1. Illinois Research Connections Researcher Information System Project Rebecca Bryant, PhD rabryant@illinois.edurabryant@illinois.edu http://go.illinois.edu/irc

2. Project goals Connect researchers with potential collaborators, and encourage interdisciplinary research Showcase Illinois research to external stakeholders, industry partners, and collaborators at other academic institutions Automate publication data collection from reliable source(s) Enable units and individuals to make timely updates to profiles Goal 1 of the University of Illinois Strategic Plan proposes the development of a faculty profile-sharing database in order to promote scholarship, discovery & innovation. This system will: 2

3. Project scope at a glance Collaborative OVCR/Library initiativeInterdisciplinary Illinois Research Connections will include all disciplines, academic colleges and departments at Illinois. It will also include research-oriented centers and institutes. Comprehensive It will include up to 2500 individual researchers on the Illinois campus. 3

4. Project scope at a glance Data sources Elsevier Pure platform pre-populates profiles with publication information available in Scopus Automatic weekly updates from Scopus data Individuals and proxies will be able to maintain their own records Campus outreach & training Steering & governance committees are providing input Training and ongoing support provided for colleges, departments, individual researchers We will partner with departments, libraries, communication officers, and many others to engage internal and external audiences. 4

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6. Proposed Timeline for Phase I (Beta) Launch Late summer 2015 BETA launch: a working system with Elsevier- delivered publications data for current STEM/SS tenure-line faculty, available to campus only Communications & training Fall/winter 2016 PUBLIC launch, expanding to include arts & humanities faculty profiles Widespread publicity effort Late October: annual update process begins, including college nominations 6