Slides from a webinar presented via OCLC's Works in Progress series, January 2017.<br><br>Abstract:<br><br><p>Duke University Libraries have worked collaboratively with other
campus units to aggregate and manage research information to make
knowledge produced by Duke researchers more broadly and openly
available, help researchers build their reputations, archive copies of
Duke scholarship, and to help researchers find collaborators, students
find mentors, and journalists, policy makers, and the general public
find experts.</p>
<p>In order to achieve these goals, Duke is using the Symplectic
Elements research information management (RIM) system, seamlessly
integrating it with VIVO researcher profiles and the campus<a href="http://dukespace.lib.duke.edu/dspace/"> DukeSpace</a>
institutional repository. Researcher profiles are created
automatically, populated with information sourced from both internal and
external sources, and customized by profile holders or others delegated
to do this on their behalf. Publication metadata are collected from
numerous bibliographic sources such as Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science,
and ArXiv, and Sherpa/Romeo integration assists librarians and scholars
in navigating the complex rights landscape. Today the<a href="https://scholars.duke.edu/"> Scholars@Duke</a>
researcher expertise portal publicly features the scholarship,
research, and activities of Duke faculty and academic staff. Duke
faculty can conveniently upload full text versions of their publications
for permanent archival and broader access, and links to open access
versions of their work are integrated into their citations and public
profiles alongside links to the published versions</p>
<p>In implementing and promoting these services, Duke has taken a
researcher-focused communications strategy, emphasizing how these
services directly benefit scholars by saving them time and increasing
the visibility of their publications. The libraries have also
collaborated with units such as the Office of News & Communication
to help embed links to open access versions of referenced research in
campus press releases to maximize and measure impact. Widgets and an
open API also enable easy reuse of Scholars@Duke information on campus
and researcher web pages, as well as in library catalogs and Google
Scholar, providing further convenience to the campus and global research
community.</p>
<p>This webinar will be of interest to scholarly communications
librarians, library administrators, and communications specialists.
Given the enterprise nature of research information management, it will
also be relevant to other institutional stakeholders including deans,
research administrators, and IT professionals.</p
