Opening the Doors: Scotland moving Forward in collaboration
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The University of Glasgow, one of the oldest and largest university libraries in Europe, holds an extensive range of unique and internationally significant collections. Martina McChrystal describes the Scottish funding landscape that enables cross sectoral library collaboration, the hybrid service innovations that her colleagues at Glasgow have implemented and explores some recent Scotland-wide collaborative projects they have participated in.
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- 1. Opening the Doors: Scotland moving Forward in collaboration CILIP Cymru Wales 2022 Martina McChrystal, Director of Library Services, University of Glasgow
- 2. SCOTLAND’S LIBRARY LANDSCAPE 530 PUBLIC LIBRARIES 19 HEI LIBRARIES 9 FE LIBRARIES 2,400 SCHOOL LIBRARIES NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SCOTLAND INDEPENDENT LIBRARIES ENGAGED LIBRARY AGENCIES
- 5. #keeptheheid
- 19. Sustainability John Lewis Retail Circular Future fund Lend and mend spaces, Scottish Library and Information Council (SLIC) Scotland’s libraries are visited over 40 million times each year providing a captive audience for this pioneering project. Inspired by the ‘People’s Workshops’ in Norway, SLIC wants to launch a pilot to turn up to 10 Scottish libraries into ‘lend and mend’ spaces to become community hubs for repair and reuse and develop a long-term model for libraries to be a hub of circular economy activities. The funding will create a body of evidence demonstrating the role that libraries can play in mainstreaming the circular economy. They will also be fitted out with the circular economy in mind.
- 20. SCURL
- 22. SUP- a new collaboration An online publishing platform owned and managed by Scotland’s university libraries. The press will publish work from academics from participating institutions. We will cover all subject areas that receive submissions. We will focus initially on monograph publishing in the 2-year pilot phase with the wider ambition to include other types of content, including journals and e- textbooks. We will publish fully open access monographs. We will offer a paid for print on demand option.
- 23. The start-up costs of the press are met by participating institutions. The press will operate on a not-for-profit basis and any surpluses will be reinvested in the press for the benefit of all partners. A Management Board comprising representatives from all member institutions provides strategic direction. An Editorial Board will review proposals, and contribute to the development and ongoing management of the peer review process.
- 24. 18 Partners:
- 25. Editorial Board Formed of academic colleagues in a wide range of disciplines across participating institutions. Aims to have broad representation across institutions, in geographical range and institution profile. Will support academics with a broad range of experience, including Early Career Researchers (ECRs). Editorial Board members will advocate for the press and encourage submissions, review proposals, and contribute to the development and ongoing management of the peer review process.
- 26. Project workstreams throughout 2022, with a view to launching the platform by the end of year Mar. 2022 Publishing Officer takes up post May–June 2022 Appoint Editorial Board July–Aug. 2022 Develop online platform Autumn 2022 Prepare for launch
- 31. ‘a collaborative network of Scotland-based Library and Information Science researchers and practising library and information professionals interested in maximising the impact and value of library and information science research’ RIVAL’s aims Dr Bruce Ryan – b.ryan@napier.ac.uk – @bruce_research Research, Impact, Value And LIS
- 32. collaborative: network-building and skill-sharing researchers: professionals: RIVAL’s aims Dr Bruce Ryan – b.ryan@napier.ac.uk – @bruce_research
- 33. Network photo by Omar Flores on Unsplash ‘You got this’ photo by sydney Rae on Unsplash Dr Bruce Ryan – b.ryan@napier.ac.uk – @bruce_research What did RIVAL achieve? Increased practitioners’ confidence • in reaching professional goals as research users and partners • in other ways as research users and partners Overall: a model for developing networks in other areas of research-professional expertise (e.g. nursing, social work, policing)
- 34. What did RIVAL achieve? Dr Bruce Ryan – b.ryan@napier.ac.uk – @bruce_research Resources: map of members (socprojects.napier.ac.uk/rival)
- 36. UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW LIBRARY FIRST MENTION OF LIBRARY 1475 CURRENT BUILDING 1968 UNIQUE & DISTINCTIVE COLLECTIONS
- 37. Collections Classroom- Collaborations New teaching model Space, staff and resources are intertwined Sustainability is critical to building on the success of these new approaches Catalyst for innovation and further deepening staff and academic engagement
- 38. VCC Partnerships
- 39. The Future? University of Glasgow’s Mazumdar- Shaw Advanced Research Centre: ARC XR
- 40. #UofGWorldChangers @UofGlasgow A thousand mile journey starts with a single step - Lao Tsu With many thanks to Pamela Tulloch,SLIC, Sean McNamara, CILIPS, Gillian Daly, SCURL, Jeanette Castle, University of West of Scotland, & Dr.Bruce Ryan,Napier University
- 41. Climate Action Needs Culture
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- New for 2022, the CILIPS Research Fund offers a unique opportunity to support research that contributes to Library and Information Sector advocacy in Scotland. The Fund will be launched at our 2022 Annual Conference and makes available up to £10,000 per year in funding for researchers, practitioners, activists, students and other interested professionals whose work seeks to advance library advocacy. Examples of research outputs would include conference papers, journal articles, masters or doctoral research and infographics. The intention will be to fully or part fund research that would directly support CILIPS in our aim to highlight the value of library and information services to key national priorities such as tackling the cost of living crisis, child poverty and climate change. The call for applications will open from 7th June – 1st November 2022. A key criteria for assessment will be that the research proposed makes a clear contribution to library advocacy, and in particular to our key advocacy themes for the coming year. For 2022-23, our priorities are how libraries can help to tackle the cost of living crisis, child poverty and climate change
