Abstract
Responding to recent changes in the scholarly publishing process, Coy C. Carpenter Library is expanding its scholarly communications program to better support the research publication efforts of the faculty at Wake Forest University Health Sciences (WFUHS). Recent advances in open access publishing and archiving initiatives, adoption of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) “Policy on Enhancing Public Access to Archived Publications Resulting from NIH-Funded Research” (Public Access Policy) in 2005, the rapidly increasing pool of published biomedical research, rising costs of subscription rates, and continued barriers to access have necessitated an internal redesign of the library's Faculty Publications (FP) database. Changes in the scholarly publishing environment have also spurred the creation of online resource lists specifically addressing common issues in scholarly communications, including copyright and intellectual property ownership, open access, and the importance of scholarly publishing [1–3]. These efforts, coupled with plans for educational sessions on open access and copyright retention for faculty, are intended to address common questions raised during the publishing process. In particular, the FP database will bridge faculty publication citations to individuals' personnel profiles in the university's human resources department's management software, PeopleSoft, and to the full text of faculty-authored journal articles, thus providing the institution with a more complete picture of WFUHS faculty research initiatives and outcomes. This paper illustrates key objectives in Carpenter Library's strategy for supporting scholarly communications through enhancing the knowledge management applications of the FP database and leveraging the database's functions to promote open access to research.
Highlights
Google Scholar has been met with both enthusiasm and criticism since its introduction in 2004
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While this study provides useful findings, it has some limitations
Summary
Google Scholar has been met with both enthusiasm and criticism since its introduction in 2004 This search engine provides a simple way to access ‘‘peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts, and articles from academic publishers’ sites, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations’’ [1]. Scholar is its intuitive interface, as the main search engine interface consists of a simple query box Databases, such as PubMed, utilize search interfaces that offer a greater variety of advanced features. Since 1977, Carpenter Library has been responsible for collecting and organizing publication citations of WFUHS faculty The goal of this effort has been to support the research and publishing activities of the faculty, as well as provide information to the Office of the Dean of the Wake Forest University School of Medicine, a division of WFUHS, for faculty promotions and advancement. Citations from the database were formatted and printed as an appendix of the Dean’s
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