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1、Embedding a VRE in an Institutional Environment(EVIE).Workpackage 2:User Requirements Analysis User Requirements Analysis Report D M Sergeant,S Andrews,A Farquhar Executive Summary EVIE is a JISC-funded project which is aiming to develop a virtual research environment for staff based around portal t
2、echnology.EVIE is funded on a 2-year basis,from November 2004,and is being led by the University of Leeds Library.The environment will enable researchers to share information across systems,and provide a single point of entry to tools that support research.EVIE has just completed its user needs anal
3、ysis phase.The methodology included structured one-to-one interviews with research staff,a series of focus groups with staff from the Schools of Geography and Medicine,and an online survey.121 staff members completed the survey.Key outcomes:Respondents are keen to see a unified interface,flagging th
4、at this needs to be easy to use and available to them from off-campus.Different aspects of research activity were prioritised as follows:1.Finding and acquiring published information such as articles,proceedings,monographs,etc.2.Finding out about funding opportunities;applying for funding.3.Collabor
5、ating with partners within the University or elsewhere.4.Sharing or archiving research results;improving permanence of outputs.5.Other activities.Within these activities,respondents flagged the following issues:Finding information:Respondents want a simple,easy tool to enable them to search across s
6、everal datasets;they want advanced search interfaces too;and want to build up their own search strategies.Funding:Respondents would like to see various aspects of the grants management process simplified;they want to be able to search and view previously submitted proposals;and they would like the p
7、ortal environment to alert them about new funding opportunities.Collaboration:Respondents want access to their own email within the portal,alongside the ability to share diaries and meeting organisers;they want tools which enable them to work collaboratively on documents and large files;and they wou
8、ld like to be able to find out who has what expertise.Research outputs:Respondents want to be able to find the full-text of an output from the University publications listing,and processes in place to allow upload of their full-text to the system.Other issues raised:Other activities flagged as impor
9、tant include monitoring of financial expenditure;and facilities for booking meeting rooms and other resources.The outcomes of the user requirements analysis suggest initial priorities for incorporation of systems,tools,and information into the EVIE portal.These include:a single search interface to f
10、ind information;tools to support grants submission;facilities for collaboratively managing documents;access to email and diaries;and facilities for uploading full-text documents to a repository.1 EVIE.Workpackage 2:User Requirements Analysis.User Requirements Analysis Report 1 Introduction.3 2 Metho
11、dology.3 2.1 One to one interviews.3 2.2 Focus groups.3 2.3 Online survey.4 2.4 Limitations of the methodology.4 3 Findings.5 3.1 One-to-one and focus groups.5 3.1.1 Top priorities for stages in the lifecycle.6 3.2 Online survey.7 3.2.1 Data analysis.8 3.2.2 Overall results.8 3.2.3 Coverage and appl
12、icability:perception of the requirements set.16 3.2.4 Open ended comments.17 3.2.5 Barriers:the optional follow up question.18 4 Requirements listing.19 4.1 Top twenty options chosen as 1st priority.19 4.2 Ranking of options:find and acquire published information.20 4.3 Ranking of options:funding op
13、portunities and applications.20 4.4 Ranking of options:collaboration with partners(internal and external).20 4.5 Ranking of options:sharing/archiving research results and outputs.21 4.6 Ranking of options:other activities.21 5 Conclusions.22 6 Appendices.23 6.1 Appendix 1:One-to-one and focus group
14、requirements.23 6.1.1 Resource discovery.23 6.1.2 Obtain funding.23 6.1.3 Collaboration with partners.24 6.1.4 Research outputs.24 6.1.5 Peer activities(publishing).24 6.1.6 Project management.25 6.1.7 Mechanisms to link the research process to the teaching process.25 6.1.8 Consultancy.25 6.1.9 Gene
15、ral.25 6.2 Appendix 2:The online survey.25 6.2.1 Introduction page.25 6.2.2 Main survey.26 6.2.3 Optional follow up question.26 6.3 Appendix 3:Follow-up comments.26 6.3.1 Barriers to research tasks:find and acquire.26 6.3.2 Barriers to research tasks:funding opportunities.27 6.3.3 Barriers to resear
16、ch tasks:collaboration with partners.28 6.3.4 Barriers to research tasks:share or archive results.28 6.3.5 Barriers to research tasks:other activities.29 6.3.6 Final comment.29 2EVIE.Workpackage 2:User Requirements Analysis.User Requirements Analysis Report 1 Introduction This document presents the
17、results of the work package to identify user requirements for the EVIE project.The main aim of EVIE is to establish a prototype Virtual Research Environment(VRE)to support the needs of researchers.As such,this work package aims to elicit views from the research community as to which areas of researc
18、h activity and support the EVIE project should develop,including key areas for integration within the Universitys portal framework and the content and applications that should be included.This report details the activities carried out between November 2004 and April 2005 to progress the user require
19、ments analysis work package.It describes the methodologies used to identify the requirements,the initial findings and an analysis of the results from the complete set of user surveys.The results of this analysis will feed into the next work package systems integration requirements.These will assess
20、the user requirements and priorities against practical constraints and draw up the hit list of key capabilities that will encourage advocacy and maximise uptake of the EVIE portal.2 Methodology As noted by Middleton1 most successful portals in a higher education context have been developed using a s
21、trong user-centred approach.The EVIE project wanted to ensure that the prototype VRE implemented features that would be used,rather than features which fitted the technology well.For that reason,the over-arching methodology was to involve researchers and formulate the user requirements from consulta
22、tion.2.1 One to one interviews The requirements gathering exercise started with a number of fairly informal discussions with researchers.These one-to-ones discussed the current research activity of the user to determine stages and processes for their activities.They were also asked about the systems
23、 that they used and an attempt was made to identify gaps in the provision of support systems.Subsequent one-to-one interviews were more structured,with a view to determining whether the research followed similar processes or whether it diverged from those interviewed previously.These interviews look
24、ed into more detail about the actual systems used,although still kept the flexibility to look into unused provision or gaps in research systems.The majority of interviewees were from the departments of geography and medicine.By limiting the number of departments involved,a degree of consistency and
25、depth of understanding with regard to the research process was achieved.2.2 Focus groups The first focus group was structured to check the validity of the ideas emerging from the one-to-one sessions.The second focus group meeting presented an idea of what might go into the EVIE portal,1 Academic Ser
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