Raising Your Scholarly Profile Spring 2016

Raising Your Scholarly Profile

David Nolfi, Rob Behary, Allison Brungard, Kelley Cotter, & Gesina Phillips

Gumberg 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 raise your

scholarly profile• Brainstorm new methods of raising your scholarly profile

Put Your Heads Together1. Break into five groups2. Discuss questions:

• 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 ideas4. 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…more to come•Workshop Evaluation

Evaluation• Please complete this brief survey –

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/scholarlyprofile2016

Presenter Contact InformationDavid Nolfinolfi@duq.edu, x4931Health Sciences Librarian & Library Assessment Coordinator

Allison Brungardbrungard@duq.edu, x5345STEM Librarian

Rob Beharybeharyr@duq.edu, x1085Systems Librarian

Kelley Cottercotterk@duq.edu, x5343Marketing & Electronic Communications Librarian

Gesina Phillipsphillipsg@duq.edu, x1086Digital Scholarship Librarian