Res portal 16 5-2012
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The UCT Research Portal:a head-in-the-clouds view
We’re live….
Home Page –accessible viastandard login
Access Statistics to May 2012:
These are the top referrers in order:http://www.commerce.uct.ac.za/commerce/news/2012/pages/eresearch.asp http://www.researchoffice.uct.ac.za/ http://www.lib.uct.ac.za/research-help/research-support-linkshttp://www.icts.uct.ac.za/modules.phphttp://blogs.uct.ac.za/blog/research-portal-news
Access Statistics to May 2012:
These are the top referrers in order:http://www.commerce.uct.ac.za/commerce/news/2012/pages/eresearch.asp http://www.researchoffice.uct.ac.za/ http://www.lib.uct.ac.za/research-help/research-support-linkshttp://www.icts.uct.ac.za/modules.phphttp://blogs.uct.ac.za/blog/research-portal-news
Top destinations (pages being visited):1. funding.aspx 2. referencing.aspx 3. blogroll-and-archives.aspx 4. scientific-computing.aspx 5. research-facilities.aspx 6. dataservices.aspx 7. datasets-and-collections.aspx 8. ratingassessments.aspx 9. researchresources.aspx
News feed direct from UCT Research Office site
Most accessed resource: note Research Professional Africa site is a highly comprehensive and up-to-date catalogue of Africa-specific funding opportunities worldwide
Second most popular page: a collection of bibliographic tools for management of formal and informal publications and constructing reference lists
Increasingly popular page: access to various means of accurately assessing your own or others’ publication outputs – including informal or social media mentions
Collaboration tools for research: these include popular public tools like Dropbox, as well as UCT-specific tools like Vula and Sharepoint / MESH. Video conferencing information is also available.
The UCT HPC cluster recently achieved the impressive benchmark of 100,000 computing hours in 1 year. The support team has an excellent record in adapting all sorts of software to run on the cluster and on the SA Grid.
The Research Facilities database is a rapidly-growing interactive register of top-end research equipment and facilities at UCT. It provides instant access to information on what is available, whether it can be accessed by outsiders, and what the costs of operation / use are.
Sample view
Sample equipment entry
Home Page access to blogs and resources related to UCT Research
…and especiallythis…B-)
Research Office
Showcase
My eResearch
Scholarly work Profiles Search
Experts
My Ethics
Research Facilities
Finance
VulaLibraries and
Repository
My Storage
My Tools
My Grants
HR
Outside View
My Staff
eResearch Tab onUCT Home Page
Inside View
My Students My Contracts
The way we thought it should be (mid-2011)
Research Office
My eResearch
My Ethics
Research Facilities
Finance
VulaLibraries and
Repository
My Storage
My Tools
My Grants
HR
My Staff
eResearch Tab onUCT Home Page
My Students My Contracts
Scholarly Outputs Profiles
Experts
Showcase = Research Office Site
The way we think it should be now (mid-2012):
Secure access for researchers to portal; public access to RO site
Login to all resources via single name/password
What is happening now? Phase 1, live Feb 2012
My eResearch
Research Facilities
VulaLibraries and
Repository
My Tools
Created and linked / redesigned Web pages, linked a database, established Portal site
NOTE: we presently do not know what to use for Portal – several options existNOTE 2: FULL implementation has to wait for UCT Web renewal
What is planned for longer term? Phase 2, live by Nov 2012
My eResearch
Research Facilities
VulaLibraries and
Repository
My Tools
Scholarly Outputs Profiles
Create some dynamic access links to Irma / other databases, create templated Profiles which include “Scholarly Resources” – publication lists and other forms of publication
NOTE: both Scholarly Resources and Profiles require significant development and policy decisions. Eg: SR not just database output; also represents “non conventional” publications for Humanities etc – video, digitised artworks?
Search Experts
What requires serious integration?
My eResearch
Research Facilities
VulaLibraries and
Repository
My Tools
Research Office
My EthicsFinance
My Storage
My Grants
HR
My Staff My Students
Scholarly Outputs Profiles
Experts
My Contracts
All modules that get information from other systems: SAP for finances, PeopleSoft for student information, University Office for ethics, contracts and publication counts