Open Repositories 2017

 SUPPORTING OPEN SCHOLARSHIP, OPEN DATA, AND OPEN SCIENCE

Proposals are invited to consider how repositories can best support the needs of open science and open scholarship to make research as accessible and useful as possible, including: 

• Open access, open data and open educational resources

• Scholarly workflows, publishing and communicating scientific knowledge

• Exposure of research and scholarship from under-represented groups and disciplines

• Compliance with policies around open access, including funder mandates

REPOSITORIES AND CULTURAL HERITAGE

Proposals are invited to consider how repositories and their associated infrastructures best support the needs of cultural heritage collections, organisations, and researchers. Areas of interest include:

• Impact of aggregation on repository infrastructure and management

• Exposure of collections and cultural heritage from under-represented groups and disciplines

• Special considerations in access and use of cultural heritage collections

• Reuse and analysis of content

REPOSITORIES OF HIGH VOLUME AND/OR COMPLEX DATA AND COLLECTIONS

Proposals are invited to consider how we can use tools and processes to highlight data patterns and user pathways through large corporas including:

• Data and text mining

• Linked data

• Interoperability and standardised interfaces

• Interaction with large-scale computation and simulation processes

• Issues of scale and size beyond traditional repository contexts

MANAGING RESEARCH DATA, SOFTWARE, AND WORKFLOWS

Proposals are invited to consider how repositories can support the needs of research data and related software and workflows. Areas of interest are:

• Curation lifecycle management, including storage, software and workflows

• Digital preservation tools and services

• Reuse and analysis of scientific content

• Scholarly workflows, publishing and communicating scientific knowledge

• Training, awareness raising and outreach

INTEGRATING WITH THE WIDER WEB AND EXTERNAL SYSTEMS

Proposals are invited to explore, evaluate, or demonstrate integration with external systems, including:

• CRIS and research management systems

• Notification and compliance tracking systems

• Identifier services

• Preservation services and repositories

• Publisher systems

• Collection management systems and workflows

• Repository networks and aggregators of repository content

EXPLORING METRICS, ASSESSMENT, AND IMPACT

Proposals are invited to present experiences on tools and services to measure the impact of research via the repository as well as elsewhere, including:

• Bibliometrics

• Downloads (e.g. COUNTER compliance)

• Altmetrics

• Other alternative methods of tracking and presenting impact

MANAGING RIGHTS

Proposals are invited to examine the role of rights management in the context of open repositories, including:

• Research and scholarly communication outputs

• Copyright status and licenses (e.g. Creative Commons, Open Data Commons)

• Embargoes

• Management of cultural property rights, including indigenous intellectual property rights

• Requirements of funder mandates

DEVELOPING AND TRAINING STAFF

Proposals are invited to consider the evolving role of staff who support and manage repositories across libraries, cultural heritage organisations, research offices and computer centres, especially:

• New roles and responsibilities

• Training needs and opportunities

• Career paths, retention, and recruitment

• Community support