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LIBSENSE Survey on Open Access Repositories & Librarians’ Roles - Ubuntunet Alliance Region

P R E S E N T E D B Y

D R PA M E L A A B B O T T M R S KO K U I A P P I A H

I N F O R M AT I O N S C H O O L WA C R E N

T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F S H E F F I E L D , U K A C C R A , G H A N A

U B U N T U N E T A L L I A N C E C O N F E R E N C E N O V E M B E R 2 0 1 8

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PresentaQon Overview  Mo%va%ons,KeyQues%ons,AimsandObjec%ves

 WorkshopReview&SurveyApproach

 Issue1–ProfessionalDevelopment

 Issue2–OpenAccessRepositories

 Issue3–Evolu%onoftheLibrary

 ConcludingRemarks

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MoQvaQons, Key QuesQons, Aims & ObjecQves

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MoQvaQons  AneedtodevelopandimplementavisionofAfricanOpenScholarshipledbyAfricanLibrarianCommuni%esofPrac%ce

 Aneedtoestablishandunderstandthedriversfor,andthehindrancesagainst,changethatwoulddeliveronthispromise

 Aneedtodetermine“e-readiness”,i.e.,theextenttowhichhighereduca%onins%tu%onswerebuildingthenecessaryresourcesandcapabili<estodeliverdigitalinnova%ons

 AneedtodeterminetheevolvingroleoftheAfricanHEIlibraryinlightofdigitalisa%on

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Key QuesQons for LIBSENSE workshops  HowcanOpenAccessRepositoriesoperateembeddedinNRENe-infrastructureandprovideafounda%onforaninnova%ve,open,distributedandnetworkedresourceforscholarlycommunica<onandOpenScienceinAfrica?

 Whatarelibrarians’inputsintoaguidingframeworkforfederatedOpenAccessRepositoriesinAfrica?

 Usingatypicalinforma%onsciencetripar%teofthekeyinfluencesofinforma<on,people,andtechnology,whatpartdoestheupskillingoflibrariansindigitalskillsplayinprovidingguidelinesandpolicydirec%onforthisframeworkofac%on?

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Key Stakeholders in OAR CreaQon

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NREN• Structure

• Liaisons(e.g.focalpoints)• Technicalexpertise• Infrastructure

HEILIBRARIANCOMMUNITIES• Networksofmobilisationandinfluence• Liaisons(e.g.institutionalfocalpoints)• Information&Knowledgeexpertise• Institutionalembeddedness

CONTENTPROVIDERS• Knowledgeproducers• Knowledgeconsumers• Embeddedinresearchcommunitiesofpractice

E-INFRASTRUCTUREPLATFORM(E.G.KNOWLEDGEREPOSITORY)

NRENcontribution – technicalexpertiseandinfrastructurearchitecture/digitalplatformimplementation

CONTENTPROVIDERcontribution– researchdata,outputs,informationneeds

HEILIBRARIANCOMMUNITIEScontribution– custodiansofrepositories,designand managementof knowledge

discoveryandcurationmechanisms

Aims & ObjecQves  Theaimofthesurveywastoproducearoundedpictureofhowhighereduca%onsectorlibrariansviewtheenablingandconstrainingfactorsoftheirprac<ceasinforma<onresourcemanagersespeciallyregardingthedevelopment,implementa%onandmaintenanceofOpenAccessRepositories.

 Theobjec<vesofthesurveywereto:

1.  Understandtheevolvingroleofthelibraryfunc%onincontemporaryAfricanhighereduca%onins%tu%ons(HEIs)

2.  Understandhowins%tu%onsaffec%ngthehighereduca%onsectorsupportorconstraintherolesoflibrarians

3.  DeterminehowNRENscanworkwithlibrarianstosupporttheirroles

4.  Gatherdemographicinforma%onthatwouldbeusefulincategorizingthelibrariancommuni%esofprac%ce

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Workshop Survey Review Approach

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Survey Approach  Regions:◦  UbuntunetAlliance–Region1(East&Southern)–1stSurvey&DiscussionWorkshop◦  WACREN–Region2(West&Central)–2ndSurvey&DiscussionWorkshop◦  ASREN–Region3(Northern)–3rdSurvey&DiscussionWorkshop

 KeyPartners◦  WACREN,EIFL,COAR,UoS

 Distribu2on•  Librarianconsor%aandassocia%onsinthesekeyregions

 Ques2onnaire◦  RevisedversionofPilotSurveydistributedtoWACRENlibrarianmailinglistlastsummer◦  Developedinconsulta%onwithHEIlibrariansinLibsenseworkshopsandkeypartners◦  54ques%ons,6sec%ons◦  Sec%onsAtoDtargetspecificlibraryfunc%ons◦  Sec%onEdealswithlibrarians’digitalskills◦  Sec%onFdealswithdemographics

