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2. The shape of things to come
1. Introduction: Re-skilling for Research
2. Group exercise
3. Engaging with Business
4. Group exercise
5. Digital transformations
6. Questions and answers
4. Retooling
1990 British Library Colin Campbell
“We can all suffer from the inertia which finds
plausible ways of not having to go through yet
another learning process.”
“many problems coping
with the pace of change”
“all librarians must be prepared to retool if
they do not have the necessary expertise”
5. Re-Skilling For Research
1. Conceptualising new research, developing proposals, identifying
funding opportunities;
2. seeking new information;
3. information management;
4. research data collection;
5. research data discovery, management and curation;
6. sharing, discussion, online collaboration;
7. analysing and reflecting on information and data;
8. writing up and dissemination;
9. compliance, intellectual property, copyright and other statutory
requirements;
10. preservation;
11. quality assessment and measuring impact;
12. commercialisation;
13. emerging technology.
7. Re-Skilling For Research
“Our jobs are shifting from doing what we’ve
always done very well to always being on the
lookout for new opportunities to advance
teaching, learning, service, and research”
Brian Matthews
8. Engaging with Business
Why is Engaging with business important?
1. University strategy
2. Research councils (AHRC)
3. Research bids (AHRC)
9. Engaging with Business
Mutually beneficial relations with
business and industry were part of
our founding and remain a key
priority.
We will maintain a
positive, customer-
focused, facilitating
dialogue with commercial partners.
Recognising and developing
opportunities for business
engagement on behalf of the
University is increasingly part
of the role of the modern
academic.
10. Engaging with Business
Government policy statements and
publications increasingly stress
engagement between industry and
higher education
Industry partnerships will play an
increasingly important role in
Research Council grant awards,
cash support from commercial
partners is often a prerequisite for
the award of large research and
commercial development centres.
11. Engaging with Business
Build mutually beneficial
partnerships with like-minded
organisations
Invite businesses to work with us,
at all our locations and
across the full range of our
activities, with a coordinated
and coherent entry point for both
proactive and reactive discussions.
Increase engagement with
business by all parts of the
University and across all aspects of
our core activities.
12. AHRC
What about
the Arts and
Humanities?
Industry partnerships play an
increasingly important role in
Research Council grant
awards
13.
14. It adds to the economic
success of the UK, through
contributions to the
knowledge economy an
innovation agenda
15.
16. AHRC
Supporting research in this
environment means engaging with
business.
Librarians supporting research
must engage with business.
Many different ways and levels of
interaction.
18. AHRC – Highlight notices
Being in at the start of the process
One type of start: Highlight Notice
Highlight notices are intended to stimulate
proposals under specified themes or initiatives in
order to rapidly advance thinking in these areas.
19. Digital transformation
Conceptualising
new research
Developing Identifying
research funding
proposals opportunities
20. Digital transformations
Identifying Developing
Conceptualising
funding research
new research
opportunities proposals
21. Identifying funding opportunities
There are many people identifying funding opportunities at
universities.
Librarians need to be, too.
Support
Be meaningfullyinvolved in related processes.
24. Innovative industry partnerships
Research and commercialisation
starts with industry partnerships
“Probing these research issues will
engage a broad range of partners in
creative and cultural industries”
Examples:
Theatre companies;
National institutions;
Galleries;
Publishing;
Law;
Media companies.
25. Innovative industry partnerships
Balance
People who can work together
Knowledge of organisations with a
history of working together
successfully
Commercial partners
same sector
collaborating and competing
• individual histories
• organisational histories
33. Future activities
Welcome event
July 2012
Imperial War Museum
Broadway
The National Archives
British Library
ProQuest
Cengage
34. References
1. No Brief Candle: Reconceiving Research Libraries for the 21st Century.
http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub142/pub142.pdf
2. Research Library Issues. A Special Issue on Liaison Librarian Roles.
http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/rli-265.pdf
3. The Value of Academic Libraries: a Comprehensive Research Review and Report.
http://www.ala.org/acrl/sites/ala.org.acrl/files/content/issues/value/val_report.pdf
4. Redefining the Academic Library: Managing the Migration to Digital Information
Services. http://www.educationadvisoryboard.com/pdf/23634-EAB-Redefining-the-
Academic-Library.pdf
5. Re-skilling for Research. http://www.rluk.ac.uk/files/RLUK%20Re-skilling.pdf
6. Think Like A Startup: a white paper to inspire library entrepreneurialism.
http://tinyurl.com/75orp9p
35. References
7. Connect, Collaborate, and Communicate: A Report from the Value of Academic Libraries
Summits.
http://www.ala.org/acrl/sites/ala.org.acrl/files/content/issues/value/val_summit.pdf
8. Working together: evolving value for academic libraries.
http://libraryvalue.wordpress.com/report/
9. Scholarly communication and serials prices: proceedings of a conference sponsored by
the Standing Conference of National and University Libraries and the British Library
Research and Development Department 11-13 June 1990. Edited by Karen Brookfield.
