I recently noticed that the automated numbering of records for new items in Academic Works was approaching the 1000 threshold. On a whim, this afternoon I checked to see how many works were posted and today is the day we hit 1000! A mathematics article helped us achieve this goal.
With her permission, I added Generalization of bi-canonical degrees, co-authored by Dr. Laura Ghezzi (Mathematics), earlier today. Before adding Dr. Ghezzi’s article, we met and had a great conversation about the value of Academic Works as a means to increase the discoverability of one’s publications.
Although Dr. Ghezzi shares her publications on arXiv, a widely used subject repository for physics, computer science, astronomy, and mathematics, we decided that adding this article to Academic Works could potentially bring her new readers and potential citations. We discussed how the version in arXiv is very, very close to the version published formally by Springer so there would be no issue with the version of record (the article formally published by Springer) being meaningfully better than the preprint in arXiv.
City Tech added the most items to the Publications and Research series in Academic Works for 2021-22 of all CUNY campuses. THANK YOU to all the faculty and undergraduate researchers who contributed their scholarship to Academic Works!
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Demystifying Academic Works (Express Workshop: 30 minutes) October 19, 4-4:30 PM
What is Academic Works and how does it benefit you as a scholar? You will learn more about how and why publishers allow you to contribute to Academic Works and the many benefits to sharing your scholarship openly to you, your students, and the public. Registration
For Spring 2021, we’re introducing new, shorter workshops introducing attendees to useful tools that help us document the impact of our research, boost our presence, or help manage our writing process. Our first express workshop was on the ORCID author identifier on March 11 and the workshop slides are available online.
Google Scholar Profile (Express Workshop) April 6, 3-3:30 PM Google Scholar Profiles provide an easy way for you to showcase your individual scholarship and, more importantly, easily examine who is citing your work and find citation counts. Registration Freely Available Scholarly Metrics (Express Workshop) April 7, 4-4:30 PM Covers Google Scholar Profile for citations and Google Scholar for journal rankings, Scimago for journal rankings, Altmetric Attention Scores for social media, and download reports from Academic Works (and other repositories). We’ll also touch on finding individual journal acceptance rates as well as Journal Impact Factors. Registration
Zotero Basics April 26, 2-3 PM Attendees will learn the capabilities of this powerful, free open-source reference management software program. The session covers the functionalities of the Zotero client, adding the Zotero plugin to your browser, and importing citations to generate a bibliography. To maximize our workshop time, please download Zotero from https://www.zotero.org and create your username and password in the Zotero client software by going to EDIT > PREFERENCES > >SYNC Registration
Demystifying Academic Works (Express Workshop) May 4, 3-3:30 PM What is Academic Works and how does it benefit you as a scholar? You will learn more about how and why publishers allow you to contribute to Academic Works and the many benefits to sharing your scholarship openly to you, your students, and the public. Registration
Zotero Basics May 11, 3-4 PM Attendees will learn the capabilities of this powerful, free open-source reference management software program. The session covers the functionalities of the Zotero client, adding the Zotero plugin to your browser, and importing citations to generate a bibliography. To maximize our workshop time, please download Zotero from https://www.zotero.org and create your username and password in the Zotero client software by going to EDIT > PREFERENCES > >SYNC Registration
Avoiding Predatory Journals and Conferences (Faculty Commons, Faculty Fridays) May 14 12-1 PM Predatory journals and conferences are a hot topic but frequently misunderstood. We’ll debunk some myths and learn more about predatory journal and conference characteristics as well as how to thoughtfully evaluate a journal or conference before submitting. This workshop will include hands-on activities. Registration
Our Scholarly Publishing Clinic is available on-demand and during our office hour at 12 PM every last Thursday of the month. We provide one-on-one consultations as well as workshops that fit your schedule.
Spring semester is complete. Grades have been submitted and now our energies are increasingly focused on scholarship.
Do you need help with any aspect of scholarly publishing? Our Scholarly Publishing Clinic is available for virtual consultations. Learn how to pick the best journal or publisher for your article or book, retain rights as an author, create a Google Scholar profile or search alert, use Academic Works and citation managers, and more.
Email Prof. Monica Berger to schedule your consultation and discuss your preferences for shared communication. Use this form to give us advance notice of your question. Don’t forget that you can also reach out to your subject liaison in the library. Questions? Contact Prof. Monica Berger at mberger@citytech.cuny.edu
P.S. We’ll be offering our self-guided series Boost Your Scholarly Profile as usual this summer. Look for an all-faculty email soon.
Don’t sign away your rights! Your decisions today regarding your scholarship can affect you in the future. Learn how to better understand publisher contracts and how you can keep key rights to your scholarship by using the SPARC Author Addendum, a legal instrument that modifies the publisher’s agreement.
Wine and cheese will be served!
Open to all City Tech Faculty
DATE: April 26, 2017
VENUE: Multimedia Projection Room, Atrium 432
TIME: 4-5:30 http://library.citytech.cuny.edu
Our Academic Works posting parties are a special opportunity for us to meet faculty. Yesterday, I met Claudia Hernandez from Architectural Technology. She and Ting Chin presented a paper at the national conference related to first year students in design and architecture, National Conference of the Beginning Design Student.
They wrote a wonderful paper ANALOG:DIGITAL, The Digital Spine: A 1 x 1 Strategy for Integrating Digital Tools in Foundation Design Studios. The problem is that the paper is only available as part of an entire book for sale on Lulu.com.
Not only is it hard to find their article, no one can read their work unless they buy the ebook. And their work isn’t preserved for perpetuity.
But now that their article in Academic Works, they are part of the conversation of scholarship. Other architecture and design instructors interested in pedagogy will find their work and it will rise towards the top in a Google Scholar search. We look forward to learning more about any new opportunities that arise out of Claudia and Ting sharing via Academic Works.
Remember, Academic Works helps amplify the impact of your scholarship whether it is published in a traditional journal or not. For work that isn’t easy to find or isn’t freely online, Academic Works is your best opportunity to get out there! And, as a bonus, you get monthly reports of how many times your work has been downloaded which is evidence of the impact of your work.
Learn how CUNY’s institutional repository can help maximize your research impact. We will demonstrate how to post your scholarly work to Academic Works and talk more about your rights as an author. Bring your files on a flash drive, including conference presentations, and we’ll guide you through the process of posting your work. The final, peer-reviewed version of an article (not the published version) is best but feel free to bring what you have. Open to all City Tech Faculty DATES: March 29, 3-4:00 VENUE: Library Eclassroom, Atrium 540 http://library.citytech.cuny.edu RSVP and questions to Prof. Monica Berger mberger@citytech.cuny.edu
Social networking services for academics are great for networking and getting feedback but at what cost to your privacy? How are these services monetizing you and your work? “Do academic social networks share academics’ interests?” in the Times Higher Education is truly eyeopening! And don’t forget that Academia.edu is not an .edu and should be a .com.
There are many other ways to share your scholarship including depositing your work in Academic Works and subject pre-print repositories.
I recently noticed that the automated numbering of records for new items in Academic Works was approaching the 1000 threshold. On a whim, this afternoon I checked to see how many works were posted and today is the day we hit 1000! A mathematics article helped us achieve this goal.
