1. Current Research Information Systems November 2009 Valerie McCutcheon Operations Manager Research & Enterprise

2. Topics Overview of Research Systems Overview of Research lifecycle The Research System The impact and output agenda Zoom in on integration of outputs What we learned Questions

3. Overview of Glasgow Research Systems Student System Research Mapping System & Web Pages Research System Institutional Repository Finance System HR System

4. The Research Lifecycle Pre-AwardAwardPost-Award Stage 1: Pre-Project Stage 2: Create Project / Application Stage 3: Award Receipt Stage 4: Finance Project Initiation Stage 5: Project Management Stage 6: Project Completion

5. Research System Re-Development Timescale 1994 Original System 2004 in-house decision – no retrospective steps! 2005 Decide to include costing within Research System May 2006 First Version LIVE June 2007 Costing module LIVE March 2008 Project Closed

6. Research System

8. Work In Progress Improved automation of award calculations Electronic document management and workflow Link to repository ( Outputs and Impacts) Improved web pages CPD Sharing what we have learned and learning from others

9. R&E Role in Impact and Output Agenda Assist with impact plans Identify users of our research and best channels to get it to them Have better ways of articulating the benefits and getting the beneficiaries to confirm this Capture the benefits

11. Impact and Output Research System REF System/ Impact Licences Collaborations Conferences Consultations IP Manager Institutional Repository

13. Enrich Enlighten and Research System Integration - Research Information Lifecycle Policy mandatory full text deposit September 2008 Join up data and services Open access Output and Impact Marketing http://www.gla.ac.uk/enrich/

14. Some Enrich Deliverables 30,000 records in the Institutional Repository service Clear policies and workflows for collecting data Better search tools –Alternative sources –Interfiled catalogue and repository hits Staff profiles Better link between Research and Output Public domain statistics (irStats.com)

15. Institutional Repository’s Growth End of the DAEDALUS Project (Jul 05) Publications Policy (Jun 08) Source: ROARmap Publications Policy Bibliographic details Full text peer reviewed articles and published conference papers (subject to copyright permissions) Citing the University Address + 20k RAE records

18. Linking Outputs to Awards

19. Issues Gold Plating Resource Technology Joint Electronic System Academic access Data quality Unknowns

20. Good Points Requirements gathering – prioritised list of essential v desirable. Business Case revisited User Group power Agile development process Realistic allocation of time to maintenance of pre- existing systems, bug fixing, and user support. Relationships Opportunities for repositories

21. Want to know More? www.gla.ac.uk/enrich Valerie McCutcheon, Operations Manager, Research and Enterprise, v.mccutcheon@enterprise.gla.ac.ukv.mccutcheon@enterprise.gla.ac.uk William Nixon, Digital Library Development Manager, w.nixon@lib.gla.ac.uk w.nixon@lib.gla.ac.uk http://twitter.com/enlightenpapers http://enlightenrepository.wordpress.com/ http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/aboutrcuk/efficiency/oocp/default.htmhttp://www.rcuk.ac.uk/aboutrcuk/efficiency/oocp/default.htm http://www.mrc.ac.uk/Achievementsimpact/Outputsoutc omes/e-Val/index.htmhttp://www.mrc.ac.uk/Achievementsimpact/Outputsoutc omes/e-Val/index.htm