[Asis-l] Share about your institutional RIM practices in newly-announced survey

[Bryant,Rebecca]

OCLC Research and euroCRIS announce global Survey on Research Information Management Practices

OCLC Research<http://www.oclc.org/research.html> and euroCRIS<http://www.eurocris.org/>, the international organization for research information, announce a jointly-developed Survey on Research Information Management Practices, which offers research institutions worldwide the opportunity to share information about their practices.

Broadly defined, research information management (RIM), commonly known as CRIS (Current Research Information Systems) in Europe, is the aggregation, curation, and utilization of information about institutional research activities. RIM adoption and practices vary broadly by region and nation, and may include activities such as the collection of an institutional registry of research outputs and impact, faculty activity reporting workflows, and publicly available researcher profiles.

This research is a significant effort to collect and compare RIM practices worldwide, and the data generated will help us to better understand regional drivers and practices. It will also help us to better understand the ways in which libraries are supporting research information management activities.

The survey launched in mid-October, and research universities and institutes worldwide have the opportunity to answer a short questionnaire about their local research information management practices. Survey results and dataset will be openly published in 2018.

The survey has been developed by a collaborative team of librarians, researchers, and CRIS practitioners from North America and Europe:


  *   Rebecca Bryant, OCLC Research
  *   Pablo de Castro, Strathclyde University & euroCRIS
  *   Anna Clements, University of St Andrews & euroCRIS
  *   Jan Fransen, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
  *   Constance Malpas, OCLC Research
  *   Michele Mennielli, DuraSpace & euroCRIS
  *   Rachael Samberg, University of California-Berkeley
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The survey is available online at oc.lc/rim<http://www.oclc.org/research/themes/research-collections/rim.html> through January 15, 2018.

About OCLC Research
OCLC Research<http://www.oclc.org/research.html> is one of the world's leading centers devoted exclusively to the challenges facing libraries and archives in a rapidly changing information technology environment. Our mission is to expand knowledge that advances OCLC's public purposes of advancing libraries and librarianship. Since 1978, we have carried out research and made technological advances that enhance the value of library services and improve the productivity of librarians and library users.

About euroCRIS
euroCRIS is an international not-for-profit, statutory association (www.eurocris.org<http://www.eurocris.org/>), governed by Dutch law, dedicated to the development and implementation of efficient and effective research information systems and infrastructures on an institutional, national as well as international level, and to promote cross-system interoperability based on CERIF (Common European Research Information Format). In order to achieve this one of euroCRIS’s main objectives is the promotion of cooperation and exchange of expertise between stakeholders in the research information domain, in particular by setting up Strategic Partnerships with international organizations in the field of Research Information Management.





Rebecca A. Bryant, PhD
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