Presentation given by Michelle Dalton, UCD Library's Head of Research Services, at the Academic and Research Integrity Conference Ireland 2023, 4-6 October in Galway, Ireland.

1. The role of academic libraries in supporting
a culture of research integrity
Michelle Dalton
@mishdalton
Head of Research Services
University College Dublin Library

2. Scholarly Communication – What’s Changed?
Urgent global challenges: Covid-19, climate change, SDGs
High profile retractions – trust in the scholarly record?
Funders driving Open Access
Early & faster sharing of research
Increased public interest in Science
The World
Plan S
Preprints
Society
Trust
DORA Shift away from evaluating research based on publication venue

3. Consequences
New users of &
uses for Science
beyond the
academy
The reducing
role of publisher
as “gatekeeper”
Our proxies for
quality & trust
are changing
Wider
dissemination of
non peer-reviewed
research

4. With new channels
& forms of
dissemination
where do we place
our trust instead of
in the “high impact”,
gate-keepered,
peer-reviewed
article?
Openness & Transparency
Responsible & Trustworthy Publishing &
Science Communication
New Enablers of Trust
Empower citizens with digital, evaluative
& information literacies
Academic
Libraries

5. Openness & Transparency

6. Pillar 5: Advancing Open
Research & Global Digital
Scholarship
Initiative 24
Supporting UCD researchers to make their research
outputs findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable
(FAIR) through the provision of appropriate training,
support and infrastructure
Initiative 25
Offering sustainable and suitable options for all UCD
researchers to publish Open Access

7. IReL Open Access Publishing Agreements
OA articles published
2021: 2813 (42%)
2022 est: 3,164

8. Libraries as Providers of Digital Infrastructure

9. Libraries as Leaders in Open Research
Training & Capacity-Building

10. Responsible & Trustworthy
Publishing & Science Communication

11. “Research institutions need
to be designed better for
trust
Too many institutions approach trust as
an inherent right and don’t invest in the
relationship building or transparency
that underpins that”
https://council.science/current/blog/tbb-webinars-takeaways

12. Plagiarism, ethical & legal re-use
Emerging areas of concern
Do preprints constitute prior publication?
Unknowing citation of retracted papers
When and how should you cite data?
Choosing the most appropriate licence
Understanding 3rd party copyright issues & copyright
exceptions for TDM
Appropriate recognition of author contributions (e.g. CRediT)

13. Reputable publication venues &
avoiding “predatory” publishers

14. Empower citizens with digital,
evaluative & information literacies

15. How can we expect students and
citizens to be able to source, evaluate
& use research and information
without understanding the publishing
and scholarly ecosystem it emanates
from?

16. New Information Skills & Literacies
Understanding the
scientific method
Ethical use of
information
Critical thinking &
evaluative literacy
Understanding peer
review
Data Literacy
Media Literacy
Science communication
& public engagement
Copyright literacy

17. Thank you
:-)
Michelle Dalton
@mishdalton
Head of Research Services
University College Dublin Library