1. 600 years and not standing still
how one academic liaison team
responds to the ever changing
needs of the research
community
Hilda McNae
Jackie Proven
Janet Aucock
Vicki Cormie

2. • University is 600 years old
• Long history of research, especially
in the sciences
• Active increase in research in the
1980s
• But consequential lack of funding in
the support services until a few years
ago

3. New Academic Liaison Team Structure

4. Sessions for interdisciplinary
research teams
Building on existing
engagement and known
queries

5. Research support needs?
Guidance pack

6. Opportunities for
discussion
feedback
and learning
‘Teaching slide’, embedded in article

8. Times change so must we

9. Finding out what might work
Deliver and Discuss
Share and Collaborate
Research Policy Office - Internal and External Processes for the
Library REF. REF module for CRIS (Current
Research Information System)
Library – Research Policy Experience of teaching bibliographic
Office management software, databases and
bibliometrics.

11. Journal Hosting Service
http://ojs.st-andrews.ac.uk/

12. What has a Journal Hosting
Service got to do with Information
Literacy?

13. What Next?
• An increase in demand for training
sessions on bibliometrics and SCOPUS
• Supporting RPO and Schools as we get
closer to 2014
• Increasing emphasis on Managing
Research Data – what role should
Academic Liaison Team take
• Another 600 years!

14. Any questions?
Hilda McNae
Jackie Proven
Janet Aucock
Vicki Cormie