Presentation at Elsevier/Maryland Publishing Connect on March 31, 2014.

1. On Research Output and
Research Impact
Jeffrey Lancaster, Ph.D.
Emerging Technologies Coordinator
Columbia University Libraries
jeffrey.lancaster@columbia.edu
@j_lancaster
Slides – slideshare.net/jeffreylancaster

3. Group website is an
aggregation of a group’s
research output

4. What will the research
group website of the
future look like?

5. Want research output to be:
Searchable
Findable
Sharable
Reusable

6. APIs

7. APIs
API
=
Applica+on
Programming
Interface
–
enables
queries,
posts
to
databases

8. if [ ] then [ ].
post
to
facebook
post
to
twi.er
if [ ] then [ ].
check
in
at
airport
email
Mom
if [ ] then [ ].
RSS
item
starred
add
to
dra8
post
if [ ] then [ ].
RSS
item
tagged
add
to
googledoc
if trigger then action .

9. RSS
item
tagged
add
to
googledoc
RSS
item
starred
add
to
dra8
post
check
in
at
airport
email
Mom
post
to
facebook
post
to
twi.er
if trigger then action .
if
then
.
if
then
.
if
then
.
if
then
.

10. A
good
guide
to
what
apps
you
should
know/use

11. APIs
Portability of data
Metadata
Schema

12. Libraries are really good
at these things
Libraries are looking for
new roles to fill

17. Aggregation of Content

18. feed://news.columbia.edu/cu-­‐news/feed
RSS
=
Really
Simple
Syndica+on
–
a
protocol
to
deliver
content
(e.g.
feed://…)
RSS
Reader
–
a
tool
to
parse
and
format
RSS
content
(e.g.
Feedly)
Research Alerts via RSS

19. http://www.spatialinformationdesignlab.org/advp/library/books/
Serendipity

20. http://www.spatialinformationdesignlab.org/advp/library/books/
Serendipity

24. columbiascience.tumblr.com

26. Research Output

27. A
number
of
plaForms
exist
for
managing
lab
data,
replacing
paper
notebooks
Electronic Lab Notebooks, Blogs

28. A
number
of
plaForms
exist
for
managing
lab
data,
replacing
paper
notebooks
Electronic Lab Notebooks, Blogs

29. Share
research
components
to
make
them
discoverable
&
citable;
get
metrics

30. Share
research
components
to
make
them
discoverable
&
citable;
get
metrics

32. Unique
iden+fiers
for
researchers
to
cross-­‐reference
publica+ons,
ac+vi+es,
etc.
John
Smith
vs.
J.
Smith
vs.
John
D.
Smith
vs.
J.
D.
Smith
vs.
JD
Smith
vs.
…
Wang
Kim
vs.
W.
Kim
vs.
Kim
Wang
vs.
K.
Wang
…

33. Unique
iden+fiers
for
researchers
to
cross-­‐reference
publica+ons,
ac+vi+es,
etc.
John
Smith
vs.
J.
Smith
vs.
John
D.
Smith
vs.
J.
D.
Smith
vs.
JD
Smith
vs.
…
Wang
Kim
vs.
W.
Kim
vs.
Kim
Wang
vs.
K.
Wang
…
ORCID:
0000-­‐0003-­‐0458-­‐2127
ResearcherID:
J-­‐6870-­‐2012

34. Unique
iden+fiers
for
researchers
to
cross-­‐reference
publica+ons,
ac+vi+es,
etc.
John
Smith
vs.
J.
Smith
vs.
John
D.
Smith
vs.
J.
D.
Smith
vs.
JD
Smith
vs.
…
Wang
Kim
vs.
W.
Kim
vs.
Kim
Wang
vs.
K.
Wang
…
ORCID:
0000-­‐0003-­‐0458-­‐2127
ResearcherID:
J-­‐6870-­‐2012

35. Capture
overall
impact
of
a
publica+on
in
blogs,
tweets,
men+ons,
news,
etc.
Altmetric(s), Plum, ImpactStory

36. Capture
overall
impact
of
a
publica+on
in
blogs,
tweets,
men+ons,
news,
etc.
Altmetric(s), Plum, ImpactStory

37. Capture
overall
impact
of
a
publica+on
in
blogs,
tweets,
men+ons,
news,
etc.
Altmetric(s), Plum, ImpactStory

38. Organiza+on-­‐wide
aggrega+on
of
metrics,
output,
funding,
etc.
Symplectic Elements, Pure, etc.

39. Funders
are
beginning
to
mandate
deposit
of
open
access
versions
of
content
Path to OA, Institutional Repo.

40. Funding
may
no
longer
rely
upon
the
government.
Interested
communi+es,
engaged
by
social
media
presence,
are
key
to
raising
money
from
the
crowd.

41. Commen+ng
for
ANY
website,
w/
metrics,
modera+on,
&
easy
implementa+on
Foster a Discussion - disqus.com

42. Commen+ng
for
ANY
website,
w/
metrics,
modera+on,
&
easy
implementa+on
Foster a Discussion - disqus.com

43. Commen+ng
for
ANY
website,
w/
metrics,
modera+on,
&
easy
implementa+on
Foster a Discussion - disqus.com

44. Group Website of the Future

45. Group Website of the Future

46. Group Website of the Future

47. Group Website of the Future

48. perlsteinlab.com

49. What have I missed?
Gaps are opportunities
for growth

50. On Research Output and
Research Impact
Jeffrey Lancaster, Ph.D.
Emerging Technologies Coordinator
Columbia University Libraries
jeffrey.lancaster@columbia.edu
@j_lancaster
Slides – slideshare.net/jeffreylancaster