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Masterlist of actions

This JISC Scholarly Communications Action Handbook provides guidance and suggested actions, in an effort to address researchers' scholarly communication concerns and improve current practices. The series of actions were created in consultation with the community and should help to establish change.  The masterlist of actions is extensive (90 different actions), and is best navigated by starting at one of the following access points: stakeholder groups, activities, concerns or hot topics, as seen on the sidebar. Alternatively, view the actions below by area of concern and audience, or as a full list.

Ref No Title All terms
1 Understand researchers needs Accessibility, Accessing information for research, Working with your library, Support services
2 An OPAC for the networked world Accessibility, Working with your library, Support services
3 Liaise with your library Accessibility, Accessing information for research, Researchers, Working with your library
4 Communicate accessibility problems Accessibility, Accessing information for research, Researchers, Working with your library
5 Optimise content provision for your department Accessibility, Accessing information for research, Research managers, Working with your library
6 Negotiate favourable licence terms Accessibility, Support services, Working with publishers
7 Request machine-readable licences Accessibility, Support services, Working with publishers
8 Request e-books from publishers Accessibility, Cost, Support services, Working with publishers
9 Consider new ways to get best value from library budgets Accessibility, Getting more content for your money, Cost, Senior managers
10 Continue to lobby senior management for greater resources for the library Accessibility, Getting more content for your money, Cost, Support services
11 Keeping the cost of e-journals down Accessibility, Getting more content for your money, Cost, Support services
12 Make use of Print on Demand Accessibility, Working with your library, Support services
13 Promote walk-in-access possibilities at other institutions Accessibility, Accessing information for research, Working with your library, Support services
14 Funding the digitisation of content Accessibility, Digitising content, Cost, Support services
15 Keep your researcher development courses up-to-date Accessibility, Information literacy training, Quality, Support services
16 Ensure your information literacy courses are broader than information seeking Accessibility, Information literacy training, Quality, Support services
17 Brief researchers on how to access full-text for free Accessibility, Information literacy training, Support services
18 Clarify the library's role in information literacy training Accessibility, Information literacy training, Support services
19 Improve your information literacy Accessibility, Researchers, Information literacy training, Quality
20 Optimise information literacy training programmes Accessibility, Information literacy training, Senior managers, Quality
21 Find out the information literacy programmes available to your researchers Accessibility, Information literacy training, Research managers, Quality
22 Find out about the "Digging into Data Challenge" Accessibility, Information literacy training, Research managers, Cost
23 Support the development of an institutional Open Access policy Accessibility, Complying with funders' self-archive requirements, Increasing the readership of your work, Increasing the deposit and usage of materials, Senior managers
24 Develop a long-term preservation policy for research outputs Accessibility, Increasing the deposit and usage of materials, Senior managers
25 Ensure simple submission procedures for your institutional repository Accessibility, Complying with funders' self-archive requirements, Increasing the readership of your work, Increasing the deposit and usage of materials, Self-archiving, Support services
26 Experiment with different data formats in your repository Accessibility, Increasing the deposit and usage of materials, Self-archiving, Support services
27 Optimise your institutional repository for search engines and harvesting Accessibility, Increasing the deposit and usage of materials, Self-archiving, Support services
28 Consider how to link your institutional repository with your LMS Accessibility, Increasing the deposit and usage of materials, Self-archiving, Support services
29 Carry out a Digital Repository Audit Method Based on Risk Assessment (DRAMBORA) Accessibility, Increasing the deposit and usage of materials, Support services
30 Deposit your research outputs in your institutional repository Accessibility, Complying with funders' self-archive requirements, Increasing the readership of your work, Researchers, Increasing the deposit and usage of materials, Self-archiving
31 Deposit research outputs to repositories in open formats Accessibility, Researchers, Increasing the deposit and usage of materials
32 Help researchers manage the different versions of their outputs in repositories Accessibility, Self-archiving, Version control of research outputs, Quality, Support services
33 Tag Open Access materials with measures of quality Accessibility, Researchers, Version control of research outputs, Quality
34 Be aware of changing system interoperability standards when implementing a repository Accessibility, Improving interoperability of repositories, Support services
35 Work with funders to improve accessibility of research outputs Accessibility, Improving interoperability of repositories, Self-archiving, Senior managers
36 Integrate your institutional repository with your research management system Accessibility, Improving interoperability of repositories, Senior managers
37 Encourage researchers to place research data into national data repositories Accessibility, Self-archiving, Using national data centres, Support services
38 Deposit your research data to a repository Accessibility, Complying with funders' self-archive requirements, Researchers, Using national data centres
39 Decide if your institution should have a dedicated research data repository Accessibility, Setting up an institutional research data repository, Cost, Senior managers
40 Develop a business case for an institutional research data repository Accessibility, Setting up an institutional research data repository, Cost, Support services
