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Articulating a Grass-root View of Research Communities

Articulating a Grass-root View of Research Communities. Dr Lydia Lau School of Computing University of Leeds UK. Evolution of infrastructures for collaboration. CWE. VRE. A. B. C. VRE vs CWE. A computer scientist’s view. CWE – collaborative work environment

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Articulating a Grass-root View of Research Communities

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  1. Articulating a Grass-root View of Research Communities Dr Lydia Lau School of Computing University of Leeds UK

  2. Evolution of infrastructures for collaboration VREs meet CWEs workshop - nesc

  3. CWE VRE A B C VRE vs CWE A computer scientist’s view CWE – collaborative work environment VRE – virtual research environment VREs meet CWEs workshop - nesc

  4. Traditionally: Top Down Knowledge Management VRE / CWE Strategy Software Engineering VREs meet CWEs workshop - nesc

  5. e.g. Virtual Knowledge Park (VKP) VREs meet CWEs workshop - nesc

  6. e.g. EVIE Project: Typical campus research systems landscape Costing system Campus intranet Grid tools Finance system Grants management system HR Systems Collaborative working environment Publications database Library resources e-submission form http://www.leeds.ac.uk/evie Derek Sergeant, Leeds University Library VREs meet CWEs workshop - nesc

  7. EVIE project: Research Lifecycle Resource Discovery Research Outputs Obtain Funding Project Management Collaboration with Partners http://www.leeds.ac.uk/evie Derek Sergeant Leeds University Library VREs meet CWEs workshop - nesc

  8. Issues Assumption: Users use it as the main virtual place of work! Reality: A number of competitions for being the main virtual workplace! and… • Usually a fraction of the functionalities were used • People dipped in and out • Difficult to assemble a critical mass • A number of ‘ghost workspaces’ over time VREs meet CWEs workshop - nesc

  9. Why? – a boundary issue? • What are we dealing with here? • Valuable output and knowledge generated from research work • Need a ‘community’ to sustain / maintain the effort : important for progressing research Key ingredients: community Protocols & practices researcher researcher resources Quality assurance tools & techniques VREs meet CWEs workshop - nesc

  10. A grass root view to break boundary- concept of a researcher’s affinity radar zones 2 questions - the real research environment for individual researcher? - are the tools / resources specific or generic? VREs meet CWEs workshop - nesc

  11. Doing the affinity radar scan – an example VREs meet CWEs workshop - nesc

  12. A B C A D C B E H F Tracing the community – and what they need In particular, the core group of active members of the community VREs meet CWEs workshop - nesc

  13. Future work Testing the concept by modelling a research community

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