- SLIC are delighted to be one of 4 winners out of 245 entries for John Lewis Retail’s Circular Future fund for Lend and Mend spaces
- SCURL Annual Conference 2022 The key themes for this year's SCURL Annual Conference are engagement and opening access. www.eventbrite.co.uk
- Academic libraries across Scotland are collaborating to develop an open access publishing platform that is owned and managed by the participating libraries. Developments are now at an advanced stage, with the launch anticipated late 2022. This introductory presentation sets out the background to the project, covering what the press sets out to achieve and why. It will also look at how we have set about developing the platform, where we’ve got so far and what we’ve got planned next. The project is being coordinated through SCURL, the membership body that supports collaborative initiatives across Scotland’s academic and research libraries. SCURL is hosted at the National Library of Scotland. SCURL has existed in some form for over 30 years so member libraries have a strong background in working together to support cooperative developments. An example of this is SHEDL (Scottish Higher Education Digital Library), the collaborative procurement network developed through SCURL, which has been in place for around 12 years now, and provides access to electronic content for library users across SCURL member institutions. This collaborative experience has provided the foundation and the framework to take forward this exciting open access initiative. The process began with the identification of a shared challenge. In this case it was the need for a clear and cost effective route to open access publishing that would satisfy funder requirements, REF requirements and align to the principles of Plan S. There is a growing focus on OA by funders and the wider scholarly communications community, and the options for publishing OA with commercial publishers can be complex and costly. SUOAP aims to offer a more cost effective and straightforward way to publish research at Scottish HEIs. Beyond meeting this immediate objective there is an appetite to explore alternative approaches to academic publishing, that are of the academy and have the needs of the academy at the core. Publishing more work OA can help raise the global visibility and usage of research at Scottish HEIs, increasing the high impact of Scottish HEI research outputs across all disciplines. As a not for profit press there is also an opportunity to publish more specialist content, focussing on academic quality over sales, as well as opportunities for collaboration across institutions. Through SHEDL, SCURL knew they had the capacity to work together to deliver a mutually beneficial outcome for the sector in Scotland. In 2019 SCURL commissioned research to test the proof of concept for a collaborative universities press. The resulting report was very favourable towards the prospect and discussions began on taking forward the findings (link if required: https://www.scurl.ac.uk/s/SCURLOpenAccessReportAugust2019.pdf)
- Scottish Universities Press is seeking to produce an online OA publishing platform, where digital content is freely available to all, using CC-BY licences. In addition to this, the press is looking to provide a print on demand option The scope of publishing will initially focus on monographs on any subject produced by academics at one the 18 participating institutions. The press will focus on monographs in the initial 2-year pilot phase because there is strongest need here for alternatives approaches. UKRI policy is changing in 2024 to include open access monographs, the press aims to provide a compliant and cost effective route to OA publication for academics affected by this change. There is the intention to expand to cover different types of content – such as journals and e-textbooks – as the press develops. We will cover all subject areas that receive submissions, conscious that the arts & humanities and social sciences are likely to be most involved in publishing monographs. Not just Scottish topics! The press will operate on a not-for-profit basis. The delivery model, working with participating institutions, offers scope to bottom out the true cost of publishing. The press wants to provide a fully-featured professional publishing solution and is committed to finding the best solution possible to cover costs, and will do this in consultation with participating HEIs.
- The approach of the press is very much dependent on the contributions of the member libraries – using the skills and expertise available across the SCURL network to drive the project. It allows the press to keep things small and simple while offering the potential to scale up according to demand over time. Keeping as much of the activity as possible within the SCURL network also means an ability to get a handle on the true costs of digital publishing and the opportunity to keep those costs as low as possible for participating institutions. The Press will operate on a not for profit basis and any surpluses will be re-invested in the press for the benefit of all partner institutions. The Press have a two-year commitment from the participating institutions to contribute to running costs – that mainly covers salary cost for dedicated staff and platform hosting. The overall journey to establishing the Press will be a 5 to 10-year project. This process is being supported by the Management Board of the Press, as mentioned in the previous slide, and we are currently recruiting for an Editorial Board which I will talk about in the next slide.
