scholarly journals Ink on Our Hands: Mapping the Integrated Digital Scholarship Ecosystem

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (2/3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimberly Silk

The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) is a consortia of Canadian university libraries dedicated to expanding digital content for the academic research enterprise in Canada. Two themes in the CRKN strategic plan are to 1) collaborate to advance scholarship, and 2) engage members and stakeholders. The Integrated Digital Scholarship Ecosystem (IDSE) project addresses these themes by mapping activities in the Canadian digital scholarship landscape, with a view to understanding the complexity of the landscape, and identifying opportunities to align key stakeholders and providers around a series of shared objectives. This article describes the IDSE project, and how the mapping exercise will provide a lens through which to identify opportunities for stakeholders to coordinate efforts and collaborate on tools, services, programs, and projects.

2009 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-72 ◽  

AbstractJohn Eaton from the University of Manitoba at Winnipeg, describes an important Canadian knowledge initiative within the academic library community relating to acquisition of digital resources.


2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Andrée Rathemacher ◽  
Noah Levin ◽  
Stephanie Doellinger ◽  
Robert Heaton ◽  
Jason Friedman ◽  
...  

During the “NISO update” session at the NISO Plus 2021 conference, which took place online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, members of the KBART (Knowledge Base and Related Tools) Standing Committee presented their plans and work toward KBART Phase III, a revision of the KBART Recommended Practice. In an interactive breakout session, they sought input from attendees on how KBART is being used and what new content types it should support. Presenters from the KBART Standing Committee were Noah Levin (Independent Professional), Stephanie Doellinger (OCLC, Inc.), Robert Heaton (Utah State University), and Andrée Rathemacher (University of Rhode Island). Assisting them in preparing the presentation were Jason Friedman (Canadian Research Knowledge Network), Sheri Meares (EBSCO Information Services), Benjamin Johnson (ProQuest), Elif Eryilmaz-Sigwarth (Springer Nature), and Nettie Lagace (NISO).


Author(s):  
Jonathan Bengtson ◽  
Carol Shepstone

This article explores the background and process that led to the merger of the Canadian Research Knowledge Network / Réseau Canadien de deocumentation pour la recherceh and Canadiana.org in 2018.  Seizing a moment of opportunity in a rapidly shifting digital research landscape, the two organizations “spun in” to each other in order to leverage their complementary mandates and overlapping memberships.  The new merged organization is now better positioned to meet the challenges of collaborative work in research and Canadian heritage content acquisition and access.


Author(s):  
Philippe Mongeon ◽  
Antoine Archambault ◽  
Vincent Larivière

This paper presents the results of an analysis of scholarly journal usage in 22 Canadian universities, sponsored by the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN). Usage is assessed using citation data, usage data (downloads), as well as survey data. The results show a high concentration of journal usage in Canadian universities and a moderate correlation between the indicators used. We also find a significant overlap between the overall and “core” journal collections of universities.Cet article présente les résultats d'une analyse de l'utilisation des revues savantes dans 22 universités canadiennes, soutenue par le Réseau canadien de documentation pour la recherche (RCDR). L'utilisation est évaluée en utilisant des données de citation, des données d'utilisation (téléchargements), ainsi que des données d'enquête. Les résultats montrent une forte concentration de l'utilisation des revues dans les universités canadiennes et une corrélation modérée entre les indicateurs utilisés. Nous constatons également un chevauchement important entre les collections de revues globales et «de base» entre les universités.


2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Clare Appavoo ◽  
Sabina Pagotto

Historically, researchers have relied on libraries solely for access to research literature. But in the digital age, libraries are taking on new roles within the academic environment. This article discusses the shifting relationship between academic libraries and scholarly communication as seen through the lens of the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN); from the traditional role of the academic library as a source of funding and access for scholarly communication to the emerging role of the academic library as an active participant in the content creation process, and even as the foundation for the construction of a new digital content infrastructure.


2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 333-349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Pilkington ◽  
Jack R. Meredith

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how the research knowledge in OM has been obtained and distributed since the first journals in OM began publication in 1980, changes in the interests of OM over the decades and where they are heading in the future; and to explore the changing roles of individual journals in the development of OM. Design/methodology/approach A two-stage bibliometric study was employed, first using citation analysis to examine the changing research interests in OM through an analysis of the OM journals. Then the top journals of most importance to OM were analyzed to determine the role that each one played in the knowledge distribution network and how that changed over the decades. Findings OM’s journal base consists of 7 research knowledge sources, 12 transmitters linking different journal groups, and 11 sinks with limited input. Research attention changed from practice, engineering, and OR to general management, strategy, and production management in the 2000s, with strategy, organizational issues, and logistics surfacing in the 2010s. OM features increasingly academic research with less interest in practice. OM journals’ network importance has increased substantially, with JOM now a bridge between the quantitative and management journals. Practical implications Both researchers and managers gain in understanding the history and identifying the future direction of OM, as well as which journals will have the most relevant papers to their interests. Originality/value This research identifies the history of the OM field in terms of its constituents and where it is going in the future. This history is related to the role OM plays among the knowledge network of top journals and presents a novel way of classifying and labeling journals based on their contribution.


