Jisc repository software survey

Apis user interfacesuser interfacesuser interfacestenant user interfaces jisc reporting apis apis tenant storage jisc repository core infrastructure apis. It exists as an online publication platform that offers free permanent access to anyone. Supported by the university of tasmania, australia, long island university, usa, and the counter project. Repositories support project supporting the development. As powerful as other commercial survey tool providers, online surveys was made specifically for education and research institutions with better capabilities for. Your jisc membership includes a connection to the superfast and secure janet network, significant savings on content and expert advice and guidance on digital technology for the sector. Institutional repositories have traditionally been tailored towards. Joint information systems committee project report digital. You can create surveys as simple or as complex as you need. For more information about the repository and how to deposit your research contact.

Updated survey of repository and research funder policies and repository format profiles. In this blog post, john kaye introduces our survey on services and systems for research data. Stuart geiger summary analysis of the 2017 github open source survey presenting frequency counts, proportions, and frequency or proportion bar plots for every question asked in the survey. On 15th november 2017, the university of cambridge held its first research data management rdm conference, engaging researchers in good data management. Survey is a free web based survey and data entry forms toolkit for processing and gathering data online. Shaping the future of jisc oa services a sectorwide view. Jul 14, 2016 repository and preservation systems 1. A recent survey by the european university association showed that almost 40% of universities in their sample lacked research data management rdm policies and were not in. At the recent jisccetis conference, the repositories themed workshop included discussion of the need for a common remote deposit api. We are also doing some work on the backend of the system, with significant updates of the implemented software. Services with and without repositories were invited to respond, with those not having a repository in place being asked to comment on whether they had explored options in the past. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Supported by the university of tasmania, australia, long island university, usa, and the counter. Research data management shared service for the uk john kaye, jisc 14072016 4.

Our survey of 37,000 students, released today, shows that half of college learners and almost 70% of university students think digital skills will be important for their chosen career. Fedora is a toolkit that provides an architecture for the development of repository software and not a repository package as such. The uel research repository preserves and disseminates open access publications, research data, and theses created by members of the university of east london. Jun 06, 2018 jisc research data shared service 24x7 slides presented by john kaye at open repositories 2018. Its easy to use, costeffective, supports collaboration and safeguards your survey data. Survey is an open source webapplication written in. The wolverhampton teams project proposal focused on creating a web link analysis software tool and web intelligence reporting system for repository managers, and referred to. A data visualisation and analytics tool used by 97% of the uks higher. Use of repository statistics value of irusuk challenges and barriers. A variety of repository platforms, from original solutions such as dataflow at oxford, as well as established digital repositories such as dspace and eprints, have been adopted. Pdf this document provides guidance to higher education institutions heis on the implementation of a data asset framework daf survey. Repository software survey, november 2010 repositories.

A plugin for the repository software has been released to take advantage of the orcid member api. Simplifying and repurposing complex data, for example, the larger government. Oct 29, 2003 oss watch provides unbiased advice and guidance on the use, development, and licensing of free software, open source software, and open source hardware if you want to find out more about any of these topics, were the people to ask. Funded by jisc bringing together key repository services to deliver a connected national infrastructure to support oa. Home page of the repositories support project rsp a major jisc initiative to support the development and growth of the uk open access repositories network. Repositories support project a 7 year jiscfunded initiative whose principle aim is to. This is reflected in the answers to some questions.

The analysis are using python and are shared within jupyter notebooks. Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. March 2020 open access update now available jisc scholarly. Apr 14, 2020 we are also doing some work on the backend of the system, with significant updates of the implemented software. Jisc research data shared service 24x7 slides presented by john kaye at open repositories 2018. Attitudes to the rights and rewards for author contributions to. Visit the open research hub service page to get started. A proposal to activity area iv pilot services of the call for projects in the jisc digital repositories programme circular 0305. As powerful as other commercial survey tool providers, online surveys was made specifically for education and research institutions with better capabilities for surveying in the sector. By reading this toolkit, we hope that you can appreciate the value of research data management or, at least, that you wish to learn more. As devices and software become adaptive by design, the boundary.

Repositories support project rsp on open access repository software survey, november 2010 contentdm, digital commons, digitool, dspace, eprints. A number of repository developers were contacted in january 2006 to get feedback on their plans for a remote deposit api within their products. Designed specifically for education and research, our surveys are easy to use. By and large developers tend not to be creating repository systems and software from scratch, rather they are considering how repositories interface with other applications within. Responses were exported from jisc online surveys software to microsoft excel, upon which the spreadsheet was checked to ensure it contained no personal data. Survey software enables the efficient design and management of electronic surveys, polls and questionnaires for market research, measuring customer satisfaction, and collecting employee feedback, along with many other applications. The libreoffice design team asked users what aspects of open source are important, using questions from the open source survey.

May 25th workshop institutional repositories and orcid. Management, i have seen the powerful ability of technology to. The 11th annual guildhe and universities uk information legislation and management survey shows for the first time since the start of the. Your jisc membership includes a connection to the superfast and secure janet network, significant savings on content and expert advice and. A sheet was added to list the survey questions and their corresponding question number in the jisc data asset framework toolkit survey that the uel survey was based on. The plugin, which has been developed in a collaboration between jisc and services, with input from the community, brings new functionality to take full advantage of orcid membership and offer improved services to repository users and administrators.

Mapbased repository and 2nd user survey results 32. Information legislation and management survey 2016 jisc. The first activity in the work package was to evaluate existing repository software and. This list is part of the open access directory this is a list of free and opensource software for oa repositories, especially for oaicompliant repositories.

