you've published, now what? tools and techniques for promoting research
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Office of Scholarly Communication Office of Scholarly Communication
You’ve Published, Now What? Tools and Techniques for Promoting
Research
Dr. Lauren Cadwallader & Claire Sewell
Office of Scholarly Communication Cambridge University Library
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Google Doc (with links):
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Benefits of promoting research
How to find out about new research
Sharing research on social media
Innovative ways of sharing research
Benefits of open research
Topics
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https://svpow.com/2015/06/04/things-to-do-when-a-paper-comes-out-a-checklist/
Mike Taylor via Sauropod Vertebra
This is one researcher’s workflow for promoting their work post publication
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Why?
It lets people know about your work More exposure
leads to higher citation rates
Enhances your reputation both within Cambridge and outside
Can help you find collaborators for future work
Increases your impact beyond academia
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Alert services Citation alerts Social media alerts
University websites and publications Conferences Symplectic Altmetric.com Talking to people!
Sources of information
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Use an advanced system search to find publications for your department
(menu>explore>system search)
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Set the search options to pick your department, the timeframe and the type of output you are
interested in
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OSC Reasons to use social media
Why?
Excellent for professional networking
More exposure leads to higher citation rates
Can reach people all over the world
Can help you find collaborators for future works
Increases your impact beyond academia
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Cambridge profiles
• Symplectic
• VIVO
Online CVs
• Personal websites
Resource sharing sites
• YouTube
• SlideShare
Researcher ID services
• ORCiD
• ResearcherID
So many sites…
Based on a list compiled by Hazel Hall, Edinburgh Napier University
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Profile services
• Google Scholar
• About Me
Blogging
• Wordpress
• Tumblr
Collaboration sites
• Citeulike
• Mendeley
Social networking sites
• Google+
…So little time!
Based on a list compiled by Hazel Hall, Edinburgh Napier University
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Scheduling services
Link shortening
Templates
Dedicated groups
Tips and tricks
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When using social media consider the following:
Sustainability
Credibility
Copyright
Spam
Issues to consider
Based on a list compiled KU Leuven
Digital footprint!
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Open Researcher and
Contributor ID
A unique number that belongs to you and moves with you
through your career
Your lifelong digital name
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Your unique ID
Links to your research (all in one place)
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OSC K.I.S.S. Principle
Keep it simple! SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) Use keywords in your title and abstract
Include a link to your work in your email
signature Talk to people! Buy them a cup of coffee Present at a conference
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Share it with journalists and the media Platforms between academia and the mainstream media
The Conversation
Make your work more accessible
Kudos
Blog
About both the process and the results
Share your work before publication
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Infographics
Videos/images
Cartoon abstracts
Dance your PhD thesis competition
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Images by University of Exeter via Flickr
OSC Dance, dance, dance
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It’s a GOOD thing!
Helps to advance knowledge Science relies on the principle that we share our findings Fundamental to being a good academic
Open research
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Benefits for you
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Benefits for others
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Remember that simple methods may be the most effective
Think about copyright
Don’t be afraid to try something new
Top takeaways
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I Can Just Use This, Right? : a Copyright Survival Guide for Librarians 3/5/17, 15:00-16:00 bit.ly/CopyrightSurvival2017
Librarian Toolkit
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