Words of Wisdom to help you advance your research career
Professor Alan Johnson shares his key principles for achieving success in a research career. This special presentation was recorded in Trinity College, Dublin in July, last year.
Emeritus Professor Alan Johnson AM, has 30 years of research, research management and research training experience in a range of organizations, including universities, Australian Government agencies and international research organizations.
In recognition of his service to science in the field of molecular parasitology, to scientific research and education, and as Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal for Parasitology, he was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 2006.
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Dr. Peter Brimblecombe of the University of East Anglia is a member of the title selection committee for Scopus. He discusses how he uses Scopus to enhance Research Workflow.
How does Scopus help particular users like an editor or researcher? Dr. Gerard Pfann of the University of Maastricht is the editor of a major Economics Journal and answers the question above.
Subject Chair of the Scopus Content Selection and Advisory Board Dr. David Rew discusses his inspiration and gives other thoughts on striving for excellence. This video gives a glimpse into the personalities on the independent board the CSAB.
Dra. Adrianna Ortiz of the top university in Mexico UNAM discusses how Scopus enhances research workflow and does so in the Spanish language itself.
Ms. Olga Kirolova of the All Russian Institute for Science & Technology provides a rare Russian language talk on how Scopus is used to enhance research workflow in Russia.
Applications are fast becoming the rage in terms of delivering dynamic, functional, and valuable content to users at research institutions. Peter Clinton, Director of IT Services, at the University of Toronto a Top 100 Research University joins Best Practices TV to share some of his insights on applications for both web and mobile access.
Looking for an example of how to show that the library is not just a repository of books? Does your administration have difficulty seeing the STRATEGIC value of the university library? Here is a practical example of how the library at Wageningen University in Holland was able to show the strategic value in the area of research performance and evaluation. By using A&I database information they put together a method by which researchers and administrators had visibility into the output of the researcher via metrics.Wouter Gerritsma, Information Specialist, of Wageningen University explains how they library has now been cited as a best practice for researchers and a mandated evaluation resource for the school. Wageningen University is a development partner of Elsevier Inc.
Maria Brahme, Subject Librarian at Pepperdine University gives us her Best Practices on aligning the library's resources with University faculty thereby increasing usage on campus. By cultivating relationships with faculty champions and "thinking outside of the library" use of the University's databases increased.
Roger Hines, Subject Librarian at Sheffield-Hallam University discusses some of the techniques the University has employed to help students with referencing their research properly. Roger also discusses how the library has employed the use of digital television to build awareness and foster community.
Jeroen Bosman, subject librarian, of Utrecht University in The Netherlands discusses 3 real case scenarios of how you can have your users get the most out of Scopus tools. Offer an easy-to-use, reliable abstract and citation database to your users.
NJIT Librarian Haymwantee Singh, MS, MLS shares a succesful story on marketing the online database Scopus on campus. This best practice can be applied to several library resources as it uses creative offline techniques to increase usage and adoption of Scopus into a user's workflow. This is a MUST watch for any librarian or content manager.
Increasing usage of the library's resources by making it easier for users to find the content that they are looking for. Also interesting advice for up and coming librarians provided by experts at one of the top research universities in the world The University of Vienna, Austria.
Donna Gibson, Library Director at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center shares some insightful thoughts on beginning the conversation for a mobile library strategy. Donna sits down with Best Practices TV and discusses user assessments, vendors and how to begin the process of implementing the mobile library at your institution
Bonus clip from the University of Vienna where Head Librarian Juan Gorraiz explains the bust that was in the corner during our previous interview for BPTV Best Practices TV
How can applications make a positive impact on the scientific research workflow? Rafael Sidi, VP of SciVerse Applications and Developer Network at Elsevier explains.