“Development of the Information System on Research Activity at the University of Sarajevo: Example Ecris.bh” Round Table Held

The University of Sarajevo, in cooperation with the Institute of Information Sciences from Maribor (IZUM), organized a round table “Development of the Information System on the University of Sarajevo: Example ECRIS.BH.”

The role of the chociator was held by the Director of the University of Sarajevo Library, Mr. Sc. Nadina Grebović-Lendo, while representatives of the Institute of Information Sciences in Maribor (Izum) Darinka Sjesko and Romana Muhvič Šumandl attended the round table as guest lecturers, digital (online). Representatives of the Ministry of Science, Higher Education and Young Canton Sarajevo, Produced for Scientific Research, and the librarians of the University of Sarajevo were among the invited.

An address by UNSA Vice-Rector for Research, Prof. Dr. Mirza Dautbašić who pointed out the importance of this project to improve the visibility of the University of Sarajevo, opened the round table.

After welcoming address, the librarian of the UNSA Faculty of Criminalistics, Criminology and Security Studies, Viktoria Martinčević-Huseinčehajić, held a presentation in which she spoke in detail about ECRIS.BH Information System on Research Affairs in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

E-CRIS (Current Research Information System in Bosnia and Herzegovina) is an information system on the research activity in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which has been active since 2008. It includes data on Bosnian researchers, research, organizations and their groups, projects, programs, research results and data on the bibliographic units of the researcher.

After the mentioned presentation by Victoria Martinčević-Huseinčehajić, the presentation of Darinka Sjesko, representatives of the Institute for Information Sciences from Maribor followed.

The development of national information systems on research activities is an integral part of the information strategies of a particular country. The availability and transparency of information on research activities is a condition of transferring knowledge to the practice and improvement of innovation. It is indisputable that the most efficient way to lead the bibliographies of the researcher can only be established within cooperative library information systems. The connection between both systems is especially important for evaluating research results. The CRIS system has developed and maintained by the Institute for Information Sciences in Maribor (IZUM) and the Agency for Research Activity of the Republic of Slovenia (ARRS).