Faculty SelectedWorks TM by Tyler Veak, PhD, MLIS Scholarly Communication Librarian Integrated Learning Resource Center

Would you like… a place to store and organize your research and scholarship? your scholarship cited more? comments on your working drafts? invitations to collaborate on research projects? offers to publish your work from academic journals? invitations to speak and present your research at conferences?

SelectedWorks TM Features 1.Increase the visibility of your research 2.Expand your academic network 3.User-friendly creation and maintenance 4.Track readership 5.Resolve copyright issues

Increase Visibility Submit and publish the full-text of your research and scholarship Full-text indexed in both Google and Google Scholar Obtain new readers from within your discipline, adjacent disciplines, professionals, media and others outside of academia

Expand Academic Network –Build your academic network to share works in progress or final publications Add friends, colleagues, and your cited authors directly or invite them to join your academic network –Disseminate works beyond your network Thousands of scholars have signed up to be alerted of new research by or via RSS feeds Scholars interested in your work can request to join your network

User-friendly site –Create a professional-looking website in minutes Include: photo, bio, CV, scholarship, etc. –Organize scholarship by item type (e.g., presentation) or by subject area –Highlight your area of specialization Describe ongoing areas of research Organize site by areas of specialization

Track Readership –Access full-text download statistics Each hit is an actual download –Receive automated monthly download reports by Full-text downloads for the month per item Total full-text downloads to date per item

Copyright issues –You must have/obtain permission to post your work on the Internet The right to post/publish your work is not a given –How to obtain permission Look up publisher copyright policies on Sherpa RoMEO: Review policies on publisher’s website Ask your librarian for assistance (i.e., me)

To get started, contact: Tyler Veak, PhD, MLIS Scholarly Communication Librarian Integrated Learning Resource Center