41 Watch for digitisation funding Accessibility, Setting up an institutional research data repository, Cost, Support services
42 Consider the costs for data curation and preservation when submitting bids Accessibility, Data management, Researchers, Cost
43 Put good practices in place for data management Accessibility, Data management, Researchers
44 Understand your funders' policies for research data and outputs Accessibility, Complying with funders' self-archive requirements, Data management, Researchers
45 Audit the research data assets within your institution Accessibility, Data management, Support services
46 Review your data management advice for researchers Accessibility, Data management, Support services
47 Implement a top-level data management policy Accessibility, Data management, Senior managers
48 Set up compliance checking procedures for data archiving Accessibility, Data management, Senior managers
49 Ensure grant funding is requested to cover data curation and preservation Accessibility, Data management, Research managers, Cost
50 Ensure your researchers are aware of their data curation and access requirements Accessibility, Data management, Research managers
51 Encourage researchers to think about Open Access and the issues involved Accessibility, Publishing in Open Access journals, Support services
52 Clarify the principles of Open Access Accessibility, Increasing the readership of your work, Publishing in Open Access journals, Cost, Support services
53 Publish your research in accordance with funder and institutional policies Accessibility, Complying with funders' self-archive requirements, Publishing in Open Access journals, Researchers, Cost
54 Ask your publisher to provide free access to back articles Accessibility, Publishing in Open Access journals, Researchers, Cost
55 Start your own independent Open Access journal Accessibility, Increasing the readership of your work, Publishing in Open Access journals, Researchers
56 Develop and implement institutional policies for Open Access publishing charges Accessibility, Publishing in Open Access journals, Cost, Senior managers
57 Encourage researchers to think about Open Access Accessibility, Publishing in Open Access journals, Research managers
58 Read publishers’ copyright transfer agreements before signing Accessibility, Increasing the readership of your work, Making published material available, Researchers, Copyright, Rights management
59 Retain clear crediting information to protect your copyright in print and analogue formats Accessibility, Making published material available, Researchers, Copyright, Rights management
60 Develop an institutional framework for good copyright practices Accessibility, Making published material available, Copyright, Rights management, Senior managers
61 Ensure terms and conditions of funding are communicated to researchers and library managers Accessibility, Copyright, Research managers, Rights management
62 Ensure that consortium agreements are signed Accessibility, Copyright, Research managers, Rights management
63 Encourage the use of open content licences Accessibility, Making published material available, Copyright, Research managers, Rights management
64 Maximise the visibility, readership and impact of your work Increasing the readership of your work, Researchers, Optimising research impact, Quality
65 Consider how open access affects your publication strategy Increasing the readership of your work, Researchers, Optimising research impact, Quality
66 Review your methods for assessing individuals' research quality Optimising research impact, Research managers, Quality
67 Consider how open access affects your publication strategy Increasing the readership of your work, Optimising research impact, Research managers, Quality
68 Incorporate briefings about editorial review into doctoral training programmes Peer review and the alternatives, Quality, Support services
69 Ensure doctoral training programmes include peer review Research managers, Peer review and the alternatives, Quality
70 Find out about the different types of peer review Researchers, Peer review and the alternatives, Quality
71 Consider different peer review mechanisms when setting up a journal Researchers, Peer review and the alternatives, Quality
72 Promote good practice in research and publication Senior managers, Quality, Research and publication ethics
73 Follow good practice for research, publication, authorship and review Researchers, Quality, Research and publication ethics
74 Lobby for more copyright exceptions relating to research purposes Making published material available, Copyright, Increasing access to content, Support services
75 Provide access to content with fewer restrictions regarding access and reuse Accessibility, Copyright, Increasing access to content, Cost, Support services
76 Maintain databases of terms of use for content Accessibility, Copyright, Increasing access to content, Support services
77 Support the work of LACA Copyright, Increasing access to content, Support services
78 Develop procedures to help researchers deal with rights-holders Copyright, Increasing access to content, Support services
79 Ensure permission is obtained from researchers for re-use of their works Accessibility, Copyright, Increasing access to content, Research managers
80 Provide information to researchers about IPR IPR awareness, Making published material available, Copyright, Support services
81 Implement rights management procedures and systems IPR awareness, Copyright, Support services
82 Support the development of an institutional IP policy IPR awareness, Copyright, Support services
83 Raise awareness of IP roles and responsibilities IPR awareness, Copyright, Support services
84 Consider access controls for valuable content Accessibility, IPR awareness, Copyright, Support services
85 Increase your awareness of Intellectual Property Rights IPR awareness, Making published material available, Researchers, Copyright
86 Record rights infringement as a risk IPR awareness, Copyright, Senior managers
87 Develop an institutional IP policy IPR awareness, Making published material available, Copyright, Senior managers
88 Lobby to protect the position of researchers IPR awareness, Copyright, Senior managers
89 Understand the rights issues associated with UGC Copyright, User-generated web content, Support services
90 Understand good practice for Web 2.0 content Researchers, Copyright, User-generated web content