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Library User Group2013-04-25

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Report from the Director of Library Services• Research data management update• Content strategy update• Planning round for 2013/14• IC East/New Engineering building

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Research data management update• Laurian Williamson appointed to RDM Coordinator

post: starts 3 June• RDM Rose progressing• Joint meeting of N8 Library and IT Directors in

June• University Research Ethics Committee (UREC)

workshop on open access to research data held 28 March: presentations online soon

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Content strategy update• General support for approach• Minor changes made for clarification• Continue to consult via Faculty

Strategic Liaison meetings• Final draft will go to next meeting of

UEB Information Services Sub-Group

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Library planning statement• Top 5 priorities for 2013/14 (and

onward to 2016/17)• Top 5 Business as usual activities for

2013/14 (and onward to 2016/17)• Top 5 Things to change for 2013/14

(and onward to 2016/17)

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Top 5 priorities for 2013/14• Completion of design work for IC East, including

determination of future use of St George’s Library.• Inclusion of other estate priorities in capital

pipeline post 2015, including IC West first mid-life upgrade 2017, completion of Western Bank Library refurbishment.

• Full implementation of Alma library management system.

• Development of support for Open Access, including implementation of RCUK requirements and enhancement of White Rose Research Online, and development of support for research data management, with R&IS and CiCS.

• Further improvement in student satisfaction, evidenced by NSS, ISB, and qualitative feedback.

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Top 5 Business as usual activities• Content acquisition and delivery. Second year of

UEB content budget uplift, ie inflation protection plus additional £200K recurrent uplift (£400K cumulative cf 2011/12).

• Operation of our five physical sites, providing study space, access to content, and staff support.

• Penultimate year of Workforce 2015 workforce development plan: focus on talent management and continued efficiency savings.

• Continued roll-out of Learner Support model for frontline staff.

• Digitisation of our unique and distinctive collections, including Special Collections and NFA holdings.

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Top 5 Things to change• Address areas of poor departmental

performance identified in 2012 Staff Survey.

• Increase levels of engagement with academic staff in service development.

• Improve marketing of services.• Improve collaboration with other PS

departments in areas of shared contribution.

• Continued effort to reduce complexity and costs in transactional workflows.

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Building

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IC East/New Engineering Building• Secretary of State will not “call in” SCC

planning approval• Tenders now being evaluated by EFM• Continuing discussions around space

allocations and the future of St George’s Library

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OpenAccess

Heather Thrift, Associate Director

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RCUK policy• All RCUK-funded papers submitted

after 1st April 2013 must be available Open Access

• Gold OA preferred – Green acceptable subject to satisfactory embargo periods

• Publication charges can no longer be included in grant applications

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Stage 1 : BIS transitional funding• Library Open Access ‘team’

established• Pre-payment or membership accounts

set up with specific publishers• Small number of APCs paid for

individual papers• White Rose Research Online enhanced

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Open Access Team• Carmen O’Dell (OA Coordinator) and Jennifer

Smith (OA Assistant)• Organise payment of APCs on behalf of authors• Help with submission of papers to WRRO• Provide advocacy and training to

faculties/departments• Answer enquiries about Open Access• Look after the webpages

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Publishers deals• Memberships schemes

• Royal Society• Biomed Central/Springer Open

• Pre-payment accounts• Biomed Central/Springer Open• Royal Society of Chemistry• Sage • Taylor and Francis• Wiley

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Stage 2 : Block grant• Majority of the block grant will be spent on the

creation of a central University Publication fund to pay APC charges for RCUK authors only

• Authors need to contact OA team once an article has been accepted

• Payment will either be deducted automatically from the applicable pre-payment accounts or the OA team will pay the invoice for APCs

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Future developments• Integrate process more closely with

myPubs and WRRO• Participating in JISC pilot for an OA

management system: OAK • RCUK review in July 2014• HEFCE consultation for REF post-

2014 in process

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Further information• Open Access web pages

www.sheffield.ac.uk/library/openaccess• Open Access email

OAEnquiries@sheffield.ac.uk• RCUK policy

www.rcuk.ac.uk/research/Pages/outputs.aspx

• SHERPA RoMEO, JULIET and FACTwww.sherpa.ac.uk

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Service Level AgreementReport on service measures2012-08-01 to 2013-01-31

Keith DeanAssistant Director & Head of Corporate Services

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Any other business

Western Bank Library Exhibition GalleryEnds Monday 6 May 2013