In Search of the Key to a Well-Used Research Information System: Use Design Challenges for a Research Library.

In this presentation we describe the development of a Current Research Information System (CRIS). The service is named research.chalmers.se and is developed by a cross-functional team at the Chalmers University of Technology Library. The team has utilized different user experience (UX) methods to meet user needs and support user behavior. Due to the fact that the data within the CRIS system is maintained and updated by its users, i.e., researchers, this has been a crucial approach. One challenge remains though - how to design the use of the system after the launch. Without constant updated data the system would likely become less and less relevant to its intended users. This is an urgent design challenge

How to build a CRIS-system relevant for your institution

This paper presents our experiences of in-house development of a CRIS at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. Which course for the future is relevant when building a new repository platform in 2018, how does is it relate to the choices made 15 years ago when many of the current repository platforms were launched?This paper will present features that we have in place, as well as the experiences from moving out of the comfort zone and dealing with new, non-publication related data, while sustaining and enhancing existing data and current services. In the development of research.chalmers.se we have had to leave several desired features in a backlog list, whilst focusing on simply doing the most relevant features. For the main features we have implemented them as elegant as possible. For instance, we will demonstrate automatic classification, data-driven workflows between various system - all made with the motto: "Let the researchers do research, instead of administrative tasks"