PurificationIntroduction to the research information platform PURE

Ann Verlinden, Dirk Schoonbaert, Nico Van Aerde 11 June 2014

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• The concept and importance of PURE• Features• Roles and responsibilities• Personal overview• Research output (publications)• Projects• Process flow• Poll• Preliminary activities by Library• Implementation plan

Introduction

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• Pure = research information platform system• Pure helps researchers

– Enhancing the visibility of researcher profiles and research expertise to the research community and the general public

• Pure helps administrators– In creating reports on any desired level

• Additional asset: User-friendly!• Part of the Agreement with the Ministry of Research

(cf. FRIS portal)

Concept and importance of PURE

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• Login to PURE: pure.itg.be/admin– Pure content can be managed via management tool– Selected content of Pure is published on external ITM

website

• Pure has different sections:– Personal overview (includes cv and profile)– Research output (publications)– Projects– More…

Features

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• Researchers: responsible for correct information about themselves (both metadata and publications)

• Supporting Services assist:– Research coordinator: owner– PURE administrator: system management (access rights,…)– IT: technical support (version updates – database linking)– HR: management of persons– Dept. administrators: completing project information– Project Management: validation of projects– Library: approval and validation of publications

Roles and responsibilities

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Personal overview (including profile)

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Research output (publications)

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Projects

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Process flow – Personal information

Pure: researcher alters personal

profile.

Website: alterations are

visible on researcher

personal page.

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Process flow – Research output (publications)

Pure: researcher adds bibliographic

data of new publication

(PubMed import).

Pure: Library approves and validates new publication.

Website: new publication is

added to researcher

personal profile.

Library may request additional

information.

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Process flow – Project information

Researcher reacts to Call.

IBS: departmental administrator enters budget information.

Pure: researcher or departmental

administrator completes project

file.

Pure: Project Management

validates.

Website: Selected project information is

published instantaneously on ITM website.

Basic information is harvested from IBS daily.

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Which Pure feature do you think will benefit you the most?

A. The ability to instantaneously edit your personal profile on the website.

B. The ability to generate customised CV’s in Word or PDF format.

C. The ability to generate detailed reports about ITM research.

Poll

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PURE – a timeline

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• TropMed Central Antwerp:– 30% full-text PDFs – update: waiting for PURE

• PURE: – Validated: 0 records (process will start 2014)– Approved: 2315 records (2008-2013)– For approval: 9131 records (1900-2007)

• PURE (2014-…)– imported by authors (‘created’)– ‘approved’ (bibliographic) and ‘validated’ (open access policy) by the

library staff• Tools: import from PubMed & ISI Web of Knowledge

PURE – Research outputs = Publications

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• 11 June: Introduction to Pure – ITM Seminar• Training “Pure for Researchers” (1 ½ hour) in

Computer Room:– 2 in June (tbd)– 1 in August/September (tbd)Individual sessions on request

• Training “Pure as Reporting Tool”:September (tbd)

• Other training needs?

Implementation plan

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Q&A