Maximising exposure
of Research
Bringing it all together
Alison Wildish
University of Bath
#casebth – May 09

Why expose research?
… aside from the obvious global impact – making the world a better place…
Things that matter;
 Being cited
 Being on TV
 Being in the press
 Being talked about
 Getting the funding!

Why?

Opportunities to Increase citations
collaborate (Imminence of REF)
More (better!)
Greater impact
students / researchers

We are what people
think we are

Look in the mirror…
Reflections from the
University of Bath
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmtimages/2215855522/sizes/l/

Our homepage

Research homepage

Departmental research

People information

Publications (Repository)

Podcasts

Video

Centres

Mixed messages
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonwiley/1208632794/sizes/l/

Time for change
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmtimages/3004717988/sizes/l/

Where we are going…
 Make it easy
 Push, push, push…
Objectives
 If someone comes to our site; immerse them in
research info
 Open up our data sources
 Integrate our data
 Work together

Decrease the noise

Give people what they need…
not just what we want

Integrate

Tag it

The power of search
+ people
+ publications

Think again when things don’t work for you
• Go to www.bath.ac.uk/pip
• Login
• Click on Edit Profile
• Click on Keywords
• Click on Add Keyword
• …

???

Simplify

Push out

Thanks for listening