Showcasing Research and Scholarship from the College of Veterinary Medicine

Digital Repository @ Iowa State University

Showcasing Research and Scholarship

from the College of Veterinary Medicine

Harrison W. Inefuku

Digital Repository Coordinator

February 20, 2013


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What is

Digital Repository

@ Iowa State

University?

http://lib.dr.iastate.edu

An open-access

institutional repository:

• Manage and preserve

your research and

scholarship

• Share your research and

scholarship with the

world!

http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/


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Track usage

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Download count is growing

rapidly

Today’s count: 310,381

Total number of items:

5,477

Avg. downloads per item:

57


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Broaden exposure

166 countries/territories

Top 10 (excluding U.S.):

1. India

2. United Kingdom

3. China

4. Canada

5. Germany

6. Malaysia

7. Philippines

8. Australia

9. Iran

10. South Korea


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Who’s coming to

visit?

• University of Illinois

• Purdue University

• Wageningen University

• Michigan State University

• University of Wisconsin–

Madison

• University of

Massachusetts–Lowell

• Seoul National University

• The Pennsylvania State

University

• University of Nebraska–

Lincoln

• Texas A&M University

• University of Edinburgh

• Cornell University


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Most downloaded

Veterinary

Medicine theses

1. Mary L. Killian, Identification and

characterization of H2N2 avian

influenza virus… (VMPM) 572

downloads

2. John D. Loy, Infection and immunity in

the Pacific white shrimp… (VMPM)

294 downloads

3. Boris Jovanovic, Immunotoxicology

of titanium dioxide… (BMS) 279

downloads

4. Kathleen R. Tapper, An investigation

of pressure alogmetry… (BMS) 266

downloads

5. Paola Boggiatto, Leishmaniasis:

immunologica indicators of clinical

progression… (VPATH) 195

downloads


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Measure impact

Monthly e-mail

• Total # of works in the

repository

• Total # of downloads

• Highlights download

information for one item


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Measure impact

Author dashboard

• Graphical presentation

of download information

• Track downloads over

time

• Search queries used to

find work


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What goes into the

repository?

• Journal articles

• Book chapters

• Presentations and

Posters

• Extension materials

• Project reports

• Patents

• Radio segments

• Theses and

dissertations

• Capstone projects

Example:

Food Science and Human Nutrition,

http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/fshn_ag/

http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/fshn_ag/


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Major

projects/campus

partners to date

• Agricultural and

Biosystems Engineering

• Animal Industry Reports

• Center for

Nondestructive

Evaluation

• Food Science and

Human Nutrition (pilot

department)

Example:

Center for Nondestructive

Evaluation,

http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cnde_conf/

http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cnde_conf/


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Multiple ways to

showcase work

• Highlight your Research

Areas and Programs

• Attract graduate

students, employees,

collaborators

Example:

Agricultural and Biosystems

Engineering,

http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/abe_eng/

http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/abe_eng/


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Dual appointments

and affiliated

faculty

Scholarship of faculty/staff

affiliated with multiple units

can have their scholarship

appear under all those units

in the repository


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Permissions

checking

One of the many services

offered by the repository.

We determine:

• If the publisher will allow

you to deposit the full-

text of your publication

• If yes, then what version

(published or

manuscript?)

• If unclear, we contact

the publisher on your

behalf


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Complete

bibliographic

information

Only deposit materials by

request of author and in

accordance with publisher

policy and permissions

Include complete

bibliographic information for

original publication

“How to Cite” page instructs

users to cite original

publication, but include link

to repository


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Can we deposit Vet

Med publications?

Journal Title Full? Version

Journal of Virology Yes Pub

PLOS One Yes Pub

Journal of Antimicrobial

Chemotherapy

Yes Post

Journal of Veterinary

Diagnostic Investigation

Yes Post

Veterinary Microbiology Yes Post

Veterinary Pathology Yes Post

Journal of Veterinary Internal

Medicine

Yes Pre

American Journal of

Veterinary Research

No

JAVMA No

Journal of Swine Health and

Production

No

Full? = Permission to

deposit full-text

Version Information:

• Pub=Published Version

• Post=Post-Print

• Pre=Preprint

For more information on publication

versions, see:

http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/digirep_outr

each/2/

http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/digirep_outreach/2/

http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/digirep_outreach/2/


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Author profiles

(coming soon!)

Provides:

• A full view of your body

of research

• Aggregation of all

publications in the

repository

• Include non-Iowa State

publications

• Customizable subject

headings

• RSS feeds, social media

buttons and other tools

for colleagues to follow

your work


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Any other ideas?

• Student Work

• Summer Scholar Posters

• Research focus areas

• Extension and outreach

publications

• Guest speakers, seminars

• Ramsey Lecture Series

• Conferences

• Journals

• Affiliated centers and institutes

• Archival collections

Showcase

scholarship that

hasn’t traditionally

enjoyed wide

dissemination


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New methods of

dissemination

Use the repository to:

• Publish journals

• Organize conferences

• Publish proceedings

• Create e-books

Example:

Mark P. Widrlechner, This Wildest

Year (ebook),

http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/ebooks/1/

http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/ebooks/1/


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Journals

• Full peer-review process

• Custom branding and

design

Example:

Animal Industry Reports,

http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/ans_air/

http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/ans_air/


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Conferences

• Organize events from

abstract/paper

submissions through

proceedings publication

• Provide presentation

slides, audio/videos,

papers/transcripts

• Custom branding and

design

Example:

International Veterinary Social

Work Summit

http://trace.tennessee.edu/utvs

wsummit/

http://trace.tennessee.edu/utvswsummit/

http://trace.tennessee.edu/utvswsummit/


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Reach

practitioners


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Want to

participate?

Publications/Presentations

• Send me your vita or citations list

• I’ll check permissions to

determine if we can deposit

• When allowed, will deposit PDFs

of publications

• Work with you on getting

manuscripts and presentations

deposited

For other projects/ideas, contact the

Digital Repository Coordinator

Questions? Comments?

Want to participate?

Contact:

Harrison W. Inefuku

Digital Repository

Coordinator

204 Parks Library

294-3180

[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

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