SelectedWorks Jim DelRosso Web Editor & Reference Assistant Catherwood Library May 23, 2008

Welcome! Today’s agenda What is SelectedWorks? What are we using it to do? What will be doing with it in the future?

Today’s agenda

What is SelectedWorks?

What are we using it to do?

What will be doing with it in the future?

What is SelectedWorks? Web-based document management system Gives faculty an easy-to-use system for organizing and sharing their work Gives institutions the means to promote scholarly production

Web-based document management system

Gives faculty an easy-to-use system for organizing and sharing their work

Gives institutions the means to promote scholarly production

Benefits for Faculty Single point-of-access for all works Can link to full-text, library resources, library catalog, Amazon.com, or anywhere else on the web URL is associated with the faculty member, not the institution Easy to share with other faculty Customizable categories Can be maintained by the faculty member, administrators, or library staff

Single point-of-access for all works

Can link to full-text, library resources, library catalog, Amazon.com, or anywhere else on the web

URL is associated with the faculty member, not the institution

Easy to share with other faculty

Customizable categories

Can be maintained by the faculty member, administrators, or library staff

Benefits for the Institution Single point of access for institution's scholarly production Consistent branding and layout Easy to connect with established resources, such as licensed journals and institutional repositories Allows aggregation of digital content

Single point of access for institution's scholarly production

Consistent branding and layout

Easy to connect with established resources, such as licensed journals and institutional repositories

Allows aggregation of digital content

Benefits for the Library SelectedWorks provides libraries with the opportunity to serve as the prime facilitator for the dissemination of academic content and the conversations that such content engenders.

SelectedWorks provides libraries with the opportunity to serve as the prime facilitator for the dissemination of academic content and the conversations that such content engenders.

Let’s take a look… http:// works.bepress.com /

http:// works.bepress.com /

SelectedWorks at Catherwood & ILR Replacing existing Faculty Research pages in DigitalCommons@ILR Facilitating the easy expansion of dedicated faculty research pages Enhancing/complementing faculty pages in the ILR School directory Let’s take a look at some examples…

Replacing existing Faculty Research pages in DigitalCommons@ILR

Facilitating the easy expansion of dedicated faculty research pages

Enhancing/complementing faculty pages in the ILR School directory

Let’s take a look at some examples…

Some examples… Susanne Bruyère http:// works.bepress.com/susanne_bruyere / Vernon M Briggs Jr http:// works.bepress.com/vernon_briggs / Sally Klingel http:// works.bepress.com/sally_klingel /

Susanne Bruyère

http:// works.bepress.com/susanne_bruyere /

Vernon M Briggs Jr

http:// works.bepress.com/vernon_briggs /

Sally Klingel

http:// works.bepress.com/sally_klingel /

So where do we go from here? Expand coverage Clear up branding issues Strengthen ties between SelectedWorks and other digital collections Strengthen ties between the library and both the faculty and the school

Expand coverage

Clear up branding issues

Strengthen ties between SelectedWorks and other digital collections

Strengthen ties between the library and both the faculty and the school

Questions?

Questions?