Raising Your Scholarly Profile
David Nolfi, Rob Behary, Allison Brungard, & Kelley CotterGumberg Library
Raise your scholarly profile and increase the impact of your work by:• Identifying strategies to improve the discoverability of
research• Publicizing scholarship to relevant stakeholders• Taking part in scholarly conversations using social
media• Measuring the impact of individual publications
Workshop Plan• Brief Presentation• Small Group Exercise• Whole Group Discussion• Wrap Up & Evaluation
Why should you try to raise your scholarly profile?David Nolfi
Is it just blowing your own horn?• Finding & integrating past
works is a key part of scholarship• Improving the likelihood
scholarship is discovered by:• Scholars in your discipline or
sub-discipline• Scholars in related fields• Other stakeholders
(public, press, administrators, grant makers, etc.)
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Ways to Raise Your Scholarly Profile• Improve the discoverability of your research
• Promote your scholarship to key stakeholders
• Take part in scholarly conversations using social media
• Measure the impact of individual publications
http://guides.library.duq.edu/scholarlyprofile
DiscoverabilityWhere to Publish• Choosing the Right
Journals• Journal Impact• Repositories• Authors’ Rights• Open Access
DiscoverabilityCreating Scholarly Profiles
• ORCID iD• Google Scholar• Researcher ID (Web of Sci)
• Scopus Author Identifier• WorldCat.org (books)
PromotingCampus Resources• Library Blog• Media Relations• Faculty Spotlight• Grant Notices• Faculty Experts
• Faculty Pages
PromotingOther Resources• SlideShare• figshare• Research Data
Repositories• Search Engine
Optimization
Scholarly Conversations• Why you should consider
using social media• Why scholars use social
media• Tips for using social media
as a scholar• Resources:• Academia.edu• LinkedIn• Research Blogging• ResearchGate
Measuring Impact• Altmetrics• Citation Metrics• Journal Metrics
Small Group ExerciseKelley Cotter
Goals of the Exercise• Exchange effective methods you use to raising your
scholarly profile• Brainstorm new methods raising your scholarly profile
Put Your Heads Together1. Break into four groups2. Discuss questions like:
• What methods do you currently use to raise your scholarly profile?• What has been the most effective method?• Are there methods you would like to try but haven’t yet
because of the time/learning curve?3. Record your ideas on the workshop’s virtual corkboard4. Reconvene as a group to discuss what we’ve
collectively come up with
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Whole Group DiscussionRob Behary
Wrap Up & EvaluationAllison Brungard
Today’s take-aways• Improve discoverability of your research•Promote your scholarship• Engage in scholarly conversations using social media•Measure the impact of individual publications
Continue the Discussion…
•Follow-up email with shared Slides•7 Day Impact Challenge begins Monday, Oct. 5•Workshop Evaluation
Evaluation• Please complete this brief survey –
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/scholarlyprofile2015
Presenter Contact InformationDavid [email protected], x4931Health Sciences Librarian & Library Assessment Coordinator
Allison [email protected], x5345Research & Instruction Librarian
Rob [email protected], x1085Systems Librarian
Kelley [email protected], x5343Marketing & Electronic Communications Librarian