Presentation Type
Lightning Talk
Date
2023-11-16
Description
In 2023, a large healthcare system transitioned their institutional repository's author profile service to an upgraded and more comprehensive platform, and in doing so re-energized author and leadership buy-in.
After Digital Commons'™ Expert Gallery Suite eliminated some functionality, institutional repository (IR) staff began the process of exploring other author profile platforms that would align with essential workflows. Elsevier's™ Pure rose to the top of compatible and robust platforms suitable to replace our previous solution.
Pure's™ automated importing and database-integration was a primary draw, but IR staff had to find creative ways to utilize the administrative features that didn't integrate with the organization's existing HR/IS systems. Utilizing the health system's Digital Commons'™ institutional repository and other internal databases IR staff compiled a list of eligible researchers and authors for the new platform. Automation allowed IR staff to populate at launch greater than 4x the number of profiles as the previous platform. Throughout this process, the IR staff made new contacts with researchers and administrators across the enterprise growing opportunities for marketing and outreach for the IR and the Library. While the new and improved platform is in an ongoing cycle of updates and polishing, the process has given the Library/IR new prominence within the organization and the ability to be responsive to researcher and administration needs around scholarly communication and research visibility.
Keywords
Institutional repositories; Researcher profile platform
Open Access
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Rights and Permissions
Copyright © 2023 The Authors.
Creative Commons License
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Repository Citation
Martin, Heather J. and Schwartz, Amanda, "Pure-ly for Authors: An Update of a Health System Researcher Profile Platform" (2023). Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL). 4.
https://hsrc.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/mirl/2023/program/4
Pure-ly for Authors: An Update of a Health System Researcher Profile Platform
In 2023, a large healthcare system transitioned their institutional repository's author profile service to an upgraded and more comprehensive platform, and in doing so re-energized author and leadership buy-in.
After Digital Commons'™ Expert Gallery Suite eliminated some functionality, institutional repository (IR) staff began the process of exploring other author profile platforms that would align with essential workflows. Elsevier's™ Pure rose to the top of compatible and robust platforms suitable to replace our previous solution.
Pure's™ automated importing and database-integration was a primary draw, but IR staff had to find creative ways to utilize the administrative features that didn't integrate with the organization's existing HR/IS systems. Utilizing the health system's Digital Commons'™ institutional repository and other internal databases IR staff compiled a list of eligible researchers and authors for the new platform. Automation allowed IR staff to populate at launch greater than 4x the number of profiles as the previous platform. Throughout this process, the IR staff made new contacts with researchers and administrators across the enterprise growing opportunities for marketing and outreach for the IR and the Library. While the new and improved platform is in an ongoing cycle of updates and polishing, the process has given the Library/IR new prominence within the organization and the ability to be responsive to researcher and administration needs around scholarly communication and research visibility.