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Capability Framework [V1]

Supporting researcher-facing librarians to successfully deliver inside-out services and support.

Scholarly Communication Capabilities

This example is based on data collected during the building of the framework.  It illustrates how capabilities can be mapped to Scholarly Communication tasks at different levels.  Learn more about how the data was collected and analysed on the Methodology page.

Kerry promotes and facilitates the use of the Institutional Repository.  They advise researchers on what version of an output they can legally self-archive and when.  They promote the benefits of using the Institutional Repository to increase discoverability and potentially increase citations. 

Kerry talks to researchers about open access, what it means, the benefits, and how to achieve it.  They help researchers met any funding requirements.

Kerry promotes the adoption of ORCiD IDs for name disambiguation and bringing together a researcher’s stories e.g. publications, funding, memberships, affiliations etc. 

 
   

Kerry provides consultations and workshops to teach staff and students how to evaluate journals using various metrics and to use that data to inform where to publish. 

Kerry supports researchers to develop strategies to increase the discoverability of their outputs such as using scholarly networking platforms, social media, and public online profiles like Publons and Google Scholar. 

 

 
   

Kerry supports the integration of ORCiD IDs into other institutional systems. 

Kerry promotes and facilitates the use of publication and data sharing platforms beyond the Institutional Repository, for example pre-print servers and data repositories.

Kerry tracks and reports data on the percentage of outputs currently open.  They may benchmark the institution’s performance against other similar institutions.