Archives des mots-clés : academic libraries

Quelles collaborations entre Directions de la recherche et bibliothèques au sein des universités ?

Posté le par

Auteur/Author : Sylvain Lachendrowiecz

Les évolutions institutionnelles des universités françaises au cours des vingt dernières années ont eu pour conséquence l’importance accrue prise par les services centraux. Parmi ces services, les Directions de la recherche assument des fonctions variées : allocation des moyens aux unités de recherche, aide à la recherche de financements, valorisation, etc.

Par ailleurs, les bibliothèques universitaires poursuivent depuis l’autonomie des universités leur intégration dans leurs établissements et tissent des liens avec les autres services. Face aux évolutions du paysage de la recherche et aux demandes des chercheurs, Directions de la recherche et bibliothèques sont amenées à collaborer sur différents sujets.

Cette collaboration prend des formes plus ou moins approfondies selon les établissements, allant de simples échanges ou participation à des projets communs, à des services mutualisés.

Ces échanges ont un impact sur les cultures professionnelles des différents services : en bibliothèque, les personnels d’appui à la recherche, en travaillant au contact des unités de recherche et des Directions de la recherche, développent des compétences et des manières de travailler nouvelles et sont de moins en moins en contact avec les autres services de leur propre structure.

URL : Quelles collaborations entre Directions de la recherche et bibliothèques au sein des universités ?

Original location : https://www.enssib.fr/bibliotheque-numerique/notices/70687-quelles-collaborations-entre-directions-de-la-recherche-et-bibliotheques-au-sein-des-universites

Le positionnement des bibliothèques universitaires et de recherche françaises dans les politiques publiques des données de la recherche

Posté le par

Auteur/Author : Paul Cormier

A l’heure du quatrième paradigme de la science, la science ouverte, et la gestion des données de la recherche en particulier, font désormais l’objet de politiques qui se structurent à différentes échelles (internationale, européenne, nationale et au sein des établissements universitaires et de recherche).

Après une phase initiale d’interrogations, il apparaît désormais que les bibliothèques sont des actrices et des partenaires cruciales tant en ce qui concerne le leadership que les questions techniques dans l’appui à la recherche.

Elles sont aujourd’hui présentes et actives dans la grande majorité des espaces de réflexion autour de ces enjeux. Adossé à la sociologie de l’action publique, ce mémoire entend dépasser la question du « pourquoi » et du questionnement autour de la légitimité des bibliothèques à participer à la gestion des données de la recherche en s’interrogeant sur le « comment ».

Ce travail identifie trois rôles exercés par les bibliothèques dans le cadre leur participation à l’élaboration des politiques des données de la recherche (rôles d’expertes, de conception et d’actrices opérationnelles).

Il montre que c’est d’abord en élargissant les réseaux professionnels français puis en mobilisant et en structurant leur discours à travers leurs organisations professionnelles, par leur capacité à travailler en réseau, leur expertise technique, leur expérience tirée du déploiement de l’open access et leur capacité d’advocacy, que les bibliothèques ont su se placer en actrices incontournables du chantier de la science ouverte.

URL : Le positionnement des bibliothèques universitaires et de recherche françaises dans les politiques publiques des données de la recherche

Original location : https://www.enssib.fr/bibliotheque-numerique/notices/70658-le-positionnement-des-bibliotheques-universitaires-et-de-recherche-francaises-dans-les-politiques-publiques-des-donnees-de-la-recherche

Institutional repositories and copyright in Greek academic libraries

Posté le par

Authors : Konstantinos Kyprianos, Ekaterini Lygnou

Institutional repositories were created to collect, preserve, and make available the academic institution’s scientific output. The purpose of this study is to investigate and illustrate how Greek academic libraries with institutional repositories deal with copyright challenges.

The study aims to identify and describe if institutional repository managers apply a certain copyright clearance protocol, the problems they encounter, and how they deal with them. For this study, a quantitative research method based on questionnaires was employed.

The questionnaire consisted of twenty-nine (29) questions separated into three (3) sections and was sent to thirty-one (31) academic libraries.

According to the survey results, the majority of academic libraries have an institutional repository and provide open access to its content. It was found that academic institutional repositories face intellectual property difficulties.

The biggest issue highlighted was a lack of knowledge of the notion of copyright. Finally, communication amongst libraries seems to be the foundation for developing a common policy and addressing the difficulties that have arisen in institutional repositories as a result of Greek copyright legislation limits.

URL : Institutional repositories and copyright in Greek academic libraries

DOI : https://doi.org/10.36253/jlis.it-449

Data Services Librarians’ Responsibilities and Perspectives on Research Data Management

Posté le par

Authors : Bradley Wade Bishop, Ashley M. Orehek, Christopher Eaker, Plato L. Smith

This study of data services librarians is part of a series of studies examining the current roles and perspectives on Research Data Management (RDM) services in higher education. Reviewing current best practices provides insights into the role-based responsibilities for RDM services that data services librarians perform, as well as ways to improve and create new services to meet the needs of their respective university communities.

