You and Your Research
Faculty Open Access Symposium University of New Hampshire April 8, 2009
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University Council Committee on Scholarly Activities and Libraries
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Faculty Barbara Millen, MED, chair Shanley Allen, SED James Hamilton, MED Michael Mendillo, CAS
Administrative Bob Hudson, University Librarian, vice chair Gail Steketee, Dean, SSW Andrei Ruckenstein, VP for Research Selim Unlu, Assoc. Dean Grad., ENG
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Faculty Council
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Committee on Research Activities, Libraries, and Support Services Barbara Millen, MED, chair Shanley Allen, SED Sharon Cermak, SAR David Mostofsky, CAS Dave Ozonoff, SPH Matt Parfitt, CGS Itamar Ronan, MED Sayon Roy, SDM
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You and Your Research by Richard Hamming (1983)
What are the most important problems in your field? Are you working on one of them? Why not?
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Why do you research and publish?
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Advance knowledge in the field. Peer review validation. Appointment, promotion, and tenure opportunities. Connect with colleagues at other research institutions. Funding opportunities but, not because I make money. I am curious. Other?
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Background
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BU Faculty Council Survey on Faculty Excellence in Teaching, Research, and Service, 2001 Commitment and Goals of the Universitys Strategic Plan Wide ranging examination of Open Access resources, practices and policies in academia.
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Technology-Enabled Research data and document repositories. Create Greater Interdisciplinary Strength ULeaP Portal digital infrastructure
Background - UNH Strategic Planning
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Boston University Strategic Plan 2005-2008 Boston University Slideshow Title Goes Here Goal 1: Strengthen the quality of the faculty as we continually increase the profile of our faculty in research and scholarship.
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What are the benefits?
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Enhanced visibility, dissemination, and access to the Universitys scholarship Potential to stimulate interdisciplinary teaching and research Ability to interrelate the wide range of University research activities Assures access to digital content Collecting and organizing institutional assets in a central digital framework Wider access to curricular and other teaching support materials Management of thesis and dissertation processes
Supports the Goals of Faculty Excellence Survey and University Strategic Plan
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Faculty identified content for Open Access at Boston University
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Faculty Web Sites, Blogs, Profiles, Working Papers, etc.
Departmental, School, or College Web Sites Interdisciplinary Research Projects Faculty Publishing in Peer Reviewed Open Access Journals Data Sets
Curricula and Course Material Theses and Dissertations C.V.S Student Work Media in Digital Formats ETC., ETC., ETC.
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What are the benefits? Visibility
Open access PLoS Biology assessed at an Impact Factor of 13.9 BioMed Central open access journals bought by Springer.
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What are the benefits? Interdisciplinary Potential
Institutional repositories can reflect the entire range of teaching and scholarship. UNH faculty can discover research connections with colleagues. Marmoset retinas.
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What are the benefits? Durability
Institutional repositories are more stable and trusted. Commercial entities answer to shareholders.
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Information Density v. Life Expectancy
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What are the benefits? Visibility and Durability
Cotton Vitellius A. xv http://www.uky.edu/~kiernan/eBeowulf/ guide.htm Beowulf manuscript
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You and Your Research by Richard Hamming (1986)
1. What are the most important problems in your field? 2. Are you working on one of them? 3. Why not?
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You and Your Research (2009)
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Do you know who owns your scholarship? Did you reserve your rights? Why not?
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The Three Most Important Factors in Open Access Publication
Peer Review Peer Review Peer Review
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SURVEY ON FACULTY EXCELLENCE 2001 RECOMEMNDATIONS
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Coordinate information and resources that promote faculty research and teaching Develop effective systems to support faculty research and teaching activities Facilitate faculty access to research funding opportunities at all career stages Create effective networks that promote interdisciplinary research and teaching Provide faculty and students with easy access to teaching-related information Provide students with access to faculty research training opportunities Integrate faculty, library, information technology and academic computing resources
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Survey on Faculty Excellence in Teaching, Research and Service 2001
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