Research Information Data Management: Scholarly Assessment in Transition

Research administration is a relatively new area of academia involving resources from IT, administration, libraries, and research. Maintaining data regarding research activities is a difficult but increasingly necessary task. This poster will explore changing requirements for research information data management and implications for institutions and researchers. Topics include problems with collecting and managing publications data, rankings, standardization, altmetrics and citation metrics, and marketing influence via OA policies. Proper management of research data can increase campus visibility through expert databases, research repositories, and research collaboration networks like VIVO, while analysis can help organizations increase ROI and provide new tools for decision making.