Research Information Systems for Higher Education Institutions in Italy

Italian Higher Education context

Studentsand learning

Research Accounting HRPlanning &Controlling

StudentsDatabase

CoursesDatabase

Research fundsDelivery

ProfessorsDatabase

Ministry of University and Research

University

Ministerial Information System

for

Ministero dell’Istruzionedell’Università e della Ricerca

Thanks God, a simple Summary

1. Research project assessment

2. National research assessment exercise

Project assessment (1/2)

• Each year• All in one month• Only electronic submission• A personal workspace for each researcher• We know all about them

(219.144 registered users, with carriers and curricula)

• We have scientific production of all of them(3.333.615 publications)

• A catalogue of scientific journal titles(201.903 journals)

Project assessment (2/2)

>4.000 project proposals presented every year (56.172 research projects in the last 12 years)

>13.000 organizational units involved

>6.500 international experts for peer review

A ranking is calculated

Funds assignment

Monitoring the financial data during project life-cycle

Collect periodical reports and final statements

Summary

1. Research project assessment

2. National research assessment exercise

national research assessment

exercise (1/2)

• Covers from 3 to 5 years

• Only the best research products

• Bibliometric indicators

• Peer review

• Good ranking position means more funds and salary increase

• First exercise was successfully concluded in 2006

• 17.329 products were evaluated by 151 panelist, assisted by 6.661 international experts

• At least 2 blind reviews per product• Final ranking calculated by scientific area

and by structure

• A new (bigger!) exercise will start very soon

national research assessment exercise

(2/2)

interoperability

Universities and Research Institutions can exchange data with the National Research Information System via:

web services

file upload/download

OAI-PMH (work in progress)

standardsResearchers’ curricula are in Europass

format. We are going to use the same format for University professors CVs soon.

We are working to provide research projects data according to the CERIF 2008 standard.

For publications metadata exchange we use many formats, but our main reference is MODS.

Italian Higher Education context

Studentsand learning

Research Accounting HRPlanning &Controlling

StudentsDatabase

CoursesDatabase

Research fundsDelivery

ProfessorsDatabase

Ministry of University and Research

Single University

U-GOV Solution Map

U-GOVU-GOV

An Interconnected System

RIRI

ResearchCatalog

ResearchProject

RURU

Carriers

People

Remunerations Payroll

Org. Structure

DIDI

Course Planning

StudentManagement

StudentServices

COCO

Accounting Sys.

Sales and Purchases

Inventory

CSA

ESSE3

MinisterialDatabase

MinisterialDatabase

DocumentManagement

DocumentManagement

3° party Apps3° party Apps

ID management systems

ID management systems

PortalPortal

www.u-gov.eu

CINECA’s vision on research processes

• Project management internally and externally funded (Gov, EU, Industry): administering the grant, complying with regulations, reporting to funders.

• Research results repository management (publications, patents, conference speeches, proceedings..)

• Research results assessment (publication, projects, research groups)

• Research assets management (research teams and groups, research units, laboratories, equipments, facilities, skills..)

• Dissemination and Technology transfer• Integration with national and istitutional repositories/systems

• Projects

• Results

• Assessment

• Assets

• Dissemination

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U-GOV Research facts and figures

• U-GOV Research installations: 35• Managed publications:

432.773

• Year 2009 publications: 197.654 • End users: 26.538• Publications linked to ministerial systems:

177.350 • Reviewed/Assessed publications:

46.734

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Full Broad Interoperability

MODSMETS

DCOAI

SWORDCERIF

CDOC-CRMSOAPMETSBIBTEXPUBMEDENDNOTEOSISDOIHANDLEMARC21SBN-MARCONIX

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U-GOV & Full Interoperability

MinisterialSystems

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What future for interoperability ?

standards are a feasible goalbut

standards come through adoptionso…

we need to build tangible services for the research community on

top of standardization !

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Thank you for your attention

Pierluigi BonettiMinisterial Services and Support Systems

Fabrizio LuglioResearch Systems and Services for Universities

Questions?