BERGEN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Workshop on Embedding of CRIS in a university research information management system CRIS 2002 Conference Kassel, August 28 – 31 Jostein Helland Hauge

BERGEN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Current research information systems (CRISs) as “portmanteau systems” To what extent can a traditional CRIS be said to be an information tool in its own right?

BERGEN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY The development of the research documentation sector in Norway main aspects of the development of the field major players lack of mission, focus and success stories

BERGEN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY New trends in Norwegian research policy in the past today new strategies for obtaining documentation on research performance at institutional and national levels

BERGEN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Important requirements and effects (1) a new transparency of information sources a national consensus needed on parameters for the description of scientific activities and research results reporting facilities become more important than general mediation purposes validation of data at institutional level is crucial budget proposals must be underpinned by relevant data sources aggregation of data at institutional and national levels

BERGEN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Important requirements and effects (2) information on the results of research and on research impact will be an important factor in resource allocation and in competition between universities institutions will need flexible systems that may also be tailored to own information/professional profiling and out-reach strategies the challenge of securing co-operation with government and pre-warning routines as regards future information needs on national level

BERGEN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Repercussions on the CRIS field (1) the traditional "hold-all" systems will not do anymore monolithic systems serving a number of institutions will lack the flexibility needed institutional CRIS systems must still be able to fulfil the demands for R&D information on the part of government and other players on national level new systems must therefore be modular, easy to change/expand and be designed in ways that will elicit the active co-operation of researchers

BERGEN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Repercussions on the CRIS field (2) facilities for easy data input, re-use and correction of data, quality control and presentation of data in a variety of forms and formats become crucial information must be collected from one source and only once during the reporting period in question relevant information sources must be interlinked for cross-sector usage in the university the vision emerges of a CRIS system as a research information portal to the university

BERGEN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Overview of the main components of Fdok UiB Current Research Database Fdok UiB Current Research Database Fdok Annual Reporting of Scientific Activities Electronic Full Text Archive CV and Competence Module Scientific Projects Publications and Other Results Data Entry Module Retrieval Module Statistics and other Standard Reports Ph.D. and Theses Module Writing Tool for Strategic Planning

BERGEN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY The vision of a nationally inter-linked CRIS system Administrative, reporting and strategic support National specialised databases on higher education and research performance Statistical databasesNational level strategic planning of research and learning CRIS systems at universities Data exchange National CRIS database system (NFI) hosted by the Norwegian Social Science Data Services International databases Domain-specific databases on research On-line publishing of R&D information on activities, results, researchers, scientific competence, institutions Private and public users of research results The media Researchers, students Integration with other documentation systems at local level Profiling of own institution, mediation of research results Source: Based on NSD Report on NFI January 18, 2002