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# Support for the Research Process Program Total current projects: 4 Problem statement: Research support in academic institutions is diffused and uncoordinated and libraries are becoming less integral to the researcher's workflow. Libraries are devoting substantial effort to developing and managing institutional repositories, but are not providing enough incentive to motivate faculty to contribute to and engage with them. Universities should be taking full advantage of the skills, resources and experience that libraries could bring to bear in support of current research processes. Impact: Identifying the services that support the research process and that also support aggregation (regionally, nationally, internationally or by discipline) of institutional research outputs is critical to the future role of the library in the academy. In a foundational stage of the program, we identified the processes in conducting academic research, publishing that research, and assessing the outcomes. We carried out an analysis of research workflows to categorize the various components. This work builds on the Scholarly Information Practices report, as well as other recent relevant work, such as the University of Minnesota Library's Mellon-funded study, A Multi-Dimensional Framework for Academic Support. The investigation provided a set of generalized research and research administration activities and a vocabulary to facilitate discussions of support services. ## Projects Scholarly Information Practices (Complete) Research Information Management Roadmap Testing the Desirability of Research Services Role of Libraries in Data Curation Changing Roles of Library Staff |
For more information Ricky Erway Senior Program Officer, RLG Programs ricky_erway@oclc.org