the case for a scientific institutional repository: a view from the laboratory
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Presented by Cecelia Brown and June Abbas, University of Oklahoma, at the ACRL Science and Technology Section's Research Forum, American Library Association Conference, July 12, 2009.TRANSCRIPT
The Case for Scientific Institutional Repository: A View from the Laboratory
Cecelia Brown & June Abbas
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Benefits of an IRFunctions Outcomes
Concentrates intellectual capital… Makes it easier to demonstrate an institution’s scientific, social, and financial value
Removes physical page & formatting constraints… Enhances the visibility of an institution’s scholarly work
Breaks down spatial boundaries… Facilitates collaborations among an institution’s scholars
Removes geographical limits…Encourages partnerships with scholars beyond the home institution
Centrally assumes digital archiving functions… Ensures the long-term preservation of an institution’s scholarly works beyond scholars’ careers
Provides resources and expertise in digitization…Gives scholars time to devote to research and creative activities
Provides access to learning objects… Enhances classroom teaching
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Crow, Raym. 2002. The case for institutional repositories: A SPARC position paper. ARL bimonthly report 223. Washington DC: The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition. http://www.arl.org/resources/pubs/br/2002br.shtml
If we build it, will they come?
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No matter how much you Google map the ballfield, it's still 90 feet to the plate!
Participants
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Field Rank Years @ OU
Astronomy Professor 19
Astronomy Professor 25
Botany Professor 0.5
Botany Professor 11
Botany Professor 22
Geographic Sciences Assistant Professor 2
Geographic Sciences Associate Professor 13
Geographic Sciences Professor 14
Geographic Sciences Professor 9
Geology Assistant Professor 1.5
Geology Assistant Professor 1.5
Geology Assistant Professor 11
Geology Professor 13
Meteorology Associate Professor 18
Meteorology Associate Professor 4
Microbiology Professor 10
Zoology Associate Professor 8
Zoology Associate Professor 4
Zoology Professor 9
Zoology/Botany Associate Professor 12
Knowledge of IRs
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50% Maybe 50% No
“Anything on the OU Library website?” “…not heard of in the context of universities…”
“In concept…” “You tell me…”
“Academic Facebook?” “nuclear waste repository?”
“arXiv.org?” “know about databases and I know about finding articles online
NGC 7293 http://www.williams.edu/Astronomy/research/PN/nebulae/
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“NASA called up and asked us to validate their data…This is kids with buckets…”
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http://pacrain.evac.ou.edu/
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http://csa.ou.edu/
http://www.ou.edu/microarray/7/12/09 ACRL-STS, ALA, Chicago, IL, 2009 9
http://www.oklahomaplantdatabase.org/
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Websites Regularly Used
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“I haven't picked up a journal in years…If it's not in astro-ph I won't see it…I check it every day…So if you don't post on astro-ph most people won't read it…”
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100% Support!
Share data, course materials, and information*****
Learn what others at OU are doing****
Data back-up****
Promote OU***
Education and outreach**
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Concerns About Establishing an OU IR
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What would you contribute?
Students’ work*****
Publications***
Teaching materials****
Data**
Information about current activities*
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Intellectual Property Concerns
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30% No 70% Have Concerns
“have a hard enough time getting astronomers to read one.”
“only rich people can publish”
“not sharing, counter view of science”
“no data until published”
“I don’t do any sort of research that have the potential to be patented.”
“If there is something sensitive…and some is competing, we won’t make public”
“if it helps someone…that’s OK too” “sometimes do not know what people motives and agendas are”
As a contributor to the IR, what would you be willing to do?
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What materials would you look for in the OU IR?
Teaching materials*****
People/Collaboration****
Data***
Publications**
Other students’ work**
No use*
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Desired Features?
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Web Tracking?
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Surprises?• Educational opportunity
• Copyright awareness
• Wealth of OU repositories
• Traditionalists
• Maintenance Costs
• Technology Requirements
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What’s Next?Interviews:
– Arts & Humanities Scholars– Social Scientists
Campus Wide Survey
Present data to administration:– Library– Information Technology– Vice President for Research– Provost
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Thanks!Manda Overturf
Mary ParkerJennifer Prilliman
Jenny RempelKonstantin Tovstiadi
Participants
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Questions?
Suggestions?
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