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Rajiv NarianiYork University Libraries
Toronto, CanadaLILAC 2011
18th April 2011rajivn@yorku.ca
Overview Understanding research within our subject areas Science Technology & Medicine databases
Helping graduate students in keeping up with current research Customized searches Setting up public profiles
Supporting Open Access Publishing Helping faculty members and students understand the OA landscape
Future
Understanding research in our subject areas
Understand and highlight university
research ‐ Sci Tech Med databases:
HealthLibDelicious , LibGuides,
NetVibes_YUR
Research web: Librarians
PubMed Central Canada: CIHR Policy for OA to
Research
Graduate students & PubMed ‐ Customized
searches: NetVibes_Grad
Students
Open Access Publishing ‐
Databases, Publisher websites, Citations: NetVibes_OA_Cite,
LibGuides
Research Newsletter. Collection
Development:SteacieLib Delicious
LibGuides
Web of Science (WoS) Affiliation and departmental searching Papers acknowledging grant funding Analysis feature
Scopus Tracking Open Access publications Good for citation analysis Affiliation / department specific papers – RSS feeds more durable than WoS
PubMed Kinesiology Graduate students
Search fields in Web of Science
Address field Funding Agency
Conduct your search Create Real Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds Display them Analyze!
Research from School of Kinesiology, Vision Research & Psychology using Addressfield in Web of Science (WoS)
Include relevant departments: WoS
Grant Funded Research
Analyze your results
Create RSS Feeds: Scopus & Web of Science
Delicious: Capture Research Facets
LibGuides: Customized display
NetVibes: Display Research Activities
Open to All
How does all this help?
Top journals where our researchers are publishing Accreditation of our graduate programs
Aware of emerging research areas Collection development
Support for OA publishers Data analysis
Informed us about funded research Implications for Research Officers
Publicized these tools More engagement with faculty and students More IL classes
Support Journal of Vision? Scopus & Web of Sciencedata using Affiliation search
FSE Research Officer: Scopus RSS Feeds on Faculty of Science & Engineering page
For Graduate students
Following latest papers indexed in PubMed, Scopus & Web of Science using innovative features MeSH (Medical Subject Heading) in PubMed +Customized feeds
Means to highlight their teaching and learning activities Citation Management Programs e.g. Mendeley, Academia.edu, ResearcherID, WizFolio
Graduate students Research Portal
Open to All
Did it help us?
Constant influx of students who need help with literature review
Students appreciate the RSS feature and want librarians to create feeds for their topics
Students come often and ask questions related to: Citation Management Programs Setting up public profiles to display teaching & learning activities
Library support (Article Processing Charges) for publishing in OA journals
Papers with Faculty & PhD students
York University Libraries: Open Access Publishing
Open Access to Research: Engaging Faculty
Data from RSS feeds of STM databases & OA publisher websites
SWOT Strengths Use STM databases & technology tools to benefit our work
and liaison role
Weakness Not enough promotion Comprehensiveness of databases/searches? Analytics of free tools? Usage & statistics
Opportunities Means to understand departmental research Liaison with Research Officers ‐ Bibliometrics Customized portal for graduate students: LibGuides
Threats Permanence of free technology tools
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