The University Library. Library User Group 2013-04-25
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The University Library. Report from the Director of Library
Services Research data management update Content strategy update
Planning round for 2013/14 IC East/New Engineering building
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The University Library. Research data management update Laurian
Williamson appointed to RDM Coordinator post: starts 3 June RDM
Rose progressingRDM Rose Joint meeting of N8 Library and IT
Directors in June University Research Ethics Committee (UREC)
workshop on open access to research data held 28 March:
presentations online soonUniversity Research Ethics Committee
(UREC)
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The University Library. Content strategy update General support
for approach Minor changes made for clarification Continue to
consult via Faculty Strategic Liaison meetings Final draft will go
to next meeting of UEB Information Services Sub-Group
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The University Library. Library planning statement Top 5
priorities for 2013/14 (and onward to 2016/17) Top 5 Business as
usual activities for 2013/14 (and onward to 2016/17) Top 5 Things
to change for 2013/14 (and onward to 2016/17)
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The University Library. Top 5 priorities for 2013/14 Completion
of design work for IC East, including determination of future use
of St Georges Library. Inclusion of other estate priorities in
capital pipeline post 2015, including IC West first mid-life
upgrade 2017, completion of Western Bank Library refurbishment.
Full implementation of Alma library management system. Development
of support for Open Access, including implementation of RCUK
requirements and enhancement of White Rose Research Online, and
development of support for research data management, with R&IS
and CiCS. Further improvement in student satisfaction, evidenced by
NSS, ISB, and qualitative feedback.
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The University Library. Top 5 Business as usual activities
Content acquisition and delivery. Second year of UEB content budget
uplift, ie inflation protection plus additional 200K recurrent
uplift (400K cumulative cf 2011/12). Operation of our five physical
sites, providing study space, access to content, and staff support.
Penultimate year of Workforce 2015 workforce development plan:
focus on talent management and continued efficiency savings.
Continued roll-out of Learner Support model for frontline staff.
Digitisation of our unique and distinctive collections, including
Special Collections and NFA holdings.
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The University Library. Top 5 Things to change Address areas of
poor departmental performance identified in 2012 Staff Survey.
Increase levels of engagement with academic staff in service
development. Improve marketing of services. Improve collaboration
with other PS departments in areas of shared contribution.
Continued effort to reduce complexity and costs in transactional
workflows.
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The University Library. IC East/New Engineering Building
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The University Library. IC East/New Engineering Building
Secretary of State will not call in SCC planning approval Tenders
now being evaluated by EFM Continuing discussions around space
allocations and the future of St Georges Library
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The University Library. Open Access Heather Thrift, Associate
Director
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The University Library. RCUK policy All RCUK-funded papers
submitted after 1 st April 2013 must be available Open Access Gold
OA preferred Green acceptable subject to satisfactory embargo
periods Publication charges can no longer be included in grant
applications
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The University Library. Stage 1 : BIS transitional funding
Library Open Access team established Pre-payment or membership
accounts set up with specific publishers Small number of APCs paid
for individual papers White Rose Research Online enhanced
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The University Library. Open Access Team Carmen ODell (OA
Coordinator) and Jennifer Smith (OA Assistant) Organise payment of
APCs on behalf of authors Help with submission of papers to WRRO
Provide advocacy and training to faculties/departments Answer
enquiries about Open Access Look after the webpages
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The University Library. Publishers deals Memberships schemes
Royal Society Biomed Central/Springer Open Pre-payment accounts
Biomed Central/Springer Open Royal Society of Chemistry Sage Taylor
and Francis Wiley
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The University Library. Stage 2 : Block grant Majority of the
block grant will be spent on the creation of a central University
Publication fund to pay APC charges for RCUK authors only Authors
need to contact OA team once an article has been accepted Payment
will either be deducted automatically from the applicable
pre-payment accounts or the OA team will pay the invoice for
APCs
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The University Library. Future developments Integrate process
more closely with myPubs and WRRO Participating in JISC pilot for
an OA management system: OAK RCUK review in July 2014 HEFCE
consultation for REF post-2014 in process
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The University Library. Further information Open Access web
pages www.sheffield.ac.uk/library/openaccess
www.sheffield.ac.uk/library/openaccess Open Access email
[email protected][email protected] RCUK policy
www.rcuk.ac.uk/research/Pages/outputs.aspx
www.rcuk.ac.uk/research/Pages/outputs.aspx SHERPA RoMEO, JULIET and
FACT www.sherpa.ac.uk www.sherpa.ac.uk
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The University Library. Service Level Agreement Report on
service measures 2012-08-01 to 2013-01-31 Keith Dean Assistant
Director & Head of Corporate Services
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The University Library. Any other business Western Bank Library
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