illinois research connections researcher information system project rebecca bryant, phd...
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Illinois Research Connections Researcher Information System Project
Rebecca Bryant, PhD [email protected]
http://go.illinois.edu/irc
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Project goals
Connect researchers with potential collaborators, and encourage interdisciplinary researchShowcase Illinois research to external stakeholders, industry partners, and collaborators at other academic institutionsAutomate 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:
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Project scope at a glance
Collaborative OVCR/Library initiative
Interdisciplinary• 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.
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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.
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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