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An Analysis Of Use And Performance Data Aggregated From 35 Institutional Repositories, Kenning Arlitsch, Jonathan Wheeler, Minh Thi Ngoc Pham, Nikolaus Nova Parulian Jan 2021

An Analysis Of Use And Performance Data Aggregated From 35 Institutional Repositories, Kenning Arlitsch, Jonathan Wheeler, Minh Thi Ngoc Pham, Nikolaus Nova Parulian

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Purpose – This study demonstrates that aggregated data from the Repository Analytics and Metrics Portal (RAMP) have significant potential to analyze visibility and use of institutional repositories (IR) as well as potential factors affecting their use, including repository size, platform, content, device and global location. The RAMP dataset is unique and public.

Design/methodology/approach – The webometrics methodology was followed to aggregate and analyze use and performance data from 35 institutional repositories in seven countries that were registered with the RAMP for a five-month period in 2019. The RAMP aggregates Google Search Console (GSC) data to show IR items that surfaced …

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Maximizing Your Faculty's Scholarly Impact: Techniques To Increase Findability, Caroline L. Osborne, Carol A. Watson, Thomas J. Striepe Jul 2019

Maximizing Your Faculty's Scholarly Impact: Techniques To Increase Findability, Caroline L. Osborne, Carol A. Watson, Thomas J. Striepe

Caroline L. Osborne

Increasing the impact of faculty scholarship is consistently a top priority at law schools. Law librarians are uniquely positioned to offer a significant amount of assistance to faculty and law administration in achieving this goal and enhancing the reputation of the law school. Understanding the differences between the tools and techniques available to assist on this topic can be a complex endeavor. This program will focus on providing the best strategies to increase the impact of faculty scholarship. Speakers will discuss the various social media platforms available to upload scholarship, as well as how to increase findability in search results …

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Harmonization And Interoperability Of Metadata Schemes Used At The National Autonomous University Of Mexico (Unam) Repositories: The Iibiunam Repository And / Y Armonización E Interoperabilidad De Los Esquemas De Metadatos Utilizados En Repositorios De La Universidad Nacional Autónoma De México (Unam): El Repositorio Iibi-Unam, Filiberto Felipe Martínez Arellano, Noel Perea Reyes, Dante Ortiz Ancona, Juan Miguel Palma Peña Jan 2019

Harmonization And Interoperability Of Metadata Schemes Used At The National Autonomous University Of Mexico (Unam) Repositories: The Iibiunam Repository And / Y Armonización E Interoperabilidad De Los Esquemas De Metadatos Utilizados En Repositorios De La Universidad Nacional Autónoma De México (Unam): El Repositorio Iibi-Unam, Filiberto Felipe Martínez Arellano, Noel Perea Reyes, Dante Ortiz Ancona, Juan Miguel Palma Peña

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As a result of the Open Access (OA) movement, it is undeniable that all over the world there are many completed and ongoing projects of institutional repositories (IR) as a new alternative for scientific communication. IR facilitate access to research outputs, i.e. articles, books, book chapters, theses and dissertations, among other publications. The creation of IR has been widely promoted in Mexico and Latin America. The Institute of Research on Library Science and Information [Instituto de Investigaciones Bibliotecológicas y de la Información, IIBI], as one of the 59 research institutes of the National Autonomous University of Mexico [Universidad Nacional …

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Digital Commons And Ssrn: Turning Perceived Conflict Into Real Synergy, James M. Donovan, Carol A. Watson Apr 2014

Digital Commons And Ssrn: Turning Perceived Conflict Into Real Synergy, James M. Donovan, Carol A. Watson

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Covers the history of SSRN and the development of institutional repositories, how to positively address faculty concerns about losing SSRN download statistics, statistical analysis of downloads on each platform and research behavior, and an overview of the strengths and advantages of each platform.

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