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Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library, The George Washington University

2021

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A Scholarly Publishing Opportunity For Residents And Fellows, Heather Brown, Kari Nelson Nov 2021

A Scholarly Publishing Opportunity For Residents And Fellows, Heather Brown, Kari Nelson

Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL)

Purpose: This lightning talk describes the development and impact of an institutional repository-based journal created to promote scholarship within the graduate medical education community. Description: Scholarly and professional communication is an important educational activity for residents and fellows at academic medical centers. The Office of Graduate Medical Education (GME) at the University of Nebraska Medical Center established a journal to provide medical residents and fellows with the opportunity to publish scholarly journal articles. The GME department partnered with the McGoogan Health Sciences Library, which provides a journal platform through its institutional repository, DOI minting, and publishing advice and information. Launched …


Re-Envisioning The Virginia Journal Of Public Health: Leveraging The Institutional Repository For Publishing Success, Mark Lane, Maria Devalpine, Rebecca Kruse, Carolyn Schubert Nov 2021

Re-Envisioning The Virginia Journal Of Public Health: Leveraging The Institutional Repository For Publishing Success, Mark Lane, Maria Devalpine, Rebecca Kruse, Carolyn Schubert

Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL)

This case study presents what happened when new leadership for the Virginia Journal of Public Health brought new questions about journal quality, value, and impact. Conversations initially began with the liaison librarian about the nature of journal publishing and open access today. As the conversation evolved, the Digital Collections team joined the working group to think through journal publishing for this title. This session will describe this collaborative evolution and how we worked to re-envision and migrate the journal from its prior website to the university’s institutional repository. The session will feature considerations for publishing with the institutional repository, highlight …


Publishing Partnership: Facilitating Open Access Through Libraries Collaboration With Clinical Departments, Jessica Petrey, Sarah Frankel, Rachel Howard Nov 2021

Publishing Partnership: Facilitating Open Access Through Libraries Collaboration With Clinical Departments, Jessica Petrey, Sarah Frankel, Rachel Howard

Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL)

When the University of Louisville Libraries launched the ThinkIR institutional repository on the bepress Digital Commons platform in 2015, we anticipated offering open access journal publishing several years in the future. However, the Division of Infectious Diseases’ eagerness to find a venue to facilitate the equitable movement of research and information into the larger global community resulted in a partnership beginning in 2016 to publish two open access journals on the platform, which then served as a model for other health sciences journals, including one from the Emergency Medicine Department. The benefits, including the opportunity to provide free open access …