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Issues IdenQfied from WACREN Pilot  Futurevisionoflibraryandlibrarianroless<llembeddedintradi<onandconven<onsofthepast

 Technologyusedmainlyassupporttotradi<onalroles,notascreatorofinnova<veprac<ces

 Mainins<tu<onalweaknessesrevolvearoundfunding,infrastructure,libraryinfluenceatpolicylevel,lackofinvestmentinlibrary’sinvolvementintechnologyenhancedlearningini%a%ves

 Trainingopportuni%esavailablefordigitalskillsbutlackofexternalexper<se/consultancywhichsome%mescatalyseschange

 MorelibrarianinvolvementinOpenmovementini<a<veswouldhelptocatalysechange

 Advocacy,informa<onmanagement,servicetransforma<onleadershipareallaspectsthatneedagen%onanddevelopment,

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Focus for Discussions Today  ProfessionalIssues–thecomposi%onofthelibrariancommuni%esofprac%ceinthisregionandhowthisaffectstheviewoftheprofessionanditsabilitytocatalysechange

 OpenAccessRepositories–developmentofpolicyatthena%onalandins%tu%onallevel,whatshouldthesepoliciesseektodotoassureavisionofAfricanOpenScholarship

 Evolu<onoftheLibrary–fromsupporttoinnova%on,whatneedstobeinplacetodriveinnova%oninlibraries,whatrela%onshipsneedtobeinplacebetweenactorsfromcomplementaryareastodriveforwardOpenScienceinAfrica

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Issue 1 – Professional Development OVERVIEW OF THE KEY CONCERNS OF LIBRARIANS W.R.T. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THIS REGION

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6 IdenQfied Key Challenge Areas

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CAPABILITY

INSTITUTIONALPROVISION

PROFESSIONALISSUES

TECHNOLOGYANDCHANGE

POWERANDPOLITICS

VISIONANDSTRATEGY

Guide

Supportsthedevelopmentof

Impactthenatureanddevelopmentof

Enablesmanagementof

Affect

Influencepercep%onsaround


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CAPABILITY


PROFESSIONALISSUES

TECHNOLOGYANDCHANGE

POWERANDPOLITICS

VISIONANDSTRATEGY

Guide



Enablesmanagementof

Affect


DistribuQon of Library FuncQons in the UA Region

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56%

27%

73%

44%

TECHNICAL

SUBJECTSPECIALIST

MANAGEMENT

OPERATIONAL

LIBRARYFUNCTIONS

DistribuQon of Library FuncQons in the UA Region

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56%

27%

73%

44%

TECHNICAL

SUBJECTSPECIALIST

MANAGEMENT

OPERATIONAL

LIBRARYFUNCTIONS

DistribuQon of MulQple FuncQons

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Func2onCombina2on(s) Func2on (%)

OnlyOneLibraryFunc2onManagement 26Opera%onal 3

Subjectspecialist 1Technical 16

Total 46

TwoLibraryFunc2ons

Management*Opera%onal 10Management*Subjectspecialist 0

Management*Technical 8Opera%onal*Subjectspecialist 0

Opera%onal*Technical 2Subjectspecialist*Technical 3

Total 23

ThreeCombina2ons

Management*Opera%onal*Subjectspecialist 6

Management*Opera%onal*Technical 9Management*Technical*Subjectspecialist 0Opera%onal*Subjectspecialist*Technical 1

Total 17Allfourcombina2ons Management*Opera%onal*Subject

Specialist*Technical 14

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TwoRolesmost

frequent

Age DistribuQon: A pre_y youthful funcQon it appears to be (in this region), librarianship

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36-45

Base:77

F i g u r e 2 . A g e D i s t r i b u t i o n

Age DistribuQon:…and even more so, among the technical, subject specialist & operaQonal funcQons

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AGERANGE(YEARS)

FUNCTION/BASE 18-25 26-35 36-45 46-55 >55

Management(73%) 2% 21% 27% 34% 16%

Opera2onal(44%) 3% 32% 12% 35% 6%

SubjectSpecialist(27%) 0% 29% 33% 33% 5%

Technical(56%) 2% 44% 21% 21% 12%

And as a role, librarianship is seemingly obviously male dominated

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[PERCENTAGE]

[VALUE]

GENDERDISTRIBUTION

Male

Female

…and very much so, regardless of funcQon, although management reports the highest incidence of females

