Talat Chaudhri [tac] wrote:
> Re-reading Ian's response to Antony, it occurred to me that what we
> are doing may be of interest:
>
> We have been invited to make a proposal for a complete back-end
> research reporting system that would have the repository only as its
> public interface. The precise purpose is to provide the kind of grant
> information that you describe, and to remove uncertainty about
> versioning by creating a paper trail for every stage in the research
> production process. The results may vary according to how well it is
> actually used by academics, but all the same it would improve the
> current situation immeasurably and provide an effective mandate as
> well: that is to say, combining research reporting with the database
> means that if your research isn't deposited, it isn't considered, the
> best available incentive. (Whether or not it is Green OA and can be
> pulled across as full text into the public repository is another
> question of course...)
>
> (It wouldn't work like Google Docs! You can't have everything...)
>
> Does anyone else have experience of a proposal (for a CRIS) of this
> sort? Thanks,
Yes - definitely interested!
I also know that the Edinburgh University Repository people are thinking
about something similar...
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