If we ourselves are unclear as to the relative merits of CRISs and/or
OA repositories, then it is likely that university research
departments may be the same.
I can see a time when the functionality of the OA repository will be
offered by CRIS vendors, managed by the research offices in all
universities.
Am I wrong?
David.
On 22 June 2010 13:05, Robin Beecroft <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Why CRIS value "as opposed to an OA policy"? Surely the most
>> telling figure will be CRIS value *in conjunction with an OA policy* (as
>> Keith Jeffery has been advocating for years)
>
> I did not mean 'opposed' in the sense of 'either/or'...
> I meant to ask about the relative value. If the consensus is that the two
> are equally valuable and equally important, that is instructive. If the
> opinion is that one is not really important if it comes without the other,
> or one will have a very significant impact with or without the other, that
> is also interesting. I am interested if the community feels that one is more
> crucial than the other. I do not see them as being in opposition.
> Robin
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> On 22 June 2010 12:28, Anna Clements <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> Absolutely, Stevan .. the two are not in opposition but need to work
>> together .. the CRIS puts the content in the IR in a richer context.
>>
>> As can be demonstrated by our own setup in St Andrews .. we've had the
>> link between CRIS and OAR for several years .. but without a push from
>> Senior Management [whether mandate, resource, or whatever] have seen little
>> full text content [although over 17000 bib only records].
>> That is now changing .. both because of funder mandates but also from the
>> ground up as academics begin to see their peers elsewhere quoting download
>> stats etc for their papers.
>>
>> Anna
>>
>> Stevan Harnad wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, 22 Jun 2010, Robin Beecroft wrote:
>>>
>>>> Anna poses an interesting issue with regard to Denmark's place at the
>>>> tip of
>>>> the citation league.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=41
>>>> 2083
>>>>
>>>> Does anybody have any thoughts concerning the relative value of a CRIS
>>>> as
>>>> opposed to an OA policy with regard gaining a high impact rating for an
>>>> institution's research?
>>>
>>> Why CRIS value "as opposed to an OA policy"? Surely the most telling
>>> figure will be CRIS value *in conjunction with an OA policy* (as Keith
>>> Jeffery has been advocating for years).
>>>
>>> Stevan Harnad
>>>
>>>> Robin
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> On 22 June 2010 08:59, Anna Clements <akc -- st-andrews.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>> Has anyone else seen this week's THE with a league table for
>>>> most cited nations [based on TR Data]
>>>>
>>>> See
>>>>
>>>> http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=41
>>>> 2083
>>>>
>>>> Not sure what all the factors are but I do find it very
>>>> interesting that Denmark tops the rankings but, as we heard at
>>>> the euroCRIS conference at beginning of the month Denmark has
>>>> only recently agreed a national strategy on OA .. although they
>>>> have had a CRIS [Pure] at their Institutions for several years
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>> Anna
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