2021 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 57-63
Author(s):  
Lotte Wilms ◽  
Caleb Derven ◽  
Merisa Martinez

How can European library staff working in digital humanities connect with peers in the library sector, determine where to find relevant information about digital scholarship, provide their collections as data and to be an equal partner in digital humanities research? The LIBER Digital Humanities Working Group was created as a participatory knowledge network in 2017 to address these questions. Through a series of workshops, knowledge sharing activities, and a Europe-wide survey and resulting report, the Working Group engaged with the international LIBER DH community. Useful reflections are provided on organising an open, voluntary DH community and planning for inclusive activities that benefit digital scholarship in European research libraries.


Author(s):  
David R. Scott ◽  
Nicole Eva

Through 2015 and into 2016, Canadian academic libraries’ collections budgets were severely strained due to the steady decline of the CAD/USD exchange rate. As most subscription fees for electronic resources (e-resources) are billed in US dollars, the falling value of the Canadian dollar significantly reduced libraries’ purchasing power. This study is based on a survey of the English-speaking member institutions of the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN), a Canadian collections consortium, carried out to determine the impact of the poor exchange rate on collections development and how libraries are coping with new budgetary pressures. Librarians from 33 universities provided survey responses. Of these, 22 participated in telephone interviews to further discuss concerns and ideas regarding the current crisis. The study finds that all participant libraries have taken actions to address the budgetary shortfall, including cancelling serial and database subscriptions, negotiating lower costs with vendors, purchasing fewer monographs, and soliciting additional funding from their institutions. While the financial strain resulting from exchange rate fluctuations is indeed a significant problem for which solutions should be sought, several respondents stressed that it only exacerbates the ongoing inflation of e-resource subscriptions. This deeper and enduring issue, which is expected to outlast the present exchange rate crisis, is enabled by an inherently flawed scholarly publishing system. Thus, librarians engaged in discussions with their wider academic communities concerning collections budgets should not focus exclusively on the exchange rate but should leverage the opportunity to explore alternatives to the current scholarly communication model. If solutions exist, they will likely only be achieved through the support of faculty and university administrators, as well as cooperation among post-secondary institutions and library consortia. Au cours de l’année 2015 et au début 2016, les budgets des collections des bibliothèques universitaires canadiennes ont connu d’importantes restrictions en partie causées par la baisse du dollar canadien face au dollar américain. La plupart des frais d’abonnements aux ressources électroniques sont en dollar américain ce qui signifie que le pouvoir d’achat des bibliothèques a été significativement réduit face à la dévalorisation du dollar canadien. Cette étude utilise un sondage auprès des établissements anglophones qui sont membres du Réseau canadien de documentation pour la recherche (RCDR), un consortium canadien pour les collections, afin de mieux connaître l’impact du faible taux de change sur le développement des collections et sur la façon dont les bibliothèques s’adaptent à de nouvelles pressions budgétaires. Des bibliothécaires de 33 universités ont répondu au sondage. Parmi ceux-ci, 22 ont participé à des entrevues téléphoniques pour discuter davantage de préoccupations et d’idées concernant la crise actuelle. L’étude montre que toutes les bibliothèques participantes ont pris des mesures pour contrer l’insuffisance budgétaire incluant l’annulation d’abonnements de périodiques et de bases de données, la négociation de coûts inférieurs avec les fournisseurs, l’achat de moins de livres ainsi que la sollicitation de financement additionnel auprès de leur institution. Quoique ce stress financier causé par les fluctuations du taux de change représente un sérieux problème pour lequel il faut trouver des solutions, plusieurs répondants ont réitéré que cette réalité ne fait qu’aggraver l’inflation continue des abonnements aux ressources électroniques. Cet enjeu sérieux et persistant, qui risque de perdurer au-delà la crise du taux d’échange actuel, est le résultat d’un système de communication savante défaillant. Les bibliothécaires qui discutent avec leur communauté universitaire au sujet des budgets de collections ne devraient pas se concentrer uniquement sur le taux de change mais devraient en profiter pour explorer des alternatives au modèle de communication savante actuel. Si des solutions existent, elles se réaliseront seulement avec l’appui des professeurs et des administrateurs ainsi qu’avec la coopération entre les établissements postsecondaires et les consortiums des bibliothèques.


2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-87 ◽  

The Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) project was initiated by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) in early 2009 as the implementation of Goal 1.4 of its just-issued strategic plan. In keeping with the NIMH mission, to "transform the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses through basic and clinical research," RDoC was explicitly conceived as a research-related initiative. The statement of the relevant goal in the strategic plan reads: "Develop, for research purposes, new ways of classifying mental disorders based on dimensions of observable behavior and neurobiological measures." Due to the novel approach that RDoC takes to conceptualizing and studying mental disorders, it has received widespread attention, well beyond the borders of the immediate research community. This review discusses the rationale for the experimental framework that RDoC has adopted, and its implications for the nosology of mental disorders in the future.


2010 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Devon Greyson ◽  
Kumiko Vézina ◽  
Heather Morrison ◽  
Donald Taylor ◽  
Charlyn Black

The advent of policies at research-funding organizations requiring grantees to make their funded research openly accessible alters the life cycle of scholarly research. This survey-based study explores the approaches that libraries and research administration offices at the major Canadian universities are employing to support the research-production cycle in an open access era and, in particular, to support researcher adherence to funder open-access requirements. Responses from 21 universities indicated that librarians feel a strong sense of mandate to carry out open access-related activities and provide research supports, while research administrators have a lower sense of mandate and awareness and instead focus largely on assisting researchers with securing grant funding. Canadian research universities already contain infrastructure that could be leveraged to support open access, but maximizing these opportunities requires that research administration offices and university libraries work together more synergistically than they have done traditionally.  


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