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Parallel Session 1B

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In terms of research support, Technische Universität München (TUM) University Library strikes out in new directions. The eRIC (eResearch – Communication and Infrastructure) initiative aims to develop an integrated communication and data management infrastructure for accompanying the complete life cycle of scientific knowledge generation and transfer.

eRIC attaches particular importance to the analysis and development of models and tools for communication between researchers and libraries, both among eRIC project partners and within research teams. In cooperation with an international team of scientists and library staff, we will develop suitable communication and decision-making structures, establish a research accompanying consultation infrastructure as well as set up teams for implementation of required software tools.

In contrast to similar approaches, the eRIC services are developed bottom-up. During the project, especially all researchers’ software requirements will continuously be evaluated, analysed for their interdisciplinary reusability, reduced to generic concepts, and implemented as part of a generic software-layer. Special subject-related requirements are implemented on top of generic tools in a separate tool layer.

All project results will be documented and published as open-source-software for reuse. To assure sustainability within eRIC, TUM University Library’s certificated quality management system is applied to all aspects and phases of the project. This comprehensive approach goes far beyond tailor-made IT-solutions, affects all central divisions of the library and denotes a paradigm change in university library services.

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Jun 2nd, 12:00 AM

Integrated Communication - and Service-Infrastructure for Libraries

In terms of research support, Technische Universität München (TUM) University Library strikes out in new directions. The eRIC (eResearch – Communication and Infrastructure) initiative aims to develop an integrated communication and data management infrastructure for accompanying the complete life cycle of scientific knowledge generation and transfer.

eRIC attaches particular importance to the analysis and development of models and tools for communication between researchers and libraries, both among eRIC project partners and within research teams. In cooperation with an international team of scientists and library staff, we will develop suitable communication and decision-making structures, establish a research accompanying consultation infrastructure as well as set up teams for implementation of required software tools.

In contrast to similar approaches, the eRIC services are developed bottom-up. During the project, especially all researchers’ software requirements will continuously be evaluated, analysed for their interdisciplinary reusability, reduced to generic concepts, and implemented as part of a generic software-layer. Special subject-related requirements are implemented on top of generic tools in a separate tool layer.

All project results will be documented and published as open-source-software for reuse. To assure sustainability within eRIC, TUM University Library’s certificated quality management system is applied to all aspects and phases of the project. This comprehensive approach goes far beyond tailor-made IT-solutions, affects all central divisions of the library and denotes a paradigm change in university library services.