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The complexity and scale of University the university and its scholarship and research environment are often bewildering to students, faculty and staff.  A simple means for discovering what work has been done, who has done it and what ,  what work is in progress, and by whom is needed.  Research and scholarship discovery will enhance our ability to form collaborations, identify synergies and avoid redundancy.  Joining a national network of research and scholarship discovery opens the university to greater collaboration with new research and scholarship partners across the nation and the world.

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Design and implement an open, semantic web research and scholarship discovery tool for the University university using the VIVO software.

Objectives

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Executive sponsors include Dr. A, Provost; Ms. B, Director of the Office of Faculty Affairs; Dr. C, Vice Provost for Research; and Dr. D, Dean of the Smathers Libraries.  The project lead is Ms. E, Director of Faculty Information in the Office of the Faculty Affairs, with additional team members representing Faculty Affairs, IT, the Library, and Research Administration.

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Participation in national and international networks of researchers provides substantial new opportunities for identifying research opportunities and collaborators, as well as measuring changes in collaborations over time.

Timeline

VIVO  Reproducible automated ingest procedures will be completed by December, 2016. VIVO will be in public pilot production by March, 2014 2016 for two colleges.  Reproducible automated ingest procedures will be completed by December, 2014.  The project will be transitioned to operation support in central IT and the Library with oversight by the Office of Faculty Affairs by June, 20152016.