Like most institutions, the release of the Metric Tide report in July 2015 came at a busy time for us. We were in the midst of a REF open access campaign, continuing our work to embed our CRIS (Pure) into institutional processes, and thinking about how to increase our research data management provisions without breaking the bank.
Is signing DORA that responsible?
So, I've just returned from the excellent JISC/CNI conference on advances in digital scholarship where they had a panel session on metrics. Once again, there were tutting noises from the front about the "disappointing" number of UK universities that hadn't signed up to DORA. Stephen Curry's latest blog post urging universities to sign was highlighted and others …