The Research Support Unit (RSU) is a dedicated team of librarians within the University of Otago Library.
The focus of the RSU is:
The projects shown below illustrate where the Library has been active in partnership with researchers. If you have a project or potential project that could benefit from Library support, please visit the Request Research Support page.
RSU Manager: Shiobhan Smith
Email: library.research@otago.ac.nz
Library managed projects & services
Bibliometric network visualisations
Creating network visualisations for bibliometrics that may use journal, researcher, or publication data to construct networks based on citation, bibliographic coupling, co-citation, or co-authorship relations using free tools such as VosViewer and CiteSpace.
Creating metrics reports at departmental/research unit level or above using tools available to the University of Otago such as SciVal and Incites.
Research data management education
Helping researchers make sense of the complexity around data storage, description, re-use and archiving.
Researcher initiated projects — library managed
Researcher initiated projects — library as advisor
Digitisation of sensitive data
Working with researchers in BioChem, the RSU developed a plan and scoped options for digitising a large archive of sensitive data that ensured practice met ethical and practical requirements.
The RSU supported the production of a booklet highlighting the impact of research in the Division of Health Sciences by investigating metrics (bibliometrics and alternative metrics) for the principle investigator.
