Directions in Research Systems and Repositories Forum

The ability to bounce an idea off a colleague, discuss an issue or work through a solution to a complicated problem is a valuable resource for the research administrator. The experience can often be greatly enhanced by talking to someone outside your current institution. To help foster such communication, the Collaborative Research Administrators Group (CRAG) -made up of UNE, UWS, ECU, Newcastle and Deakin universities - is convening a "Research Information Managers Forum". The forum will be of interest to staff involved in the co-ordination of information, data and systems used in research administration. CRAG members have built strong relationships with institutional repository groups and representatives from ARROW will also be present.

The purpose of the forum is to discuss current topics of interest to research information managers and look at ways of building a user community with appropriate tools to continue these discussions.

Date and Venue: Wednesday 21st May at Customs House (399 Queen St), Brisbane

Registration: Registrations are now open. Please refer to the conference registration page.

1. CRAG and the Research Administrators Wiki [Rod Lewis, HES; Grahame Pearson, UNE]
   Background of CRAG and the development of the RAdWiki.

2. Use of Wiki's and other Web 2.0 tools in higher education [Kate Watson, USC]
   Using Web 2 technologies to support communities of practice

3. Repositories and the HERDC [Teula Morgan, Swinburne University of Technology]
   Models for managing publications data - Repositories and the HERDC

4. Research Management Systems - Synopsis [Lucina Hiss UNSW; Loris Trainor ANU; Debra Bailey UWS]
   Research management systems - who is doing what.
   Case studies of major systems in use: InfoEd; Research Master; In-house development.

5. Where to from here
   Establishing a research administrators `community of practice'

The Research Information Managers Forum is sponsored by Higher Ed Services, a not-for-profit subsidiary of Universities Australia.