Scientific Information

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Scientific Information

• authors
• want to publish more

• readers
• want to read less

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The Value of Availability
Hans E. Roosendaal
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Vision

• global, federated network
• repositories of information
• research, education and management
• white, grey or black
• focus open
• students, teachers, researchers

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Engines for change

• availability ? use
• ICT
• developments in
• research
• education

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Functions
registration
author, direct
external
archiving
certification
internal
reader, indirect
awareness
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Parsons
goal attainment
external
consummatory
adaptation
integration
internal
instrumental
latency
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Functions
author, direct
registration
external
archiving
certification
internal
reader, indirect
awareness
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Vision

• global, federated network
• repositories of information
• research, education and management
• white, grey or black
• focus open

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Observations

• institutional repositories
• research and HE institutions
• knowledge-intensive organisations companies
• integration of information
• in working processes

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Acceptance

• sufficient critical mass
• different value chains possible
• organisational models
• business models
• legal models
• cohesive and coherent network

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Stakeholders

• return on investment
• each stakeholder own currencies of exchange

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Currencies of exchange
power
external
consummatory
money
influence
internal
instrumental
value
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Stakeholders

• return on investment
• each stakeholder own currencies of exchange
• strategy based on vision
• shared at high level
• maximum flexibility
• high level strategy

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High level strategy

• interest
• all stakeholders
• single focus USER
• author/reader
• learners, researchers, teachers and students
• comprehensive approach to USER behaviour

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Goal

• widespread use of network
• ensure that architecture will serve needs
• stakeholders
• universities knowledge institutions
• research, teaching and libraries
• publishers

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Registration archiving

• universities
• integrated information environment
• e-learning
• e-publishing and e-archiving
• network of institutions
• network of repositories
• institution-independent entities
• international organisation
• availability ? use

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Market Higher Education

• demand driven
• regular students bachelor
• Wanderstudenten masters
• distance learning selective
• CPD alumni, professionals
• differentiation in supply

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Publishing function

• facilitating/aggregating
• from production and distribution ? access and
  linking
• branding of certified material
• from different repositories
• assistance to certification
• international

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Structure

• federated network
• repositories
• archives
• federated ownership
• governance

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Conclusions

• create optimum conditions for availability
• develop and test new value chains
• all stakeholders
• new conditions university
• international development in education
• how can we get this done?
• a governance issue
• high level strategy as strategic instrument?