- There are 18 participating institutions, ranging from the larger research intensives to small specialist institutions. The Open University Library is taking part too. There will be considerable variation in the publishing needs and patterns of the different institutions. The press has developed an open and inclusive management structure so that all participants have equal voice in decision-making. For this reason, the Management Board has one representative from each participating institution. The MB was formed towards the end of last year and meets quarterly. The MB is responsible for providing the strategic direction for the Press and members will also be expected to make in-kind contributions to the project, through participation in work packages and working groups, where they have specific expertise. The Management Board is chaired by Hannah Whaley, who is assistant director at the University of Dundee Library, and the Vice Chair is Dominic Tate, who is Head of Library Research Support at the University of Edinburgh. On 1st March Dominique Walker joined as Publishing Officer and is the first dedicated member of staff. Gillian Daly, SCURL Executive Officer, takes on the role of project manager, responsible for the central coordination of efforts across the group.
- The Editorial Board will be formed primarily of academic colleagues from participating institutions. The call for members is open to academics in any discipline. The intention is to have good coverage of disciplines and types of institution, as well as broad geographical coverage. The press is keen for the Editorial Board to promote diversity across the group and will focus on including early career researchers, giving them experience of working on the board with guidance of more experienced colleagues. The role of Editorial Board members will be to advocate for the press and encourage submissions, review proposals, and contribute to the development and ongoing management of the peer review process. There has been a very positive response to an initial call for expressions of interest (deadline is 5th April 2022) (link at the end of the presentation - Scottish Universities Press Editorial Board — SCURL) The next stage is a more structured recruitment process to form the Editorial Board, of which more information will be released soon.
- The recruitment of the Editorial Board is progressing well. The next major milestone will be developing the online platform, with support from the University of Edinburgh. The launch of the platform is scheduled for autumn of this year so the press is looking at a busy few months ahead. There will also be more work around the financial model and costs. When the technical infrastructure is in place the press will look to start publishing soon as possible thereafter. The press is also undertaking a partnership mapping activity to make connections with all of the amazing work that’s already going on around OA in the UK and internationally.
- Research: top five in the UK for research funding per academic Student experience: regularly in top four in the UK and the world Internationalisation: 26,000 students from 130+ countries worldwide Knowledge exchange: hosts two of Scotland’s Innovation Centres Accessibility: number one Scottish ancient for widening participation
- Virtual Collections classroom was reframed as Collections Classroom, with three flavours: Virtual, In-person, and Blended, to try to cover all eventualities (in terms of possible future Covid restrictions) and types of demand. o Virtual: Zoom and overhead camera-based teaching – a continuation of last year’s service offer. o In-person: small group (socially distanced) teaching in-person. Student object handling was possible in some scenarios and in others the in-room screens and overhead cameras were utilised. o Blended: a mix of the above but also utilising the additional in-room technology (microphones, speakers, and cameras) to bring those virtual visitors into the physical space as far as possible. · In-person and blended classes were
- Virtual collections classroom offers real opportunities in supporting the University’s strategic objectives in collaboration with the University of the West Indies (UWI). We are currently in discussion with UWI teaching staff to see how we might use our collections to help support their teaching and learning objectives. Our virtual teaching technology will be central to that. · Beyond teaching & learning here are just a few small ways in which the technology is being and will be used: o Virtual collections classroom offers real opportunities for supporting the University’s widening participation strategy. We are currently in discussion with the Widening Participation team and Into University regarding running in-person object sessions for the primary school and secondary school students involved in the scheme. Our virtual technology could certainly be put to work to support the Widening Participation team’s objectives and we will continue to discuss plans with them. o The technology has already been used by researchers in several ways, from using the overhead cameras to study collection items collaboratively with those far distant from Glasgow, to using the audio-visual suites to share collections items remotely in conference presentation and workshops. o The technology can be used to support the University’s corporate mission in recruitment or reputational support, for example sharing treasures and offering virtual VIP or alumni show-and-tells. Twitter activity promoting teaching & learning https://twitter.com/UofGlasgowASC/status/14432315
- We are delighted to announce that the ARC, the Mazumdar-Shaw Advanced Research Centre, will be officially opened by Professor David MacMillan on Wednesday 8 of June. Perception lies at the heart of what and how we see and thus how we think. A key development of the ARC is its nationally-leading facilities in visualisation technologies, ARC XR. ARC XR focuses on research and applications in Extended Reality (XR), the encompassing term for immersive technology and its applications. Already XR encompasses the range of human activity from computer games to medical research, and there are major funded projects across the University in areas including Autism, Edify, Life Sciences, Motion Sickness, Public Policy and Visitor Attractions, funded by AHRC, BBSRC, EPSRC, ERC, Innovate UK, the Royal Society of Edinburgh and others.