Digital Commons Network^™

Promoting Open Access Journals And Open Data To Your Scholarly Community For Maximum Impact, Barbara M. Pope

Faculty Submissions

Open access journals and open data provide researchers with information that would otherwise be behind a paywall. Both are growing exponentially and are widely used and cited by scholars. However, not all open access journals are respected, peer reviewed publications and should be evaluated prior to submitting research. Open data repositories allow researchers to deposit their data to promote it and make it available for others to access and use. Getting the word out about scholarly research is fundamental to other researchers to access it, and augments the possibility of citations and altmetrics scores. Come to this presentation to hear …

Open Access In Theory And Practice: The Theory-Practice Relationship And Openness (Book Review), Barbara M. Pope

Faculty Submissions

This is a book review that appeared in CHOICE.

Promoting Your Scholarship To Other Researchers For Maximum Effect, Barbara M. Pope

Faculty Submissions

Getting the word out about your scholarship is fundamental to other researchers in your field being able to read it. Greater visibility augments the possibility of those researchers citing your work as well as higher altmetrics scores. There are easy ways you can publicize your articles and books, as well as your professional activities. This includes being able to deposit copies of your scholarship in our Digital Commons, where it can be seen by scholars around the world. Bring a computer or smart phone to this presentation to learn how to promote your scholarship to researchers around the world.

Supporting Your Tenure And Promotion With Scholarship Citations, Downloads, And Journal Rankings, Barbara M. Pope

Faculty Submissions

Come to this poster session to learn the importance of making your scholarship more visible by identifying the impact of your scholarship in your discipline and at large. Learn how to find data on citation use, determine the extent to which your scholarship is downloaded, and locate journal rankings to support the importance of your research to present in dossiers for tenure and promotion as well as regular performance reports.

Having hard data about downloads and citations of your scholarship to support your tenure or promotion dossier or regular performance report is crucial to assessing the impact of your scholarship …

Using A 21st Century Tool To Support Discovery & Research With Library Resources, Barbara M. Pope

Faculty Submissions

Learn how you can use LibGuides to point your students to discipline specific databases and resources in order to help them to use good resources in doing research. Specifically, LibGuides can point to subscription and open access databases, online journals, websites, uploaded documents, and YouTube videos, among other things.