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GENDER

FUNCTION/BASE Female Male

Management(73%) 32% 68%

Opera2onal(44%) 29% 71%

SubjectSpecialist(27%) 24% 76%

Technical(56%) 23% 77%

High & conQnued educaQon, by all indicaQon, is important for librarianship – only 18% have bachelors degrees only. Most of the remaining 82% have more than a first degree

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14%

7%

18%61%

EDUCATIONALLEVEL

Doctoral Others Bachelors Masters 20%20%20%20%20%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25%

HonoursDiplomain

PostGraduatePostDoctoral

PHD

A masters’ degree has the highest recurrence across funcQons

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EDUCATIONALLEVEL

FUNCTION/BASE Bachelors Doctoral Masters OtherTer%ary

Other(Specify)

Management(73%) 13% 18% 64% 0% 5%

Opera2onal(44%) 18% 12% 62% 3% 6%

SubjectSpecialist(27%) 29% 14% 48% 0% 10%

Technical(56%) 26% 5% 60% 0% 9%

DistribuQon of ‘Other’ EducaQonal Levels by FuncQon

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EDUCATIONALLEVEL-OTHERS(SPECIFY)

FUNCTION/BASE DiplomainLibrarianship Honours PhD

candidatePost-

doctoralPost

Graduate

Management(5%) 0% 33% 33% 0% 33%Opera2onal(6%) 50% 0% 50% 0% 0%SubjectSpecialist(10%) 0% 0% 50% 50% 0%Technical(9%) 0% 25% 25% 25% 25%

As it appears, quite a significant amount of years on the job is criQcal for stability – more than half or parQcipants have been on here for more than 10 years…

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4%

13%

26%

57%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

LESSTHAN2YEARS

2-5YEARS

6-10YEARS

MORETHAN10YEARS

YEARSOFEXPERIENCE

…and interesQngly so across all funcQons

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YEARSOFEXPERIENCE

FUNCTION/BASE <2 2to5 6to10 >10

Management(73%) 4% 9% 23% 64%

Opera2onal(44%) 6% 15% 24% 56%

SubjectSpecialist(27%) 5% 10% 29% 57%

Technical(56%) 7% 10% 29% 51%

Higher representaQon by eastern Africa versus southern Africa

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1 1 1 1 1 3

6

12

3 1

4

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4

1

17 17

PARTICIPATINGCOUNTRIES

EASTERNAFRICA(73%)

SOUTHERNAFRICA(16%)

Similar is true across funcQons – so for each funcQon, responses are skewed in favour of eastern Africa

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REGIONSFUNCTION/BASE EasternAfrica SouthernAfrica

Management(73%) 66% 34%

Opera2onal(44%) 76% 24%

SubjectSpecialist(27%) 67% 33%

Technical(56%) 77% 23%

Although key, only an average 55% have access to conQnuing professional development of digital library skills

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55%

44%

1%

ACCESSTOCONTINUINGPROFESSIONALDEVELOPMENTOFDIGITALLIBRARYSKILLS

YES NO DON'TKNOW

E3.Doyouhaveaccesstocon4nuingprofessionaldevelopmentofdigitallibraryskills,e.g.learningaboutnewdigitalrepositoriesandhowtomanagethem?

Base:77

And relaQve to our focus on the open movement, only 47% claim to have access to training in these iniQaQves…

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47%

52%

1%

ACCESSTOTRAININGIN'OPEN'MOVEMENTINITIATIVES

YES

NO

DON'TKNOW

Base:77

E8.Doyouhaveaccesstotraininginany“open”movementini4a4ves,e.g.OpenAccess,OpenScience,OpenData?

…that notwithstanding, a slightly higher percentage – 54% - do use open science plaiorms other than repositories; a case of higher usage vs training

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54%

45%

1%

USEOFOPENSCIENCEPLATFORMSOTHERTHANREPOSITORIES

YES

NO

DON'TKNOW

Base:77

E7.DoyouuseanyOpenScienceplaHorms,otherthanarepository?

Specific to open data repositories, only about half of parQcipants currently use them; 5% do not know?

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51%44%

5%

USEOFOPENDATAREPOSITORIES

YES

NO

DON'TKNOW

Base:77

E9.DoyouuseanyOpenDatarepositories?

