Abstract
Duke University Libraries have worked collaboratively with other campus units to aggregate
and manage research information to make knowledge produced by Duke researchers more
broadly and openly available, help researchers build their reputations, archive copies
of Duke scholarship, and to help researchers find collaborators, students find mentors,
and journalists, policy makers, and the general public find experts. In order to achieve
these goals, Duke is using the Symplectic Elements research information management
(RIM) system, seamlessly integrating it with VIVO researcher profiles and the campus
DukeSpace institutional repository. Researcher profiles are created automatically,
populated with information sourced from both internal and external sources, and customized
by profile holders or others delegated to do this on their behalf. Publication metadata
are collected from numerous bibliographic sources such as Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science,
and ArXiv, and Sherpa/Romeo integration assists librarians and scholars in navigating
the complex rights landscape. Today the Scholars@Duke researcher expertise portal
publicly features the scholarship, research, and activities of Duke faculty and academic
staff. Duke faculty can conveniently upload full text versions of their publications
for permanent archival and broader access, and links to open access versions of their
work are integrated into their citations and public profiles alongside links to the
published versions In implementing and promoting these services, Duke has taken a
researcher-focused communications strategy, emphasizing how these services directly
benefit scholars by saving them time and increasing the visibility of their publications.
The libraries have also collaborated with units such as the Office of News & Communication
to help embed links to open access versions of referenced research in campus press
releases to maximize and measure impact. Widgets and an open API also enable easy
reuse of Scholars@Duke information on campus and researcher web pages, as well as
in library catalogs and Google Scholar, providing further convenience to the campus
and global research community.
