{"id":100,"date":"2017-06-29T20:00:40","date_gmt":"2017-06-29T20:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/lit\/?page_id=100"},"modified":"2024-12-06T20:48:24","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T20:48:24","slug":"projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/lit\/projects\/","title":{"rendered":"LIT Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Current projects<\/h3>\r\n\t
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Research Solutions Development Partners<\/h4>\r\n\t\t
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Projected start date:<\/span> June 1, 2017<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t
Projected end date:<\/span> January 1, 2019<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t
Description<\/span>

The University Libraries, in conjunction with staff from the Office of the Vice President for Research and Development and the Office of the Provost\/Administrative Information Systems, have agreed to be development partners with Ex Libris, A Proquest Company to develop a Research Solution System. \u00a0Other development partners are: \u00a0University of Oklahoma, University of Miami, Lancaster University and University of Sheffield.<\/p>\n

The project began in July, 2017 and is expected to last through March 2019.<\/p>\n

November 2017 Update<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Research Solutions product now has a name:\u00a0 Esploro.\u00a0 Esploro is an Esperanto word meaning research or exploration.<\/p>\n

Esploro will be a platform for comprehensive and efficient capture and enhancement of institutional research objects (publications and data) to improve visibility, impact and compliance.<\/p>\n

In October, project staff from the Libraries and the Office of Vice President for Research and Development spent a full day on campus with Ex Libris staff reviewing progress and developing a list of needs for version 1.\u00a0 As development partners, the UI has been tasked with identifying 3-6 researchers who are willing to talk with Ex Libris development staff from time to time about their needs for a system like Esploro.<\/p>\n

June 2018 Update<\/strong><\/p>\n

Work progresses on Esploro.\u00a0 The Libraries are creating a file defining the UI’s organizational structure that will be loaded into the new system.\u00a0 Next we’ll create a file of researchers.\u00a0 We expect to have a test system later this month. Over the coming weeks, we will be providing links on this page to more information about Esploro.<\/p>\n

July 2018 Update<\/strong><\/p>\n

We now have a version of Esploro to look at and play around with.\u00a0 This is a pre-release for v. 1, which will come later this summer.<\/p>\n

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Completed projects<\/h3>\r\n\t
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Resource Sharing with TRAC Libraries<\/h4>\r\n\t\t
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Projected start date:<\/span> January 1, 2017<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t
Projected end date:<\/span> August 19, 2017<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t
Description<\/span>