Issue 2 – Open Access Repositories OVERVIEW OF THE KEY CONCERNS OF LIBRARIANS W.R.T. INSTITUTIONAL AND OTHER SUPPORT FOR OPEN ACCESS REPOSITORY DEVELOPMENT

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CAPABILITY


PROFESSIONALISSUES

TECHNOLOGYANDCHANGE

POWERANDPOLITICS

VISIONANDSTRATEGY

Guide



Enablesmanagementof

Affect


NaQonal Support for OAR Policy and Management

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[PERCENTAGE]

[VALUE]

[VALUE]

AVAILABILITYOFNATIONALPOLICYFORMANAGEMENTOF

RESEARCHOUTPUTS

Yes

No

Don'tKnow

20%

64%

16%Yes

No

Don'tKnow

Base:56

EXISTENCEOFANATIONALOAR

Base:56

Comparison with ROARMAP for East African Region

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Chartdemonstra4ngnumberofpoliciesrecordedbyROARMAPforEasternAfricancountries.Source:ROARMAP-hQp://roarmap.eprints.org/view/country/014.html,[accessed:14/11/2018].Countriesrepresented-Burundi(1);Kenya(13);UnitedRepublicofTanzania(1);Zimbabwe(2)

Comparison with ROARMAP for Southern African Region

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Chart demonstra4ng number of policies recorded by ROARMAP for Southern African countries. Source: ROARMAP -hQp://roarmap.eprints.org/view/country/018.html,[accessed:14/11/2018].Countriesrepresented-SouthAfrica(10)

InsQtuQonal Support for OAR Policy and Management

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60%

36%

4%YES

NO

DON'TKNOW

Base:56

[PERCENTAGE]

[VALUE][VALUE]

No

Don'tKnow

Base:56

AVAILABILITYOFPOLICYONDEPOSITOFRESOURCEOUTPUTSINOAR

EXISTENCEOFINSTITUTIONALOAR

Management of Research Data Output

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73%

27%

MANAGEMENT OF DIGITAL REPOSITORIES FOR PUBLICATIONS & DATA

YES

NO

InsQtuQonal Support for Digital Resources and Skills Development

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79%

38%

58%

72%

70%

31%

15%

59%

37%

27%

30%

60%

5%

3%

5%

1%

9%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120%

Fundingfordigitalcollec%ons

Fundingfordigitalrepositories

UpdatedInforma%onsystems

AdequateInternetaccess

Trainingindigitalskills

Experts/consultantsindigitalareas

FORMSOFSUPPORTAVAILABLETOLIBRARY

YES NO DON'TKNOW

InsQtuQonal Support for Digital Resources and Skills Development

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79%

38%

58%

72%

70%

31%

15%

59%

37%

27%

30%

60%

5%

3%

5%

1%

9%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120%

Fundingfordigitalcollec%ons

Fundingfordigitalrepositories

UpdatedInforma%onsystems

AdequateInternetaccess

Trainingindigitalskills

Experts/consultantsindigitalareas

FORMSOFSUPPORTAVAILABLETOLIBRARY

YES NO DON'TKNOW

Comparison with Pilot Survey Response

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Ques2onB.7

Whatformsofsupportdoesyourlibraryfunc4onreceivefromtheins4tu4on?

