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Bridging Readership: Using An Institutional Repository (Ir) To Promote Covid-19 Related Faculty Research, Sara Hoover, Brittany Smith
Bridging Readership: Using An Institutional Repository (Ir) To Promote Covid-19 Related Faculty Research, Sara Hoover, Brittany Smith
Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations
How can medical librarians utilize emerging technologies to promote readership of Covid-19 related research from their institution?
This poster shows how librarians and staff at the Himmelfarb Library at George Washington University (GW) used the Digital Commons institutional repository (IR) platform to develop a subject-specific collection designed to collocate and promote COVID-19-related faculty research. In June 2020, we established a collection entitled “COVID-19 Publications by GW Authors” and since that time we have archived citations to over 100 publications. By utilizing a Google-indexed IR, we have increased awareness of local scholarship and utilize the built-in PlumX dashboard to provide authors …