Directions 2010-2015 (SULIS 2010) of the Library. The purpose of the Research Commons (RC) as stated in the Research Commons: concept document (SULIS 2011) was to create an environment, for postgraduate students and researchers, that engages the principle of collaboration in the delivery of an enhanced service in support of a creative and enriched research process. This purpose is extended to provide research support, in collaboration with partners, to the institution’s research and postgraduate communities with the objective of contributing to the increase in:
through-put of postgraduate students;
publication of research output via (1) open access forums and/or processes, or (2) traditional publishing model;
visibility of the Library as a strategic role-player in the research process for local, national and international research output; and
research and research production culture.
The Research Commons offers a unique blend of collaboration between partners and Library facilities in providing a service to researchers and postgraduate students. It provides a flexible, technology-enabled space for postgraduate students and researchers and supports collaboration between students and academics, and between researchers and research communities. Further, the Research Commons serves as the hub for a range of scholarly activities. The Research Commons co-ordinates the provision of expertise that support the research process (SULIS 2011).
6.3 Service alignment with the research life cycle
Given the strategic underpinning of the research commons, the Library is well positioned to provide enhanced research support services. As evident in Figure 1, the Library has gone broader than the traditional research support service. Figure 1 serves as the reference point for the discussion in this section.
6.3.1 Prepare: scan the research landscape
The use of research performance management (RPM) tools at Stellenbosch University is not by design. To maximise return on investment for a relatively expensive RPM tool and to justify the expenditure, the Library pursued alternative usage of the Elsevier RPM tool. The Elsevier tool was used to support the researcher to get a more precise view of the research landscape for his/her intended research project. Further, the research librarian assists researchers in identifying experts in the research area. The librarian also assists the researcher, identify funding opportunities related to the potential area of research. Once this service started to gain momentum, it was realised that there were other libraries (internationally) that were using similar products to provide similar services.
Traditional research support activities
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At the point of the development of this paper, the Library had a subscription to SciVal Spotlight, Strata and Experts (Elsevier products) and was actively promoting these tools for the purposes mentioned above. In a presentation at an international conference, Schoombee and Du Plessis (2013) from SU pointed out that SciVal Spotlight was being used to assist “research students to identify research topics based on alignment with institutional research strengths”. They also reported a case study demonstrating extensive opportunity provided by SciVal tools to encourage and facilitate research collaboration.
6.3.2 Gather: information retrieval
The role of information provider has been, over the years, well-guarded by librarians. However, that monopoly on the dissemination of scholarly literature is showing signs of decay. In response to this decay, librarians at Stellenbosch University are pursuing the role of being a facilitator of improved retrieval of scholarly literature. The role of the librarians is now structured around ensuring that researchers are knowledgeable about available resources, where to find relevant scholarly information, how to use appropriate search strategies, including choosing search terms and search databases, and how to evaluate information. The issue of levels of specialisation, among librarians, is becoming a distinct reality. In the case of Stellenbosch University, the faculty librarian works predominantly with the researcher in the retrieval of information whereas the research librarian and the e-scholarship librarian focus on other aspects of the research life cycle, as indicated in Figure 1.
To strengthen self-retrieval of scholarly literature and to support researchers, the Library is radically expanding its instruction programme for research students and researchers. New workshops are continuously added to address gaps in the research process which existed in previous instruction sessions. In many cases, staff members purposefully engage in self-study to master new topics sufficiently to be able to present workshops. Here, examples include workshops on free reference managing tools, Sage Research Methods Online (SRMO), tools for online storing and sharing of documents, traditional and open access publication strategy and increasing researcher visibility through open access publishing and archiving. Where skills are lacking, they are sourced from external divisions or service providers. Through this strategy, the Library includes sessions on copyright for theses and dissertation students and finding government statistics as part of its portfolio of workshops. To reach off-campus students and researchers in their offices, workshops are increasingly broadcast virtually by means of Big Blue Button and Microsoft Office Live Meeting software.
The use of LibGuides provides a further dimension to instruction efforts, making the content of workshops ubiquitously accessible. Supplementing existing subject-information orientated LibGuides, a number of LibGuides have also been created to address issues pertinent to researchers and postgraduate students. New LibGuides comprehensively address useful resources that correlate with the research process, the scientific publication process, attributes of a good journal, traditional versus open access publication and information about the South African research subsidy system. Other LibGuides suggest research-related tools and applications and promote collaboration facilities, social networks sites and networking software.
