ResearchOutputManagementthroughOpenAccessInstitutionalRepositoriesinPalestinian

HigherEducation/ROMORProjectacceptedforfundingbyErasmus+underKA2CapacityBuildingintheFieldofHigherEducation

RawiaAwadallah IyadAlagha RamziAbed Prof.SamirAfifiOctober2016

Overview

• ThevisibilityofresearchoutputinPSHEIsislimited• primitivecurrentpracticeofresearchoutputmanagementinPSHEIs• researchers'inabilitiesinpublishingandaccessingscientificresearch

• TheROMORProject (3years)• buildingcapacityonresearchoutputmanagementin4PSHEIs• establishingOpenAccessInstitutionalRepositories(OAIRs)• trainingrequiredtodesign,implement,manage,andpopulateOAIRs• establishingmechanismstoassistproactivelyotherinstitutionsinsettingupandmanagingrepositories

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OAIR

• Digitalcollectionsofoutputscreatedwithinuniversity,toprovideOpenAccesstotheinstitution’sresearchoutput• Repositoriesadheretoaninternationally-agreedsetoftechnicalstandardsthatmeansthattheyexposemetadataofeachitemintheircontentsonWebinthesamebasicway• ‘Interoperable’:commonprotocoltowhichtheyalladhereiscalledtheOpenArchivesInitiativeProtocolforMetadataHarvesting(OAI-PMH)• Supportarchivalandpreservationprinciples• ContentsofrepositoriesarethenindexedbyWebsearchenginessuchasGoogleandGoogleScholar,creatingonlineOpenAccessdatabasesoffreely-availableglobalresearch• Asauthorsdeposittheirworkinrepositories,OpenAccesscorpuswillrepresentanincreasinglylargeproportionofthescholarlyliterature 3

AdvantagesofOAIR

• Opensupoutputsofuniversitytoworld• Maximizesthevisibilityandimpactoftheseoutputsasaresult• Collectsandcuratesdigitaloutputs• Managesandmeasuresresearchandteachingactivities• Providesaworkspaceforwork-in-progress,andforcollaborativeorlarge-scaleprojects• Enablesandencouragesinterdisciplinaryapproachestoresearch• Facilitatesthedevelopmentandsharingofdigitalteachingmaterialsandaids• Supportsstudentendeavours,providingaccesstothesesanddissertationsandalocationforthedevelopmentofe-portfolios

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StatisticsonOAIRinPalestine

• RegistryofOpenAccessRepositories(ROAR:http://roar.eprints.org/)• DirectoryofOpenAccessRepositories(OpenDOAR http://www.opendoar.org/)• Repository66(http://maps.repository66.org/)• RankingofWebRepositories(http://repositories.webometrics.info/en/aw/Palestinian%20Territories)

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ROMORObjectives

MainObjective:sustainablyenhancethepracticeofresearchoutputmanagementinthePSHEIsthroughenablingOAIRsaswellastheadvocacyinsupportofOpenAccesstoresearchoutputsSpecificObjectives:

• mapcurrentstatusofresearchdisseminationin4PSHEIsandtoidentifyneeds• preparetrainingandteachingmaterialmeetinglocalneedsforbuildingcapacityinimplementingOAIR

• buildcapacityneededforbuilding,managingandsustainingOAIR• designandbuild4OAIRsinpartnerPSHEIsthatinterfacewithoutputssuchasjournals,books,conferenceproceedings,theses,andresearchdata

• investigatekeyissuesinpopulatingandmaintainingcollections• scale-uptheIUGIRtoserveasanationalOAIR• sharewidelytheskillsgainedandtoassistnon-partnerPSHEIsinsettinguptheirOAIR• raisetheawarenessandpromotecollaboratingandsharingofexperiencewithdifferentnon- HEIstakeholders

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ROMORMainPartnersIUG Birzeit Univ. Alquds Open

Univ.PalestineTechnicalUniv.

ViennaUniv.ofTech.

