A short presentation about the Library's e-Strategy: its governance and examples of products of the e-Strategy in support of scholarship. Feel free to contact any of the colleagues responsible for the implementation of the e-Strategy if you want to become involved with any of the projects. Mobile services and preservation are two 2 focus areas.
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Creating an e-Environment for scholarship: dream or reality?
1. Creating an e-Environment for scholarship: dream or reality? Dr Heila Pienaar Deputy Director: e-Information Strategy & e-Research Enablement Department of Library Services University of Pretoria, South Africa [email_address] ; http:// www.library.up.ac.za/profile/heila_pienaar/cv.pdf
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6. Objective: Creating an e-Environment for Scholarship e-Research e-Learning Digitisation & Preservation Open Scholarship Repositories Library web Web / Library 2 e-Resources e-Information Strategy focus areas Mobile services
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9. Project / matrix teams to implement focus areas Operations E - Services Special Units Support Units Clients & the environment Subject librarians
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11. Objective: Creating an e-Environment for Scholarship e-Research e-Learning Digitisation & Preservation Open Scholarship Repositories Library web Web / Library 2 e-Resources e-Steering committees’ managers Mobile services Bettie De Kock Hettie Groenewald Christelle Steyn Heila Pienaar Christelle Steyn Soekie Swanepoel Elsabe Olivier Janice de Wee Ria Groenewald
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14. Advocacy: e-Research Seminar May 2009 Welcome: Prof Robin Crewe, VC Research, University of Pretoria, South Africa e-Research in the United Kingdom : Mathew J. Dovey, Programme Director (e-Research), JISC Executive, UK e-Research and MS Research : Lee Dirks, Director, Education & Scholarly Communication, Microsoft Corporation – External Research e-Research and digital preservation : Dr Dawid L. Giaretta (MBE), Associate Director, Digital Curation Centre, UK & Project leader: CASPAR, PARSE. Insight, ISO standard for audit and certification of digital repositories e-Research in South Africa : Prof Colin J Wright, Head: Research, Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC), dr Martie van Deventer, Portfolio Manager CSIR’s Information Services, South Africa & Wim Hugo, Managing Director, MBV Equsys/Consulting.
15. SA Malaria researchers’ VRE components Red: none Orange: some Yellow: all Scientific workflow (Collaborative) Electronic Lab book Sophisticated instruments that generate digital information and data Servers with data files (Free) Data analysis software Integrated data management system Access to research networks & super computers; access to labs with in silico screening + Mathematical modelling tools; numerical algorithm tools; simulation software; in silico experiments Project management Project management system Proposal writing Document management system Generic software e.g. MS / Open Office Real time communication Skype, smart board, video conferences Training / mentoring etc E-learning system for researchers Identification of funding sources Identification of research area Literature review & indexing Identification of collaborators Internal shared database of indexed articles Dissemination & artifacts Web/wiki/blog : search engines, databases; researchers & topics; funders, portals, communication, projects Repositories : research results; experiments; literature & documents
16. Demonstrator interface Access and authentication Alerts and RSS feeds – may help with info overload Library resources Internet resources
17. BL / MS RIC: Manage-ment of published info ResearchGate: research collaboration OPENWETWARE: Lab Notebook on Blog myexperiment: scientific workflows archer e-Research toolkit: data management nanoHUB: subject gateway built on HUBzero platform HUBzero: access to interactive simulation tools
30. Blogger : UPSpace metadata training Facebook : Information specialists available in the student environment YouTube channel for UP Library http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy0f-qHSHM4 Web & Web 2 tools
33. In conclusion In conclusion: it is still more of a dream than a reality, but we are moving in the right direction …
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Editor's Notes
We then looked at the gaps in the tools … what is in use at both institutions, what at either of the institutions and also saw where the necessary infrastructure for a working VRE did not exist.