Directions in Research Systems and Repositories
In May 2008 the Collaborative Research Administrator's Group convened a one day forum to discuss issues and emerging trends in the areas of Research Management Systems and digital Repositories.
The purpose of the forum was to discuss current topics of interest to research information managers and look at ways of building a user community with appropriate tools to continue these discussions. To help foster such communication, the Collaborative Research Administrators Group (CRAG) -made up of UNE, UWS, ECU, Newcastle and Deakin universities - convened the "Research Information Managers Forum". The forum was aimed at staff involved in the co-ordination of information, data and systems used in research administration and attracted over 50 participants representing 26 universities (plus one NZ institution) including six Go8 members, five IRU-A members plus representatives from the ATN group and several other research intensive institutions.
Forum topics and presentations:
| Topic | Presenter |
Intro & Welcome from CRAG Chair Presentation Setting the scene for a Collaborative Research Administrators Group |
Graham Pearson UNE & CRAG Chair |
| Welcome from HES CEO Presentation Welcome to participants. Support of HES to facilitate initiative. Discussion around process of interest to other groups in H.E. sector and more broadly. |
Cynthia Hansen |
| CRAG and the Research Administrators Wiki Presentation The case for collaboration Background of the CRAG group (who / what) RAdWiki and other tools for knowledge generation Overview of the pilot RAdWiki Where can we take it in the future - increased participation Q&A |
Rod Lewis HES |
| Use of Wiki's and other Web 2.0 tools in higher education Presentation Technology to support communities of practice Building communities of practice Results of research in Web 2.0 Examples of other Wiki use Other technologies to support collaboration Case Studies Q&A |
Kate Watson USC |
| Research Management Systems - Synopsis Presentation Results of market scan. Overview of Research systems available. Emerging trends. Case Studies: InfoEd - UNSW Presentation Q&A RHESYS Contracted development - UWS Presentation Q&A |
Leanne Vaughan HES Lucian Hiss UNSW Debbie Bailey UWS |
| University Office - ANU Presentation Q&A Research Master - Macquarie University Presentation Q&A |
Loris Trainor ANU Semira Dautovic Macquarie University |
| Repositories and the HERDC Presentation Interaction between Repositories (Libraries) and Research Offices ARROW/HERDC working group Models for data collection and management What sites are doing to manage research outputs Case studies Q&A |
Teula Morgan Swinburne University |