Univ.ofPARMA

Univ.ofBrighton

Univ.OfGlasgow

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ROMORAssociatePartners

• AQAC:evaluatingtheprojectasexternalpartner• MHE:recommendationsforpoliciesforinstitutionalrepositories;acceleratingtheadvocacyactivities• EIFL (Lithuania):

• 15yearsworkswithlibrariestoenableaccesstoknowledgeindevelopingcountries• buildcapacitybyorganizingtrainingevents,developingtoolsandresources,andprovidingup-to-dateinformationonissuesthataffectaccesstoknowledge

• supportedcreationofthePALICO,unitinglibrariesinbothWestBankandGaza• InROMOR,theywillparticipateinworkshopsforacceleratingtheadvocacyactivitiesforopenaccess,andcopyrightissuesawarenessraising

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maintainITCenter access GlobalResearchers

deposit

Library

depositScientificResearch&Graduate

Studies

LocalResearchers&Students

depositaccess

- End-uservocationalTraining- Academiccourses(ITstudents)- Pilotstudyexperimentaldata

- Awarenessraisingworkshops

- Vocationaltraining(copyrightissues)

- Vocationaltraining- Repositorypolicies

- Vocationaltraining(technical)

OAIR

ROMORStakeholdersROMORStakeholder

ROMORActivity

StakeholdersatIUG

• FacultyofInformationTechnology(studentsandstaffmembers)• EnvironmentDepartment(withProfSamirAfifi)- FacultyofScience(PilotStudy)• ScientificResearchandGraduateStudies(vocationaltraining)• Library(vocationaltraining)• InformationTechnologyCenter(vocationaltraining)

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ProjectActivities

PreparationActivities

WP1:identifythecapacityneedsofthePSHEIswithrespecttoresearchoutputmanagementandOAIR

WP2:prepareeducationmaterialforbuildingcapacityinimplementingandmanagingOAIR

DevelopmentsActivities

WP3:trainingthetrainersandtheacademicteaching

WP4+WP5:designing,implementing,andpopulating4OAIRsinPSpartners

Disseminationand

Exploitation(D&E)Activities

WP7:developmentofaD&EplanapplicableduringtheProjectandafteritslifetime,disseminationactivities

QualityAssessmentActivities

WP6:evaluationofthequalityoftheProjectdeliverablesandactivities

ManagementActivities

WP8:monitoringProjectprogress,

trackingdeliverablesandreportingbacktotheconsortium

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ResearchDataPilotStudyPartofWP4

• Pilotstudy(withProf. SamirAfifi)toidentifytherequirementsforsharingenvironmentalresearchdataandexperiments• EnvironmentlabsatPSpartnershavemassiveamountsofdatarelatedtoGazaandWestBankstudysiteandmanyexperimentsconductedonthisdata• Dataconsistsofgeologicaldata(soil),hydrologicaldata(e.g water),meteorologicaldata(e.g.rainfall),andcontrolpointsandcoordinates.• Challenges:

1. diversityofformsandformatsofenvironmentaldata2. environmentaldataoftencomesinrawformats3. massiveamountsofenvironmentaldata

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MainOutputs

• vocationaltrainingmaterialandacademicteachingmaterialforpartnerPSHEIsinbothlanguagesEnglishandArabic;• OAIRsmodels,policiesandpreservationplansdevelopedinpartnerPSHEIs;researchdatapilotstudyonenvironmentaldata• productionOAIRsimplementedinpartnerPSHEIs;Populatedinstitutionalrepositories,populatednationalinstitutionalrepositoryatpartnerPSHEIs• populatedROMORplatformwithtrainingmaterial,tools,information,aswellasmeansforinformationexchange

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MobilityStrand

• InROMORweproposetoestablishresearchgroups(RGs)indigitalcurationandpreservationbyendofproject

• RGswillcarryoutresearchonDCPandwillcustomize/developtoolsforthelocalneeds• capacityforefficientlyandeffectivelycarryingoutthesehighlytechnicalandscientifictasksisrequired

• exchangeofstudentsandstaffinICT-relatedprogramsbetweenpartnerPSHEIsandpartnerEUHEIs

• proposedmobilityactivitiesdesignedasalong-termstrategicinvestmentbypartnerPSHEIs

• JointresearchactivitiesbetweenacademicstaffwillhelptostrengthenandbroadenthebeginningcooperationbetweenpartnerPSHEIsandEUpartner

• MobilityStrandforIUG:16students(4students/EUpartner),8staffmembers(2staffmembers/EUpartner)

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ProjectManagement

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ThankYou

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