[InetBib] Virtual Research Environment Landscape Study report available

[Torsten Reimer <torsten.reimer@xxxxxxxxx>]

Liebe Listenmitglieder,

der Report ueber internationale Virtuelle Forschungsumgebungen koennte 
einige von Ihnen interessieren, u.a. da er auch auf die Rolle von 
Bibliotheken in diesem Kontext eingeht.

Researchers increasingly use the Internet to communicate, collaborate 
and share information and data - particularly in projects that cross 
institutions, countries and, in some cases, even continents. Academic 
institutions are evaluating or deploying information management systems 
that facilitate sharing of expertise and collaboration among their staff 
and provide support for project management.

To support its own Virtual Research Environment programme and to 
facilitate international dialogue on this topic, JISC has commissioned 
the VRE Landscape Study. The study aimed to investigate international 
developments in Virtual Research Communities (VRCs) and to evaluate them 
in relation to the activities in the JISC's VRE programme. The study 
examined programmes in a number of key countries along with significant 
projects and communities as well as some countries where developments on 
this front are just beginning.

The VRE Landscape Study report makes recommendations that should be of 
interest to funding bodies and institutions as well as researchers and 
staff involved or interested in VRE projects. It contains some 20 case 
studies that capture lessons learned from VRE projects across the globe 
(including Europe, America, Australasia and Africa) and across the 
spectrum of subject disciplines. The study was conducted by the Centre 
for e-Research at King's College London and the Oxford e-Research Centre 
at Oxford University; authors of the report are Annamaria Carusi and 
Torsten Reimer.

The report is now available for download from the JISC website at:
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/reports/2010/vrelandscapestudy.aspx

Beste Gruesse,
Torsten Reimer
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Dr. Torsten Reimer
Development Manager
Community Infrastructures and e-Learning
Centre for e-Research, King's College London
http://kcl.ac.uk/iss/cerch/
+44 (0)20 7848 2019

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