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Library User Group

Library User Group. 2013-04-25. Report from the Director of Library Services. Research data management update Content strategy update Planning round for 2013/14 IC East/New Engineering building. Research data management update.

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Library User Group

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  1. Library User Group 2013-04-25

  2. Report from the Director of Library Services • Research data management update • Content strategy update • Planning round for 2013/14 • IC East/New Engineering building

  3. Research data management update • Laurian Williamson appointed to RDM Coordinator post: starts 3 June • RDM Roseprogressing • Joint meeting of N8 Library and IT Directors in June • University Research Ethics Committee (UREC) workshop on open access to research data held 28 March: presentations online soon

  4. Content strategy update • General support for approach • Minor changes made for clarification • Continue to consult via Faculty Strategic Liaison meetings • Final draft will go to next meeting of UEB Information Services Sub-Group

  5. Library planning statement • Top 5 priorities for 2013/14 (and onward to 2016/17) • Top 5 Business as usual activities for 2013/14 (and onward to 2016/17) • Top 5 Things to change for 2013/14 (and onward to 2016/17)

  6. Top 5 priorities for 2013/14 • Completion of design work for IC East, including determination of future use of St George’s Library. • Inclusion of other estate priorities in capital pipeline post 2015, including IC West first mid-life upgrade 2017, completion of Western Bank Library refurbishment. • Full implementation of Alma library management system. • Development of support for Open Access, including implementation of RCUK requirements and enhancement of White Rose Research Online, and development of support for research data management, with R&IS and CiCS. • Further improvement in student satisfaction, evidenced by NSS, ISB, and qualitative feedback.

  7. Top 5 Business as usual activities • Content acquisition and delivery. Second year of UEB content budget uplift, ie inflation protection plus additional £200K recurrent uplift (£400K cumulative cf 2011/12). • Operation of our five physical sites, providing study space, access to content, and staff support. • Penultimate year of Workforce 2015 workforce development plan: focus on talent management and continued efficiency savings. • Continued roll-out of Learner Support model for frontline staff. • Digitisation of our unique and distinctive collections, including Special Collections and NFA holdings.

  8. Top 5 Things to change • Address areas of poor departmental performance identified in 2012 Staff Survey. • Increase levels of engagement with academic staff in service development. • Improve marketing of services. • Improve collaboration with other PS departments in areas of shared contribution. • Continued effort to reduce complexity and costs in transactional workflows.

  9. IC East/New Engineering Building

  10. IC East/New Engineering Building • Secretary of State will not “call in” SCC planning approval • Tenders now being evaluated by EFM • Continuing discussions around space allocations and the future of St George’s Library

  11. OpenAccess Heather Thrift, Associate Director

  12. RCUK policy • All RCUK-funded papers submitted after 1st April 2013 must be available Open Access • Gold OA preferred – Green acceptable subject to satisfactory embargo periods • Publication charges can no longer be included in grant applications

  13. Stage 1 : BIS transitional funding • Library Open Access ‘team’ established • Pre-payment or membership accounts set up with specific publishers • Small number of APCs paid for individual papers • White Rose Research Online enhanced

  14. Open Access Team • Carmen O’Dell (OA Coordinator) and Jennifer Smith (OA Assistant) • Organise payment of APCs on behalf of authors • Help with submission of papers to WRRO • Provide advocacy and training to faculties/departments • Answer enquiries about Open Access • Look after the webpages

  15. Publishers deals • Memberships schemes • Royal Society • Biomed Central/Springer Open • Pre-payment accounts • Biomed Central/Springer Open • Royal Society of Chemistry • Sage • Taylor and Francis • Wiley

  16. Stage 2 : Block grant • Majority of the block grant will be spent on the creation of a central University Publication fund to pay APC charges for RCUK authors only • Authors need to contact OA team once an article has been accepted • Payment will either be deducted automatically from the applicable pre-payment accounts or the OA team will pay the invoice for APCs

  17. Future developments • Integrate process more closely with myPubs and WRRO • Participating in JISC pilot for an OA management system: OAK • RCUK review in July 2014 • HEFCE consultation for REF post-2014 in process

  18. Further information • Open Access web pageswww.sheffield.ac.uk/library/openaccess • Open Access emailOAEnquiries@sheffield.ac.uk • RCUK policywww.rcuk.ac.uk/research/Pages/outputs.aspx • SHERPA RoMEO, JULIET and FACTwww.sherpa.ac.uk

  19. Service Level Agreement Report on service measures 2012-08-01 to 2013-01-31 Keith Dean Assistant Director & Head of Corporate Services

  20. Any other business Western Bank Library Exhibition Gallery Ends Monday 6 May 2013

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