On 17 Oct 2007, at 14:49, Ricky Rankin wrote:
> While accepting that there are some immeasurable benefits to
> establishing an IR - improved exposure of research activity,
Is "exposure" immeasurable because it is something that the senior
management are not interested in?
> senior management are more interested in quantitative measurements
> that demonstrate the benefits for both the University and
> individual researcher.
There is the issue of funding body mandates, upon which funding will
(presumably) be contingent.
Also, the evidence for citation benefits.
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Les
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