Supporting Academic Research: Understanding the challenges

peter.suber's bookmarks 2020-09-11

Summary:

"While making publications available openly is not the main priority in the research office, researchers’ support for making their own work openly available is growing....

Beyond Open Access and publications, more strategic alliances would be beneficial for both the research office and the library....

7% of research office staff reported that ensuring research is available openly is one of the top three priorities for their office. However, many referred to this as something for which they share responsibility with researchers and other departments within their institution. ...

Open Access is the largest area of collaboration between the research office and the library, demonstrating the library’s role in complementing the research office’s priorities and areas of expertise. 35% of research office staff want greater collaboration with the library. Better systems for identifying publications and updating research profiles may be beneficial for enabling a collaborative focus on key priority areas for both parties....

Research office members are contributing more heavily to helping researchers find and apply for funding, and, to a lesser extent, monitoring the impact of their work. On the other hand, the library is helping more with depositing publications to institutional repositories and with Open Access compliance. ..."

Link:

https://f.hubspotusercontent00.net/hubfs/5176202/HQ_Research/Supporting%20Academic%20Research%20-%20understanding%20researcher%20challenges_2020.pdf?hsCtaTracking=bc59f202-2765-4736-bc52-f488fbb051c7%7Cab5c60fe-7805-4da8-ad01-c9c871a52b0d

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oa.new oa.surveys oa.uk oa.usa oa.australia oa.libraries

Date tagged:

09/11/2020, 09:00

Date published:

09/11/2020, 05:00