LIBRARY REVIEW Seminar 2

Access not ownership

Janet Peters, University LibrarianMay 2006

Support for research in Cardiff by INSRV

Advanced computing infrastructure projects CONDOR HEC (High End Computing)

SCOLAR (Special Collections and Archives) SURE (Support Unit for Research Evidence) Advice and guidance for individuals Advice for University External involvement Partnerships

SCOLAR

Special Collections New base for SCOLAR in ASSL New research study space at

McKenzie House Addition of Centre for the History of

Evidence based Health Care (CHEHC)

Digitisation – Manuscripts to Megabytes

SCOLAR website: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/schoolsanddivisions/divisions/insrv/libraryservices/scolar/index.html

SURE

Cardiff - home of Cochrane

SURE and Systematic Reviews Income generation Are they transferable to other disciplines?

Link to CHEHC

Support for individual researchers

Training in use of catalogue/databases/journals

RAE? Staff development

Bibliographic referencing software

Critical appraisal skills Journal club

Inter Library Loans

Support for University

Terrorism Bill/Act Research Ethics

Committee

Open Access publishing and Author-pays model Research Committee

External involvement

Contact with MPBL/CURL Collaborative Storage Task

ForceCURL Resource Discovery Task ForceLIS Consultative Group for Research

Information Network (RIN)WHELF project for Wales wide e-

repository(+ Steering Group membership)

Partnerships

National Library of Wales

Cardiff County Libraries

CLIC (Cardiff Libraries in Cooperation)

National Museum Wales

Issues for Cardiff

1. Library stores are full2. Site Libraries are over-crowded3. Current funding allocation model no longer

suitable for ‘bundled’ purchases4. Long term access to digital resources required5. Insufficient Library staff time and expertise to

assist researchers6. Desire to promote Cardiff as a major research

university

Proportion of digital subscriptions

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

2000-1 2003-4 2015?

Year

Current journal subscriptions

Digital only subscriptions

What are we doing about it?

1. Weed stores this summer2. Transfer more backruns of journals to store, where

digital copy available (and become an early adopter for the UK Research Reserve?)

3. Review funding allocation model (usage based?)4. Participate in LOCKSS5. Benefit from Library staff restructuring6. Make Cardiff’s research output accessible

1. Support e-theses projects2. Support development of e-repositories3. Initiate Digital Preservation Project

Access, not (necessarily) ownership?