UCD School of Information & Library Studies Scoil an Léinn Eolais agus na Leabharlannaíochta UCD
Digital Libraries Research Group
The Digital Libraries Research Group investigates underlying theory, current implementations and future developments of Digital Libraries.
Our current research focuses on Virtual Research Environments:
The Virtual Research Environment, or VRE, is a set of online tools, technologies and resources that interoperate to support researchers as they explore and experiment, collaborate with one another and disseminate their findings. The Science Foundation Ireland-funded OJAX++ project is investigating the implications of VREs for researchers in Ireland. Among other issues it is
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- Examining the implications of applying Web 2.0 technology to VREs,
- Attempting to enable the interoperability of tools in a virtual environment,
- Considering how to facilitate researcher collaboration
- Evaluating the implications of VREs on scholarly communication
- Exploring improvements in the usability of VREs.
Digital Libraries Research Group Staff
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- Dr. Judith Wusteman (Co-ordinator)
- Nuala Connolly (Research Assistant)
- Dave Jeffery (Research student)
- Ashwin Kailasa (Research student; Graduated Spring 2011)
Research Collaborators in UCD School of Computer Science and Informatics:
• Dr Lorraine McGinty
• Jing Chen