Bowker Saur, 1991.
10. The University of Nottingham Strategic Plan 2010-2015.
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/about/documents/universityofnottinghamstrategicplan201
0-15.pdf
11. The Quiet Revolution: how strategic partnerships and alliances are reshaping the
higher education system. PA Consulting. (Available on request from the company)
Abstract The RLUK report Re-skilling for Research provided an investigation into the roles and skills of subject and liaison librarians required to effectively support the evolving information needs of researchers. This presentation explores the potential role of librarians in conceptualising new research and commercialisation, including case study examples based on experiences at the University of Nottingham. The presenter will use a current Arts and Humanities Research Council funded network project to show the librarian role in supporting research and facilitating the involvement of industry partners. The session will be interactive: three short presentations and three interactive sections.
Talk through the shape of things to come.
June 2012 The Quiet RevolutionSome reports are not explicitly about libraries or the librarians but they are about higher education. How strategic partnerships and alliances are reshaping the higher education system. Will refer to this in about an hour.Becoming a messy picture and sure you have many reports and books and white papers that you are reading.
What about the Arts and Humanities? How do industry partnerships support the Arts and Humanities? What is the role for librarians in higher education? Summary point: engaging with business is important to universities so it must be important for librarians
Strategic partnership v creative, innovative partnerships. Discuss.Impact on the growth, prosperity and well being of the UK. Work in partnership with business.
Contributions to the knowledge economy
UK Digital Economy Theme3 Digital Economy Research Hubs – included one led by the University of Nottingham.
Some of my colleagues at Nottingham have developed a Research Support Framework. Drew Shearsmith created this slide.A jigsaw puzzle of:Planning for ResearchDiscovering research informationData managementEquipment and technologyResearch ImpactHelp and support
A lot of discussion about being in at the start of the process. You can argue that there is no start. One start is a Highlight Notice. This is the point when a group can be formed. Academic and support staff. This can be the scary moment. You are in the room with other colleagues. Around the table everybody is expected to deliver. That’s what I want to focus the next exercise on.
Broken up into three parts. Could be in any order and happening all the time.
For the purposes of the case study I am talking about today I am putting them in this order. Discuss.
Messy mass of people involved in identifying funding opportunities There are many people identifying funding opportunities at universities.Librarians need to be in that picture, too.If going to support and be meaningfully involved in related processes.
Similar image. People all round University conceptualising all the time. It is often like the group exercise. You receive information from Research Council. You meet to discuss the response needed to obtain the funding. There are other examples when you have the concept and you are trying to find the funding.
Hear people talk about being in at the start of research process. Different hearts to the University.Some close to you and your work. Others are further away but on your radar (like prayer radar). We need to be present at these different hearts. Hearts of Arts.
Research and commercialisation starts with industry partnerships, and there are roles here for librarians. AHRC looking for a broad range of creative and cultural partners.
Balance. Awareness of individual histories and organisational histories. Who can work well together?
EEBO - ProQuestECCO -CengageThe companies haveworked well together to make two collections cross searchable Competing and collaborating.
Talking with librarians about potential partners. Talking with the partners.Frontline (sales) to senior management.Thank you to Oliver Howe and Phill Hall. Discuss.
Your role may end at any stage. Supporting others in the organisation to be successful
Letter of Support is required from each Project Partner. If any Project Partners have been included in the proposal, a Letter of Support is required from each partner, outlining the level of commitment of the proposed partner, the value and benefit of the work to the Project Partner, the nature of the contribution and the added value to the project of the involvement. The letter should be dated and signed by a senior member of the organisation, with the authority to make this commitment.
1.Record strong support of senior representative2. Relevance of the partnership3. Contributions they might make – expertise and resources4. Outline agreement for partnership working5. Expertise and resource can be recorded as a financial contribution in kind
Who is your partner? Not always clear. The partner is the organisation. People leave organisation. Letter is a record of senior member support for the project, and it is the basis for another senior member supporting the project. Discuss anecdotes…etc.etc.etc.
Informal to formal.The quality and continuity of personal relationships are crucial to success. Need to have formal right but also the informal.Personal contributions of librarian – do you become lost as the partnership becomes corporate? Does this matter? Is it our job to help individuals at the institution to become more successful? Discuss…
Network event – crucial for building relationships – think long term. One example of a heart of University.
Abstract The RLUK report Re-skilling for Research provided an investigation into the roles and skills of subject and liaison librarians required to effectively support the evolving information needs of researchers. This presentation explores the potential role of librarians in conceptualising new research and commercialisation, including case study examples based on experiences at the University of Nottingham. The presenter will use a current Arts and Humanities Research Council funded network project to show the librarian role in supporting research and facilitating the involvement of industry partners. The session will be interactive: three short presentations and three interactive sections.