The changing of lanes to make researchers more self-sufficient is aligned to the view expressed by Geraghty (2009): what used to be on the fringes of responsibility is now the core and what was at the core is now on the fringe.
6.3.3 Create: analyse the research results
As indicated earlier, the Research Commons is viewed as a “one-stop-shop” for the researcher with many of the cognate services coming to the researcher as opposed to the researcher going out to solicit or seek assistance. The Library has a firm commitment to engaging with cognate stakeholders to establish a seamless and enriched service environment for researchers and postgraduate students. To this effect, a grassroots level research support forum provides a platform to share and discuss research service-related topics of mutual interest. Practitioners from the Writing Laboratory, Postgraduate and International Office, Research Development Division, Information Technology and Community Interaction participate in the forum which meets quarterly. Further, the services provided by these practitioners are co- opted into the library to assist researchers – it is brought to the researcher, primarily, on demand.
There are various strategies to create awareness of and promote research support services. In particular, the Library hosts a week-long event to showcase its services. The event, Library Research Week, aims to strengthen the perception of the Library as a space where researchers feel nurtured, integrated and connected.
6.3.4 Share: publish research results
Given the significance of research production and the need for its widest possible dissemination (as reflected in the Library’s strategic plans), the Library has a major role in utilising its repositories to collect, organise and distribute scholarly content. The repository is an authoritative source for all publications of the institution (SULIS 2013).
Scholarly communications and the world of publishing continue to undergo significant changes and development. The Library at Stellenbosch University (SULIS 2010) plays a significant role in promoting a “sustainable model of scholarly communication, assist[ing] in the development and creation of tools and services to facilitate scholarly communication, and recruit[ing] content for the institutional repository”. This goal is achieved through:
a) Providing advice and support for open access publishing, including through the Open Journal System (OJS).
b) Enhancing the Institutional Repository (IR) as a facility to showcase the research outputs of the University.
In terms of open access, Stellenbosch University is considered to be a leader on the continent (Raju, Smith and Gibson 2013). Hence, services aligned to open access are well established: however, there is always scope for growth
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and development. The institutional policy that requires mandatory submission of theses and dissertations in electronic format only is testimony to this leadership role. Further, the institution’s administration has, in principle, approved the “Policy on mandatory self-archiving of research output” (SULIS 2013). The success of the repository in terms of spearheading open access and increasing researcher visibility was evident in the 2013 Webometrics ranking which placed Stellenbosch University in the top position on the African continent.
Also driving the transformation to openness, is the Library’s Open Access Publication Fund which facilitates funding to support and encourage researchers to publish in open access forums. During 2013 this fund subsidised the publication of 102 research articles in accredited, open access journals. An open access system for the electronic management and publication of conference proceedings provides final reinforcement of open initiatives at SU to support and facilitate research dialogue, communication and impact.
The university’s leadership role in open access is demonstrated by it being the first African institution to adopt the publication of journals using the open source software, Open Journal Systems. The SUNJournals project, which started in 2010, consolidated in 2012. The number of titles currently hosted by Stellenbosch University has grown to sixteen (SUNScholar 2012).
The success of the SUNJournals project serves as the foundation for the development of the African Open Access Repository Initiative (AOARI). The Library and Information Service of SU launched the AOARI platform (http://ar1.sun.ac.za/) in November 2012. AOARI is a “hyper repository” for African academic and research institutions to share their scholarly literature with the widest possible audience. The primary purpose of the publishing platform is to create a forum to facilitate self-publishing without compromising academic publishing rigour, the preservation of content and the radical improvement in the distribution of scholarly content (Raju, Smith and Gibson 2013: 47).
6.3.5 Preserve
The issue of the preservation of research output as a new service is very much in a fledgling stage at Stellenbosch University. The Library does not currently have a long-term preservation policy. It is reliant on the DSpace software which has localised preservation capabilities. Nonetheless, there are practices that ensure duplication through back-up systems and disaster recovery. To ensure continuity in the event of disasters, there is a UNIX back-up to two identical servers distributed between the Library and the University’s central Information Technology department. A third back-up is a tape format to the University’s disaster recovery room which is located underground off-campus.
