Summers, Ben

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    A staged path to fully integrated CRIS & Repository
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    In 2013, Haplo started working with the University of Westminster to build their CRIS on top of an innovative information management platform that drew inspiration from Repository technology. After succeeding in transforming other areas of research administration across the university, the system of record for the Repository was moved to the Haplo platform to take advantage of the high levels of user engagement and workflow support. Initially this integrated system used the EPrints API to publish outputs on the web through Westminster's existing EPrints instance. Challenges with the API and limitations of EPrints capabilities and schema constraining Repository functionality, along with increased institutional confidence in the Haplo CRIS, lead to Westminster moving to use Haplo Repository to publish their outputs on the web. This enabled adoption of Haplo features such as practise based research, portfolios and REF management functionality to be used, along with a public interface which reflects the University's branding. This case study will explore the technical and institutional policy decisions along the path to a fully integrated CRIS and Repository, and the challenges and advantages of this approach.
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    The Repository is the CRIS, and the CRIS is the Repository
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    The University of Westminster's Virtual Research Environment (VRE) is a CRIS system built using extended Repository technology. The Repository is a central part of the CRIS, and benefits from advanced capabilities driven by the need for the underlying platform to support CRIS and Repository functionality. Developed in close collaboration with researchers and library & scholarly communications at the university, the VRE has wide functionality and extensive data sharing between components. While metadata management, integrations, and persistent identifiers are vastly simplified by the approach, the shared nature of the CRIS presents challenges in terms of blurred boundaries and data ownership between departments and teams. A considered approach to governance and business ownership has led to close collaboration between different stakeholders, and significant benefits in providing a holistic view of research across the university and throughout the lifecycle of individual research projects. A single user interface and provision of a "one stop shop" for research has provided high levels of researcher engagement, and the collaborative development and management of the project has delivered functionality which meets user needs, particular with support for practise based research.