Two Sides of a CoinResearch support from pre-publication to

post publication

Anne Greenshields & Ghylene Palmer

The Research Imperative!

• Research space - What does that mean?

Point of need - Subject guides to resources Subject guides

Specialist – individualised Consultations appointmentsClient defined serviceNeeds based

Research impact

Pro-active – alerts, RSS, “SDI” Raising your profile

Repository – completionAccess

Pre – publication support Post– publication support

IL ResearchSupport IL Research

Support

Tracking Research Support

Why?• Statistics demonstrate activity• Revisit and develop previous sessions• Reflect and review practices• Inform and support new librarians

How?• Google form – simultaneous access• Export and copy to Excel

spreadsheet• Automatic generation of data for

reports and trend tracking• Access to previous sessions

Tracking Research Support

Outlook recurring appointment

Recurring appointment to form and spreadsheet

Research Support Form onGoogle Docs

Exported to XLSGenerating graphs

Supporting Research at Murdoch

Postgraduates

Postgraduates

• Research skillschecklist

• Literature reviews• Research methods• Publications• Managing data• Raising your profile

Postgraduates – Research skills checklist

Researchers - Raising your profile

Researchers - Raising your profile

• Tools - presentation - imaging- networking- meeting- collaboration

Researchers - Raising your profilePopplet platform

Researchers

Researchers

• Measuring output• Managing data• Citation searching• Publication• ERA• Raising your profile

Researchers

Future Opportunities

Image Source: “The Time Machine!” Chaotic Good01 [Flickr]

Reference list• Changes in Academic Libraries: Evolution and Innovation in

Research Support Services, 2012, Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA) Proceedings http://ozk.unizd.hr/proceedings/index.php/lida2012/article/view/74/45 and poster http://ozk.unizd.hr/proceedings/index.php/lida2012/article/view/74

• RLUK Re-Skilling For Research, Mayr Auckland 2012, http://www.rluk.ac.uk/content/re-skilling-research

• Brewerton, A, Developing Research Support, 2012, 54 SCONUL Focus 40-45 http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/48859

• Coin animation: http://www.gfxplace.com/free_graphics/old-us-animated-coin-of-1855

Questions?