InsQtuQonal support specific to OA development and policy

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36%

44%

39%

49%

57%

56%

61%

49%

7%

3%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120%

SpecificpolicyonOpenAccess

ProvidingawarenessofOpenAccesspolicy

Trainingoncopyrightandrelatedissues

TrainingonOpenAccessissues

INSTITUTIONALSUPPORTWITHRESPECTTOOPENACCESSREPOSITORIES

YES NO DON'TKNOW

Forms of InsQtuQonal OA Support by Region

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REGIONS

FORMSOFSUPPORT TotalAfrica EasternAfrica SouthernAfrica

SpecificpolicyonOpenAccess 38% 83% 17%

Providing awareness of Open Accesspolicy

45% 73% 27%

Training on copyright and relatedissues

36% 75% 25%

TrainingonOpenAccessissues 47% 75% 25%

Forms of InsQtuQonal Digital Skills Support by Region

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REGIONS

FORMSOFSUPPORT TotalAfrica E a s t e r nAfrica

S o u t h e r nAfrica

Fundingfordigitalinfrastructure 63% 81% 19%

AdequateInternetbandwidth 74% 75% 25%

Informa2onexperts/consultants 49% 75% 25%

Trainingintechnicalskills 63% 74% 26%

Traininginnon-technicaldigitalskills 60% 77% 23%

Technicalexperts/consultants 43% 71% 29%

Forms of InsQtuQonal Digital Skills Support by Country

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REGIONS

FORMSOFSUPPORT TotalAfrica E a s t e r nAfrica

S o u t h e r nAfrica

Fundingfordigitalinfrastructure 63% 81% 19%

AdequateInternetbandwidth 74% 75% 25%

Informa2onexperts/consultants 49% 75% 25%

Trainingintechnicalskills 63% 74% 26%

Traininginnon-technicaldigitalskills 60% 77% 23%

Technicalexperts/consultants 43% 71% 29%

List of Solware Used to Develop OARs

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Sogware No.ofRespondents %

Dspace 30 88.2Figshare 1 2.9Internetbrowser 1 2.9Koha 1 2.9Linux-Ubuntu 1 2.9

Management of OA Solware

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91%

91%

3%

21%

21%

6%

9%

97%

79%

76%

3%

3%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120%

Administeredlocally

Customisedlocally

Maintainedbyanexternalprovider

Integratedwithothersystemsinyourins%tu%on

Integratedwithothersystemsna%onally

MANAGEMENTOFSOFTWARE

Yes No Don'tKnow

Management of OA Solware

49

91%

91%

3%

21%

21%

6%

9%

97%

79%

76%

3%

3%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120%

Administeredlocally

Customisedlocally

Maintainedbyanexternalprovider

Integratedwithothersystemsinyourins%tu%on

Integratedwithothersystemsna%onally

MANAGEMENTOFSOFTWARE

Yes No Don'tKnow

Issue 3 – EvoluQon of the Library OVERVIEW OF THE KEY CONCERNS OF LIBRARIANS W.R.T. THE EVOLVING ROLE OF THE LIBRARY AND LIBRARIANS DUE TO DIGITALISATION

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CAPABILITY


PROFESSIONALISSUES

TECHNOLOGYANDCHANGE

POWERANDPOLITICS

VISIONANDSTRATEGY

Guide



Enablesmanagementof

Affect


Roleoflibrarymanagementindigitalinfrastructurealloca%onandinforma%ongovernancepolicymaking

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71%

46%

29%

54%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

A10.DECISIONSABOUTTHEPOLICIESREGARDINGTHESECURITY,INTEGRITY,PRIVACYORACCURACYOFDATAKEPTININSTITUTIONAL

DIGITALREPOSITORIES

A11.DECISIONSONTHEALLOCATIONOFDIGITALINFRASTRUCTURERESOURCES

MANAGEMENTROLES

Yes

No

Opinionoflibrarymanagementonadequacyoffundingfordigitalinforma%onresources

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16%

84%

Yes

No

Base:56

FUNDINGADEQUACYFORMANAGEMENTOFDIGITALINFORMATIONRESOURCES

Opiniononthepercep%onofthelibraryasaninfluencerintheins%tu%on

54

70%

29%

1% CENTRALORPERIPHERAL?

Central

Peripheral

Don'tKnow

Base:56

A13.Withintheins4tu4onasawhole,istheroleofthelibraryconsideredcentralorperipheral?

Comparison with Pilot Survey

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Ques2onA.9

Withintheins4tu4onasawhole,istheroleofthelibraryconsideredcentralorperipheral?

Opiniononthepercep%onofthelibraryasserviceproviderorservicedesigner

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70%

27%

3% SERVICE PROVIDER OR SERVICE DESIGNER?

ServiceProvider

ServiceDesigner

Don'tKnow

Base:56

A15.Isthelibraryconsideredaserviceprovider(supportrole)oraservicedesigner(transforma4onalrole)inyourins4tu4on?

Library a Service Provider or a Service Designer?

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Ques2onA.10

Isthelibraryconsideredaserviceprovider(supportrole)oraservicedesigner(transforma4onalrole)inyourins4tu4on?

Supportforteachingandlearningseenaslibrary’smainreasonforbeing.Servicedesignwaslessrecognisedandmoreintermsofcrea4ngnewsocialspaces.Relatedtoagesplit?

Typologiesofthelibrary’sroleanalogoustoatypicalofficescenario

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Library roles vs Library service

Central Peripheral

Serv

ice

Des

igne

rSe

rvic

e Pr

ovid

er

VISIONARYLEADER

TRADITIONALMANAGER

PERSONALASSISTANT

CREATIVEINFLUENCER

46%

26%26%

2%

Concluding Remarks

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Next Steps…  Fullreportonallaspectsofthesurveytobecirculatedauertheworkshoponcealldataanalysisiscompleted

 Surveywillbelaunchedagainforregion2–WACRENareatocollectdataonthatregionfortheworkshopcollocatedwithWACRENconference

 Thiswillallowforcomparisonbetweenmoreregions

 Wehopetomakethedataandpublica%onsofthisresearchthemselvesavailableonOpenAccessforums-TBD

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Ques%ons,Comments,Sugges%ons?

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