Connecting With Our Community: Using BibApp to Showcase Academic Medical Center Faculty and their Research

Abstract

Objective: To determine how scholarly publishing and public access at the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC) can be promoted using BibApp, a tool that identifies experts on campus, promotes their research, and archives their work. Setting: The Archie R. Dykes Library at the University of Kansas Medical Center, which serves the schools of medicine, nursing, allied health, and a teaching hospital. The library has a liaison program to facilitate work with the schools and hospital. Methods: Stakeholders from each school with an interest in promoting public access and showcasing faculty scholarship were identified. A pilot site was developed to demonstrate how each school would be presented in BibApp, and demonstrations were given to illustrate the connection between publication data in BibApp, public access content in the library's digital repository, and the steps needed in between to secure copyright compliance and author permissions. Demonstrations also included examples of exporting publication data for use in CVs and annual reports.