Using a CRIS to support communication of research: mapping the publication cycle to deposit workflows for data and publications

This paper describes a case study to explore how we continue to develop our CRIS [at the University of St Andrews] and support the University’s research needs and how it has become an embedded tool for researchers to manage their research outputs and to enable Open Access and Open Data. The paper will show how we used researchers’ feedback and comments to develop a simple and easy to remember workflow mapped against existing and familiar research lifecycles. We examine some of the technical, practical and cultural issues we have encountered in implementing these workflows, and show how the CRIS as a single portal has streamlined tasks and reduced duplication of effort.