1. Research Information Management: Continuity, Change and Impact Michael Jubb Research Information Network UUK Workshop 5 December 2007

2. UK Research and Innovation UK publicly-funded research a success story Real terms increases in in public investment since 1998 Exceptional levels of productivity Total expenditure on R&D c4% of world share At 1.8% proportion of GDP, UK is ranked 7 th of G8, and below EU average UK output of PhDs (rank =3 rd ) and publications (rank = 2 nd ) represent c 9% of world share UK citations c 12% of world share

3. UK and the Wider World “A world where knowledge diffuses rapidly away from its source”? Highest-impact UK research generally involves international collaboration 95% of the world’s science and technology based outside the UK Growing interest in partnerships, open scholarship and open innovation

4. UK Research and Innovation Challenges to sustain research productivity to sustain ranking as new research nations increase investment and outputs to maximise returns on public investment to translate research success into business and public service innovation some tensions openness and public good purposes of investment in research knowledge transfer/commercialisation targets

5. Creating & Using Information Sources Adding to and exploiting the global knowledge pool at the heart of the research process Journal articles seen as key information resource key (sole?) measure of productivity, quality, and impact UK researchers produce c 80k peer-reviewed journal articles a year They need to find, access and use the accumulated stock of articles produced since 1665 c 1m articles produced each year growth rate c 3% a year barriers to access financial and technological for users as well as researchers

6. It’s not only books and journals…….. Digital research data Produced in increasing quantities and varieties, dynamic as well as static Realising the value of data Linking with publications What’s valuable and what’s not Ownership? Reports and grey literature Registration and credit Visibility Physical objects and samples Data and information resources produced by people and organisations beyond the research community

7. Challenges for researchers as users and creators Discovery, access and use: comprehensiveness vs speed Information management Speedy communication vs need for registration and certification Maximising visibility, impact, and opportunities for partnership Citation, credit and assessment Data curation, access, and preservation How are they (and HEIs) meeting these challenges?

8. Quality Assurance and Trust Traditional role of universities, publishers, and the scholarly communications system Registration and certification before dissemination and preservation Branding of trusted sites Pre-prints and multiple versions QA for data? How do QA and trust operate in a social networking world? for the research community for users of research outputs

9. Standards and Interoperability Joining information systems and sources together: the $80bn problem Competing platforms for journals and other publications Formalising information sources within relevant content domains Metadata standards Visibility and usability Potential for text and data mining and optimising the value of information

10. Roles and Responsibilities Interrelated roles of key players Researchers and research groups/collaborators Funders - both sides of the dual support system Research institutions (departments, faculties, libraries, repositories) Publishers, aggregators, data centres, web services (commercial and NFP) Behaviours, policies, services, and strategies all in flux Interlocking (or not) developments internationally OECD Principles and Guidance NSF Cyberinfrastructure Vision Australian Data Commons EU Scientific Information in the Digital Age

11. Promoting Change Understand the research and innovation information space Roles, relationships and interdependencies Understand what researchers, partners and users are doing now Maximising visibility and usability for researchers and for users/partners Research partnerships: collaboration and open innovation Performance management national and institutional perspectives Sustaining productivity and impact as the landscape changes Optimising returns on public investment