Jisc research data shared service open repositories 2018 24x7. Core hosts the worlds largest collection of open access full texts, which are used and referenced by people globally, including researchers, libraries, software developers, funders and many more. On 22nd may 2019, members of the jisc open research hub team held a webinar which presented a set of design options around the assigning of more than one licence or access type to a repository deposit. New repositories receive an invite to a new joiners survey within a few weeks of joining to get their initial feedback, see if they need any support, and to gather any suggestions for improvement annual survey collects data from users on the following. These, in combination with the results of the 2016 data asset framework survey 6. Here it was more difficult to develop a comprehensive picture, as we could not readily establish whether 17% of institutions had a repository at all, and if so what software platform is used. Research infrastructure and data research data management. Data for university of east london survey on research data.

These criteria can also be applied to the selection of research data management and journal publishing software or in fact, to any open source software collaboration project. Nov 27, 2018 jisc aims to understand more about the student experience and student needs as part of its mission within uk higher and further education. Free and opensource repository software open access. The office of scholarly communication collaborated with sparc europe and jisc, hosted the oneday event at st. We know that digital technology has the ability to transform education and research and are here to help you every step of the way. Institutional repository survey analysis introduction this document records the results of a survey of repository use and provision by lks providing services to the nhs. A research data policy should be part of an overarching data management. In 2016 the software sustainability institute ran the. Interoperable repository statistics a proposal to activity area iv pilot services of the call for projects in the jisc digital repositories programme circular 0305.

The sdit project aimed to consider how repurposing existing data resources housed at the ukda for teaching and learning might increase their use, while recognising that there is considerable scope for increasing use of specially tailored teaching datasets and associated online learning materials within the fe sector. Were working on a pilot service to allow researchers and institutions to meet their policy requirements for the deposit and curation of research data. Survey data in teaching exchange for learning project jisc. The university representatives we spoke to explained that they felt that there is a gap in terms of digital. New repositories receive an invite to a new joiners survey within a few. This section discusses research data management as implemented in higher education institutions. Run by jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the uk and internationally. Research at risk survey of services and systems for. Research support research data management toolkit jisc. The increase increasing repository content through automation and services was an eighteen month project subsequently extended to twenty months to enhance white rose research online wrro1. Offering seamless, unrestricted access to millions of research papers from around the world. Repositories support project rsp on open access repository software survey, november 2010 contentdm, digital commons, digitool, dspace, eprints, equella. Shaping the future of jisc oa services a sectorwide.

The joint information systems committee jisc digital repositories programme is initiating a programme of work to assist deployment of digital repositories within the learning and research communities. Yet only 41% believe their courses prepare them for a digital workplace. Our survey shows only 41% of students feel prepared. Oss watch provides unbiased advice and guidance on the use, development, and licensing of free software, open source software, and open source hardware if you want to find out more about any of these topics, were the people to ask. The jisc advisory service on free and open source software. The 12th annual jisc, guildhe and universities uk information legislation and management survey shows a return to the trend observed in. It use csv files to store questions and answers that are later transformed into a limesurvey tsv file. In attendance were researchers, administrators, and librarians all sharing their experiences with. Accomplished by adding a small piece of code to repository software, which employs the tracker protocol. During 2008 oss watch once again conducted a national survey to assess the state of software policies and usage in he and fe in the uk. Online surveys is designed with your needs as an education and research organisation in mind. Repositories support project supporting the development and.

Survey is an open source webapplication written in asp. Jisc operates an information security management system isms and many of. Interoperable repository statistics a jisc project. Finally we looked at usage of repository software across the sector.

The recent digital experience survey offers some useful findings about how students feel when it comes to digital skills and the digital experience. Information legislation and management survey 2015 jisc. From gathering evidence to analysing data, managing quality to creating statutory reports, surveys are an everyday part of education and research. Survey data in teaching exchange for learning project. Jisc and rluk membership is listed in the acknowledgments section below, we reduced the length of the questionnaire while also adding coverage of respondents research practices and the librarys role for instruction and data management. The group is also used as a forum for sharing good practice between members. The recent digital experience survey offers some useful findings about. A summary of the discussion of the deposit api follows. Jisc cni conference jisc research data shared service06072016 5.

As part of the consultation around our research at risk codesign challenge requirements for shared preservation, archiving and repository services were identified. Motivated by the jisc rdm programme many uk research institutions are implementing research data repositories. Results of the 2018 student digital experience insights survey. Amongst those using other repository software, two dspace users were considering their strategies. Methodology the uk survey of academics 2015 has been designed to continue tracking critical trends. Jisccni conference jisc research data shared service06072016 5. Jisc aims to understand more about the student experience and student needs as part of its mission within uk higher and further education. Islandora, open source gpl digital repository software based on the fedora. Feandskillscontent this list is used to update all jisc members in the further education and skills sector of any changes or potential changes to digital content provision. To be produced during the final phase of the project, following work in conjunction with the repository test cases. The aim was to get feedback to help the design team decide which approach to develop. This repository is used to create and analyse international surveys. A survey had been opened, which will help us look for future improvements when some of the backlog has been cleared after the upcoming release.

This was the third time that the software survey has been conducted and so the report is able to identify trends and draw comparisons with data from previous years. Daf survey leakage of sensitive data legal threat and cost unlimited fines with. Heidi plus for senior management and hr professionals in higher education institutions. Jisc final report data exchange tools and utilities dext. Our guest blogger, andrea chiarelli from research consulting, outlines what we heard from the jisc rdm toolkit working group, at a meeting held in london on april 8th. When deciding on a repository software platform, there are other important factors that should be taken into account beyond the comparison of features. Submitted by the university of southampton, uk and key perspectives ltd.