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Holly J. Falk-Krzesinski, PhD Vice President, Global Academic & Research Relations Elsevier
NORDP Annual Research Development Conference 2014 ◊ May 21, 2014
Research Networking: Multi-institutional Expertise Discovery and Collaboration
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Rapid Discovery and Collaboration
• Most RN tool implementations focus on harvesting and displaying expertise from a single institution
• Innovative interdisciplinary and multi-institutional portals to stimulate networking and collaboration across institutional and national boundaries
• Northwestern Scholars • Solar Fuels Institute (SOFI) Experts Portal • MD Anderson Cancer Center • Chicago Collaboration for Women in STEM (Women in STEM)
Experts Portal • ReachNC • Michigan Corporate Relations Network (MCRN)
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Pure Experts Portal
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Pure Experts Portal Expertise Profiling and Research Networking • Facilitate collaborations by exposing publishing connections and make
researchers' accomplishments readily discoverable • Demonstrate researchers' activities to the research community, government
agencies, industry, media and the public • Facilitate cross-institutional collaborations, economic development
initiatives and other external partnerships through public portals • Identify potential collaborators by accessing researchers with similar
expertise via semantic profile mapping and via coauthor and institutional visualizations
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An Experts Profile
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Northwestern Scholars
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Experts Portal • Harvester, Profiler, Semantic
Fingerprinting
FASIS • HR and Academic Data
Scopus • Publication Data
Profile Enhancer • Publications/Scholarly Works
InfoEd • Grant information
VIVO • Data broadcast in RDF triples
10 schools, >3,000 faculty
Northwestern Scholars
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Traditional Academic Structure
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Cross-organizational, Interdisciplinary Structure
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Solar Fuels Institute
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Inter-institutional Structure
• 1 Organizing Theme • 8 Public & Private
Universities • 5 DOE National Labs • 78 Researchers • 13 Languages
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Discover Across Institutions
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MD Anderson Cancer Center
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Single Institution Research Theme
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Multi-Institution Research Theme
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Chicago Collaboration for Women in STEM
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Focus on an Underrepresented Minority Group
CCWS aims to: • Identify and
challenge local obstacles
• Provide professional development & leadership training opportunities
• Create and expand women’s networks
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Discover and Connect
• 158 Researchers • 1 Minority Group • 2 Universities
• 2 DOE national Labs
• Showcase achievements of women scientists
• Help women network and collaborate
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Chicago Collabora,on for Women in STEM Analyze
• Analysis to create/expand women’s networks
• Evaluate benefit of participation in program
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ReachNC
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Statewide Portal
• REACH NC is a Web portal that enables users to search, browse and find thousands of experts and assets within North Carolina higher education and research institutions. REACH NC's expert profiles can assist people in industry, community groups and university personnel in efforts to find information and potential collaborators for research and problem-solving.
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Mix of Public and Private Institutions
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Testimonials
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Michigan Corporate Relations Network (MCRN)
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Promote Economic Development
• Cross-sector collaboration
• Connect Michigan's corporations to critical university assets
• Statewide Expertise • 6 Michigan research
university campuses • 7,627 researchers • 315,069 publications • 61,335 awarded
grants • 653 patents • 103 core facilities
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Where does the data come from? Sum of the Parts
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How to use the University Expertise Portal “Search One and Done”
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How to use the University Expertise Portal Experts
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How to use the University Expertise Portal Resources
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How to use the University Expertise Portal eCommerce Approach
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eCommerce Approach
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Federated Searching
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Experts Community – Search Across Experts Portals
• Experts Portal Community
• 47 Implementations • >100 Institutions
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• DIRECT2Experts • NIH pilot • >60 Portals • >120 Institutions
• Multiple RN platforms • SciVal Experts • Profiles • Loki • CAPS • VIVO
DIRETC2Experts – Search Across RN Platforms
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CTSAsearch – Search Across a Consortium
• CTSAsearch • CTSA Consortium pilot • 9 CTSA Institutions
• Multiple RN platforms • SciVal Experts • Loki • VIVO • Profiles
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Partnerships
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Building Partnerships That Bring Value to the Research Community Compliance, Data and Sponsorship
Compatibility and Expansion
Cross-Platform Partnerships
Data Sharing/Exchange
Working Together
Data Interoperability
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