A presentation about Digital Repository @ Iowa State University to faculty from Iowa State University's College of Veterinary Medicine, February 20, 2013.

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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!

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Track usage
through downloads
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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/

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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/

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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/

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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/

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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/

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Journals
• Full peer-review process
• Custom branding and
design
Example:
Animal Industry Reports,
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/

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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
hinefuku@iastate.edu