It is notoriously difficult to involve end-users in development projects. Nevertheless their involvement is vital in discussions of scholarly communication. Although JISC projects already have input from experts in digital information management, such experience is very different from that of many researchers and teachers. IR managers are well placed to remedy this situation by developing contacts with research and teaching staff to enable their involvement. If we could learn more about what researchers and teachers are doing now, particularly around Web 2.0 applications, we could build on this. David de Roure’s presentation1 at the Repository Fringe in Edinburgh 2008 exhorted “Don’t think roll-out of services, think roll-in of researchers”.
Recommendation 2: Analyse current communication behaviour of researchers and teachers, and involve them in development of future scholarly communication services.
- Closing Plenary by Dave de Roure. Repository Fringe. Sep 2 2008, The University of Edinburgh. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3946866546394622361hl=en []