Implementing and assessing a service to demonstrate public impact of faculty research in news and policy sources.
Academic Medical Centers
/ organization & administration
Humans
Information Storage and Retrieval
/ statistics & numerical data
Librarians
/ statistics & numerical data
Libraries, Medical
/ organization & administration
Library Collection Development
/ standards
Minnesota
Organizational Case Studies
Organizational Policy
Program Development
Program Evaluation
Journal
Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA
ISSN: 1558-9439
Titre abrégé: J Med Libr Assoc
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101132728
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Oct 2019
Oct 2019
Historique:
received:
01
03
2019
accepted:
01
06
2019
entrez:
15
10
2019
pubmed:
15
10
2019
medline:
5
3
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
As the need to demonstrate research impact increases, faculty are looking for new ways to show funders, departments, and institutions that their work is making a difference. While traditional metrics such as citation counts can tell one part of this story, these metrics are focused on the academic sphere and often miss the wide-ranging public impact that research can have in areas such as the news or policy documents. This case report describes how one library piloted and established the Policy & News Media Impact Service, where librarians generate reports for faculty members of the University of Minnesota Academic Health Center that tracks citations of their research in governmental and organizational policies as well as local, national, and international news media. Workflows of, resources used in, and faculty feedback on the service are described. This Policy & News Media Impact Service pilot was successful and resulted in the establishment of a permanent service that is available to all departments in the Academic Health Center. Faculty feedback indicated that the service was valuable in demonstrating the public impact of their research.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
As the need to demonstrate research impact increases, faculty are looking for new ways to show funders, departments, and institutions that their work is making a difference. While traditional metrics such as citation counts can tell one part of this story, these metrics are focused on the academic sphere and often miss the wide-ranging public impact that research can have in areas such as the news or policy documents.
CASE PRESENTATION
METHODS
This case report describes how one library piloted and established the Policy & News Media Impact Service, where librarians generate reports for faculty members of the University of Minnesota Academic Health Center that tracks citations of their research in governmental and organizational policies as well as local, national, and international news media. Workflows of, resources used in, and faculty feedback on the service are described.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
This Policy & News Media Impact Service pilot was successful and resulted in the establishment of a permanent service that is available to all departments in the Academic Health Center. Faculty feedback indicated that the service was valuable in demonstrating the public impact of their research.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31607816
doi: 10.5195/jmla.2019.709
pii: jmla-107-579
pmc: PMC6774553
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
News
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
579-587Informations de copyright
Copyright: © 2019, Authors.
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