-----Original Message----- From: Rachael Kotarski [mailto:rachael.kotar...@bl.uk] Sent: 11 June 2010 14:49 Subject: Short questionnaire on info support for researchers
Dear Colleague, UCL and The British Library (BL) are conducting a project (funded by JISC) called: 'Defining a new role: The Research Information Manager'. It aims to scope a dedicated information specialist role within a multidisciplinary research environment. It is becoming increasingly difficult to navigate the research information landscape - with a daunting volume of scholarly publications, large and complex datasets, images, software tools, workflows and a myriad of other information resources and outputs. UCL are therefore currently working with researchers to understand their practices, barriers and needs in relation to research information, in order to gain an integrated understanding of the flow of research information. To this end, we are interested in identifying roles in other institutions that are involved in organisational research information management processes. This will help us to map the right systems and practices to address the information needs and specific requirements of researchers. We are contacting you to help us identify people in your and other organisations, who provide information support to the researchers by means of dedicated roles or through shared responsibilities among different roles. In order to help us, we ask you to please fill in this short questionnaire http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RIM_data_mgt_forum. Your institution's feedback is invaluable and the survey should take no more than 10 minutes. As a way to thank you for your time, if you complete the survey and fill in your contact details, your name will enter into a prize draw for a chance to win £25 to spend at the British Library Online Shop (http://shop.bl.uk). Please note we will need to receive your results by 21st June in order to include you for the draw. Thank you in advance for your assistance. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any queries. Best regards, Rachael Kotarski on behalf of: Dr Karen Walshe Research Officer - Biosciences Science, Technology and Medicine The British Library karen.walshe @ bl.uk
