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SURVEY ON SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION – WHAT TOOLS DO RESEARCHERS USE? Do researchers use Google Drive instead of Word? Papers instead of Endnote? Google Scholar instead of Web of Science? Megajournals instead of topical journals? ResearchGate instead of repositories? The Central Medical Library UMCG is engaged in an ongoing effort to chart the evolving landscape of scholarly communication (http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1286826 ). The survey is run by our colleagues of Utrecht University library and we want to map the workflow and used tools by UMCG researchers. New tools are constantly being developed, as reflected in the list of 400+ scholarly communication tools (http://bit.ly/innoscholcommlist ). Researchers vote with their feet on these changes by adopting or rejecting new modes of working. With this international survey we intend to investigate how tool usage varies by field, country and position. The survey will run until February 2016. A SURVEY. WHERE? HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE? If you have not yet done so, please take this graphical survey: https://innoscholcomm.typeform.com/to/Csvr7b?source=1u7M8g (use this link if you are UMCG staff member, otherwise use https://101innovations.wordpress.com/ ) People tell us it is easy and fun to fill it out by just clicking the tools you use. It takes 812 minutes to complete and you can opt to receive a visual characterization of your workflow compared to that of your peer group. FOR WHOM? Anyone carrying out research (from Master’s students to professors), or supporting research (such as librarians, publishers and funders) can participate. HOW CAN I HELP? Kind of you to ask! If you want to help make this a success please consider passing it along to people not on this list (researchers, librarians etc.). Feel free to share this link with you UMCG colleagues. However if you want to share the survey outside the UMCG please use this link: https://101innovations.wordpress.com/

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Page 1: Survey on scholarly communication – what tools do researchers use?

SURVEY ON SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION – WHAT TOOLS DO RESEARCHERS USE?

Do researchers use Google Drive instead of Word? Papers instead of Endnote? Google Scholar instead of Web of Science? Megajournals instead of topical journals? ResearchGate instead of repositories? The Central Medical Library UMCG is engaged in an ongoing effort to chart the evolving landscape of scholarly communication (http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1286826). The survey is run by our colleagues of Utrecht University library and we want to map the workflow and used tools by UMCG researchers. New tools are constantly being developed, as reflected in the list of 400+ scholarly communication tools (http://bit.ly/innoscholcomm­list). Researchers vote with their feet on these changes by adopting or rejecting new modes of working. With this international survey we intend to investigate how tool usage varies by field, country and position. The survey will run until February 2016. A SURVEY. WHERE? HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE? If you have not yet done so, please take this graphical survey: https://innoscholcomm.typeform.com/to/Csvr7b?source=1u7M8g (use this link if you are UMCG staff member, otherwise use https://101innovations.wordpress.com/) People tell us it is easy and fun to fill it out by just clicking the tools you use. It takes 8­12 minutes to complete and you can opt to receive a visual characterization of your workflow compared to that of your peer group. FOR WHOM? Anyone carrying out research (from Master’s students to professors), or supporting research (such as librarians, publishers and funders) can participate. HOW CAN I HELP? Kind of you to ask! If you want to help make this a success please consider passing it along to people not on this list (researchers, librarians etc.). Feel free to share this link with you UMCG colleagues. However if you want to share the survey outside the UMCG please use this link: https://101innovations.wordpress.com/

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PRELIMINARY RESULTS Preliminary results will be published here: https://101innovations.wordpress.com/ On this site, you can also find background information on the survey. Eventually we will share our (thoroughly anonymized) data. Would you like to work with those data? We are interested to hear what kind of analyses you would like to carry out! Let’s discuss. Many thanks! CONTACT Guus van den Brekel @digicmb [email protected] Annalies Koelstra @annaliescool [email protected] Central Medical Library UMCG @cmbUMCG Or Bianca Kramer @MsPhelps [email protected] Jeroen Bosman @jeroenbosman [email protected] (both at Utrecht University Library) ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­

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SURVEY OVER TOOLGEBRUIK IN WETENSCHAPPELIJKE COMMUNICATIE : welke tools gebruiken de onderzoekers?

Gebruiken onderzoekers Google Drive of Word? Papers of Endnote? Google Scholar of Scopus? Megajournals of gespecialiseerde tijdschriften? ResearchGate of repositories? De Centrale Medische Bibliotheek UMCG werkt mee aan het internationale onderzoek dat gestart is door onze collega's van de Universiteitsbibliotheek Utrecht. Doel is het in kaart brengen van het veranderende landschap van wetenschappelijke communicatie (http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1286826). Voortdurend worden nieuwe tools ontwikkeld, zoals te zien is in een lijst van 400+ tools voor wetenschappelijke communicatie (http://bit.ly/innoscholcomm­list). Onderzoekers bepalen zelf of zij deze nieuwe manieren van werken omarmen of afwijzen. Met een internationale survey hopen we in beeld te brengen hoe het gebruik van tools samenhangt met vakgebied, land en positie. De survey staat open tot februari 2016. EEN SURVEY. WAAR? HOEVEEL TIJD KOST HET? Als je nog niet hebt deelgenomen, kun je hier de grafische survey invullen: https://innoscholcomm.typeform.com/to/Csvr7b?source=1u7M8g (gebruik deze link als je UMCG­er bent! Zo niet, gebruik dan https://101innovations.wordpress.com/ ) We horen dat het invullen leuk en gemakkelijk is; je kunt simpelweg tools aanklikken die je gebruikt. Het invullen kost 8­12 minuten, en je kunt aangeven of je een visuele weergave wilt ontvangen van je workflow vergeleken met die van je collega’s met dezelfde positie. VOOR WIE? Iedereen die zelf onderzoek doet (van Master­studenten tot professoren), of onderzoekers ondersteunt (zoals informatiespecialisten, uitgevers en subsidieverstrekkers) kan deelnemen. HOE KAN IK HELPEN? Dank voor het aanbod! Als je wilt helpen de survey tot een succes te maken, overweeg dan om de survey verder te verspreiden (onder onderzoekers, informatiespecialisten, ...). Voel je vrij om de bovenstaande link te delen met je UMCG collega's! Maar als je het onderzoek BUITEN het UMCG wilt delen, bijv. in sociale media, gebruik dan de volgende link: https://101innovations.wordpress.com/”

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VOORLOPIGE RESULTATEN We zullen voorlopige resultaten plaatsen op https://101innovations.wordpress.com/. Op deze site is ook meer achtergrondinformatie over de survey te vinden. Uiteindelijk zullen we ook onze (geanonimiseerde) data delen. We zijn benieuwd welke analyses jullie uit zouden willen voeren met deze data. Let’s discuss! Veel dank! CONTACT Guus van den Brekel @digicmb [email protected] Annalies Koelstra @annaliescool [email protected] Centrale Medische Bibliotheek UMCG @cmbUMCG Of Bianca Kramer @MsPhelps [email protected] Jeroen Bosman @jeroenbosman [email protected] (Beiden van de Universiteitsbibliotheek Utrecht)