Download, embed and share The Social Librarian infographic. The social librarian is enmeshed in the fabric of the Internet of Things as curator, educator, filter and beacon. In this dynamic and demanding environment, librarians are extending themselves and empowering library users.

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Content by Joe Murphy @libraryfuture

I AM A {SOCIAL} LIBRARIAN infographic - Free download!

Three presenters guide librarians through the OA publishing landscape, discussing key issues librarians should raise with their researchers. Librarians will be able to help their researchers take advantage of OA publishing for discovery and dissemination of their own research, while concurrently ensuring that scholars make informed choices.

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Content by David Rew, Laura Hassink, Robin Champieux

WEBINAR: How librarians can help researchers navigate open access choices

The University of St Andrews has had an integrated research information infrastructure since 2006. They asked, "What people, processes, tools and standards are available internally or externally to best deliver the necessary services now and in the future?" At St Andrews they have benefited from this approach and concentrated efforts into delivering joined-up services to their researchers and research managers, whatever the system. Read the article

Content by Anna Clements, University of St Andrews

Research information meets research data management

While library staff must learn the technology and the format behind each social media tool, one of the largest challenges in social media management is generating content. Here are some suggestions for creating a pool of social media content and for finding new ideas.

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Content by Ginna Gauntner Witte, Cincinnati State Technical and Community College

How to find and create social media content for your library

Academic research and publishing have transitioned from paper to online platforms, and that migration has continued to evolve from closed platforms to connected networks. With this evolution, there is growing interest in the academic community in how we might measure scholarly activity online beyond formal citation.

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Content by Paul Groth, VU University Amsterdam, and Mike Taylor, Elsevier

Helping scholars tell their stories using altmetrics

The research community is increasingly making raw and summarized research data available for preservation and use by other researchers. Publishing research data in a manner designed to increase the flow of shared, open research data is a labor-intensive job.

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Content by David Marques, Elsevier

Research data driving new services

With the continued extension of the academic research enterprise – both locally and globally – librarians are being asked to support researchers and the research organization with new services. Learn how three librarians from leading Asia Pacific institutions are implementing data, tools and strategies to advance their researchers and strengthen their organizations' research mission.

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Content by Dr. Amberyn Thomas, David T. Palmer, Takanori Hayashi

WEBINAR: How libraries are raising researchers’ reputations (Asia Pacific focus)

Library Connect shares the experience of two librarians in promoting and implementing ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) repository at their institutions: Syracuse University and University of Southern Queensland.

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Content by David Marques, Elsevier

Feeding an ORCID: Libraries encourage researchers to register for the new identifier

Gamification enabled the UC San Diego Library to scale library orientation across six undergraduate colleges and more than 5,000 incoming students, increasing the level of active learning and student engagement, while significantly reducing the time required to deliver orientation.

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Content by Marlo Young, University of California, San Diego

Gamifying library orientation at the University of California, San Diego

This Q&A with Paul Albert describes the experience of implementing VIVO at Weill Cornell Medical College. VIVO is an institution-driven, semantic tool for accessing authoritative data about faculty and researchers. Currently Assistant Director of Research and Digital Services, Paul joined WCMC as the Digital Services Librarian.

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Interview with Paul Albert, Weill Cornell Medical College

Authoritative researcher metadata in one place via VIVO

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