Objectives

The objectives of this article are to provide the context of research data services through a review of past studies, explain how they informed this qualitative study, and provide the methods and results of the current study.

This study provides an in-depth overview of the overall job responsibilities of data services librarians and as well as their perspectives on RDM through job analyses.

Methods

Job analysis interviews provide insight and context to the tasks employees do as described in their own words. Interviews with 10 data services librarians recruited from the top 10 public and top 10 private universities according to the 2020 Best National University Rankings in the US News and World Reports were asked 30 questions concerning their overall job tasks and perspectives on RDM.

Five public and five private data services librarians were interviewed. The interviews were recorded and transcribed. The transcriptions were analyzed in NVivo using a grounded theory application of open, axial, and selective coding to generate categories and broad themes based on the responses using synonymous meanings.

Results: The results presented here provide the typical job tasks of data services librarians that include locating secondary data, reviewing data management plans (DMPs), conducting outreach, collaborating, and offering RDM training. Fewer data services librarians assisted with data curation or manage an institutional repository.

Discussion

The results indicate that there may be different types of data services librarians depending on the mix of responsibilities. Academic librarianship will benefit from further delineation of job titles using tasks while planning, advertising, hiring, and evaluating workers in this emerging area. There remain many other explorations needed to understand the challenges and opportunities for data services librarians related to RDM.

Conclusions

This article concludes with a proposed matrix of job tasks that indicates different types of data services librarians to inform further study. Future job descriptions, training, and education will all benefit from differentiating between the many associated research data services roles and with increased focus on research data greater specializations will emerge.

URL : Data Services Librarians’ Responsibilities and Perspectives on Research Data Management

DOI : https://doi.org/10.7191/jeslib.2022.1226

A View from the Top: Library Leaders’ Predictions for the Future of Science Liaison Librarianship

Posté le par

Authors : Laura Bolton Palumbo, Jeffra D Bussmann, Barbara Kern

Library leaders at academic institutions in the United States at the level of University Librarians, Library Directors, and Library Deans were surveyed about their predictions for the future of science liaison librarianship and the importance of science subject specialization.

Responses from 71 library leaders at institutions ranging from community colleges through large, research intensive universities provide insight into evolving roles for academic science librarians.

Key findings include that library leaders perceive functional roles such as data management and scholarly communication growing in importance, yet they are rarely seen as replacing traditional subject-based ones. Subject specialization is still seen by many as a desirable qualification for science librarians, even though smaller institutional size and budget constraints may necessitate a more generalist approach.

While there was no consensus on the necessity of science subject specialization, and whether or not science liaison librarianship would retain this characteristic in the future, there was a widespread acknowledgement of the value of liaison relationships with science faculty and others at their institutions.

URL : A View from the Top: Library Leaders’ Predictions for the Future of Science Liaison Librarianship

Original location : https://journals.tdl.org/llm/index.php/llm/article/view/7511

Creating New Roles for Libraries in Academic Research: Research Conducted at the University of Calgary, 2015–2020

Posté le par

Authors : H. Thomas Hickerson, John Brosz, Leonora Crema

A recently completed study at the University of Calgary has had broad professional impact and generated increased attention to the role of academic libraries in campus research. This multiyear, evidence-based study was conceived in recognition that the role libraries have traditionally played in research is of decreasing relevance.

With support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, this study employs intensive partnership among library staff, scholars, and research administrators to identify the transformational changes necessary for repositioning libraries in the research enterprise.

URL : Creating New Roles for Libraries in Academic Research: Research Conducted at the University of Calgary, 2015–2020

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5860/crl.83.1.129

Will Academic Library Publishing Break OER? A Diffusion of Innovations Study

Posté le par

Authors : Kathy Essmiller, Tutaleni Asino

Academic libraries are among the organizations advocating for open educational resources (OER), often playing a key campus role in education, advocacy, and support of their creation and publication. Publication of OER resonates with the role of the academic library.

Because “incongruence in perceptions” (Chtena 2019: 24) can cause difficulties and unforeseen challenges with implementation and use of OER, organizations involved in OER initiatives need familiarity with how OER and organizational values align.

The goal of this exploration was to investigate how academic libraries enact academic library publishing programs and the ramification that has in the diffusion process of OER in higher education. Data collected in this single case study research project was analyzed through the lens of Diffusion of Innovations Theory.

The findings from the study suggest that, if academic libraries are to enact the creation and publication of OER in ways appropriate to their conception, those involved will need to be intentional about ensuring enactment of the values foundational to OER.

Future suggested research includes a multiple-case study comparative research study looking at academic library publication of OER, exploration of how opinion leaders and attributes of innovations impact academic library publication of OER, and investigation into the impact of organizational structure on the diffusion of OER creation and publication.

URL : Will Academic Library Publishing Break OER? A Diffusion of Innovations Study

DOI : http://doi.org/10.5334/jime.673