Despite the lack of a preservation policy, the authors acknowledge that there has been significant planning to ensure long-term preservation. For example, research articles that are submitted to a repository must comply with certain file formats that allow for continued accessibility. The objective is to preserve material by converting it into a digital object format in such a way that the digital objects created may be read and understood by future technology systems. File formats such as pdf/a, open documents and media codec (coder decoder) facilitate long-term preservation. Further, material submitted to the repository use open published digital format standards (Raju et al. 2012: 7).
There is substantial scope for the development of the research support service relating to the preservation of the research output at Stellenbosch University.
6.3.6 Measure
Again, the aspect of measurement and impact as a service offered by the Library is on a steep learning curve. Currently, research impact measurement is supported in a very limited way. Researchers are assisted with using metrics to support decision-making about where to publish. Faculty librarians also assist with queries related to h-index, journal impact factor and journal citation reports. Limited support is provided for altmetrics (tools measuring research impact in social and open access forums and platforms), focusing mainly on Google Scholar metrics and Google Scholar citations. A LibGuide with extensive information about bibliometric tools and resources is available to support researchers in the effective use of tools to determine and increase their research impact.
As with preservation, substantial inroads have to be made to offer “measure” as a fully-fledged service to the research communities of Stellenbosch University.
6.4 Limitations of Stellenbosch University practice
Notwithstanding that research support librarianship globally is still in its infancy, there are clear shortcomings to the services provided by Stellenbosch University despite its distinct leadership on the African continent. There are aspects of research support that need urgent attention, over and above those mentioned. Some of these aspects include having a comprehensive research support charter; having a clear, concise and differentiated service model to optimise expertise in publication matters and bibliometrics; having a clear definition for (or framework for demarcating) research support; and resolving the differentiation between the needs of different categories of researchers and postgraduates. Attention must also be given to improving researcher visibility, researcher profiling and unique author identification. It is evident that data management and curation services are seriously lagging as compared to international practice. As much as there have been discussions on research data management, given other priorities such as open access, little has been done in terms of research data management.
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7 Conclusion
The shift from being on “life support” to a significant contributor to research production has and will continue to have a profound influence on the way academic libraries conduct business. In this transformation, libraries have found their deeper meaning for researchers through the expansion of their suite of research support services. The change in currency for research from information to data has also influenced the academic library’s transition. The repurposing of library spaces as a direct response to the exponential growth of information and data in digital format has also contributed to the transformation of academic libraries and which has served as the launch pad for new services such as research data management, open access, data curation and bibliometric analysis.
The identification of international trends in this paper served as a yardstick to measure the disparity in the scope and depth of research support services between international institutions and Stellenbosch University. It is accepted that the paper does not (and could not) measure the depth of services offered; however, there is sufficient evidence to show that Stellenbosch University, one of the leading academic institutions on the continent, does receive significant research support from its library. The Library, from pre-publication to post-publication, offers research support services that contribute to the leadership status of the university – leadership in finding solutions to Africa’s challenges in critical areas of development.
It is acknowledged that the Stellenbosch University Library and Information Service does not offer the same depth and breadth of research support as its counterparts in other countries such as Australia and the United Kingdom. Therefore, as a leader on the continent, it is imperative that the Library continues to push boundaries. Other higher education institutions in South Africa need to collaborate to ensure that the challenge is taken up by all academic librarians to make this shift. More importantly, library leadership (that is, directors and executive directors) must be bold and invest in resources that would add value to institutional and national imperatives that would benefit from research support services and their concomitant influence on research production and the dissemination of that production. The LIS professional association in South Africa (Library and Information Association of South Africa) needs to play a more active role in mediating between the libraries and their librarians and LIS schools to ensure that the competency levels of librarians are adequate to engage in this transformation. LIS schools need to be flexible enough to design their curricula to ensure that they are training librarians for contemporary library and information practices.
Research support services are an imperative in the current digital age and all stakeholders need to collaborate to ensure its successful application. Africa’s transition from the periphery of research production to the epicentre is dependent on quality research output. Libraries have a significant role to play in the quest for an acceleration of quality research output.
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