Administrative offices use our COS profile system internally to identify
faculty working in specific research areas.  I also know faculty who have
used it to identify both potential collaborators and consultants, again from
our own ranks.
Although you seem to have outside contacts in mind, I've found explaining
the internal uses of the database to be sufficient incentive for many
faculty to buy in.

Kerry Slough, Grant Development Specialist
Sponsored Research Services
Indiana University
Bloomington IN  47405
PH:(812) 855-0516 FAX:(812) 855-9943

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charlie Hathaway [mailto:xxxxxx@AECOM.YU.EDU]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 2:33 PM
> To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG
> Subject: Re: Faculty Profile Databases
>
>
> Hi-
>
> Marcia asked: "why you want a database, what you plan to do
> with it, the benefits you hope to accrue to individual
> faculty and your institution, and the likelihood that faculty
> and/or administration will actually use it."
>
> Aside from serving as storage for the data required for SPIN
> or COS email funding alerts, and giving research
> administrators a way of identifying faculty with certain
> interests, are these faculty profiles doing all that much?
> How do we sell the idea to a justifiably skeptical faculty?
>
> Do researchers really use them to establish collaborations?
>
> Do corporate funders really use these to identify potential
> grant/contract recipients?
>
> "One Person-One [Pro]file" is coming and I think these
> SPIN/COS people are selling these profile systems as part of
> their jockeying for market share.  But do we need all this stuff now?
>
> Charlie Hathaway
>
>
>
> At 03:02 PM 7/26/00 -0400, you wrote:
> >This discussion comes up in a timely fashion for us at
> UMich.  This morning
> >some of us were reviewing the Personal Profiles in the NIH
> Commons and
> >wondering how to link COS or our own files to the Commons.
> And wondering,
> >too, about the status of the Federal Commons Personnel data file.
> >
> >The NIH personal and employment data screens are pretty
> simple to fill out
> >but the consulting screen and, most of all, the bibliography
> screen should
> >be very painful.  The latter allows only 5 entries per
> screen and then
> >requires one to start over with the next 5.  Cutting and pasting is
> >possible, faster than typing everything; however, this is
> still too much
> >work for people who will have 100's of entries.
> >
> >Are faculty to maintain some Commons (Fed or NIH) profile
> data base and
> >another one in COS/InfoEd/local???  Who knows if COS/InfoEd
> will have a
> >mechanism to direct feed the appropriate Commons file.
> There needs to be
> >one (of a number available) place where each
> College/University can keep
> >its faculty data and feed it to the others when making an
> application.  One
> >flaw of the two major proposal preparation systems is that
> they require
> >their own personal data too.   We need to get to a world of
> "One Person-One
> >File."
> >
> >Bob
> >______________________________________________________
> >Robert Beattie
> >Manager,  Electronic Research Administration and
> >     Senior Project Representative
> >The University of Michigan
> >xxxxxx@umich.edu
> >
> >--On Wednesday, July 26, 2000 2:03 PM -0400 "Starr, Sarah"
> ><xxxxxx@OSU.EDU> wrote:
> >
> >> The Ohio State University Research Foundation uses the Community of
> >> Science database for expertise profiles/research
> interests.  Since it's
> >> web based it doesn't present a problem for universities
> with mixed MAC/PC
> >> computers.  We currently have around 2000 profiles on the
> system.  It's
> >> very easy to maintain and we like it very much. I would be
> happy to have
> >> a longer conversation with you, Shelly, about how we use
> this if you'd
> >> like to call or email me.
> >>
> >> Sarah
> >>
> >> Sarah E. Starr, Director
> >> Office of Funding and Research Development
> >> The Ohio State University Research Foundation
> >> 1960 Kenny Road
> >> Columbus, OH  43210
> >> 614-688-5546
> >> xxxxxx@osu.edu
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: spettyjo [mailto:xxxxxx@HSC.UNT.EDU]
> >> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 1:42 PM
> >> To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG
> >> Subject: Faculty Profile Databases
> >>
> >>
> >> Hello ya'll!  We are exploring the possibility of a
> database for faculty
> >> profiles/research interests and I'm curious which
> application/database
> >> programs other universities are using to track this data.
> >>
> >> It would be helpful to include the number of faculty
> profiles you are
> >> currently maintaining as well as which platform (Mac vs PC
> - the debate
> >> still rages) you are utilizing.
> >>
> >> Thanks and have a great day!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Shelly R. Pettyjohn
> >> Pre Award Grant and Contract Specialist
> >> University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth
> >> 817 735-2561
> >> 817 735-0375 (fax)
> >> email: xxxxxx@hsc.unt.edu
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >xxxxxx@umich.edu
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