At one point BibApp looked like it was going to be a good alternative to #3 on Bohyun's hierarchy Release 1.0 was made in July 2010, so I don't know if it is still being worked on. http://bibapp.org/ On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 12:08 PM, Bohyun Kim <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Allie, > > (With the caveat that compiling the comprehensive faculty publication db > is not a walk in the park at all particularly if you want to include the > publications from when the faculty were working at other institutions and > also by all types of faculty- not just full-time or tenured.) > > You can do any of these: > > 1. RefShare list through Refworks > 2. RSS feeds from databases (by looking up the institution of the author) > 3. Build Custom database (Ours beta site is at: > http://bayonet.fiu.edu/library/facpub/ if you want to take a look) > 4. Use IR > 5. License proprietary products (e.g. Digital Measures or Sedona) > > At MPOW, we tried 1 and 2 but switched to 3 recently. We have IR but do > not use it for faculty publication database purposes But we are thinking > about using it in conjunction with 3 so that 3 would link to the full-text > if there exists any pre/post print articles in the IR. > > My college (medical school) is also considering 5. I was in the meeting > with the vendors for these products and they do much more than keeping > track of publications and do keep track of all faculty activities - > publication, services, committees, courses, teachings, conference > presentations, etc. for statistical purposes. But faculty members are asked > to enter the items themselves (or find the department staff who will do it > for them). > > ~Bohyun > > --- > Bohyun Kim, MA, MSLIS > Digital Access Librarian > [log in to unmask] > 305-348-1471 > Medical Library, College of Medicine > Florida International University > http://medlib.fiu.edu > http://medlib.fiu.edu/m (Mobile) > > ________________________________________ > From: Code for Libraries [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Alevtina > Verbovetskaya [[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Friday, October 25, 2013 11:35 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [CODE4LIB] Faculty publication database > > Hi guys, > > Does your library maintain a database of faculty publications? How do you > do it? > > Some things I've come across in my (admittedly brief) research: > - RSS feeds from the major databases > - RefWorks citation lists > > These options do not necessarily work for my university, made up of 24 > colleges/institutions, 6,700+ FT faculty, and 270,000+ degree-seeking > students. > > Does anyone have a better solution? It need not be searchable: we are just > interested in pulling a periodical report of articles written by our > faculty/students without relying on them self-reporting > days/weeks/months/years after the fact. > > Thanks! > Allie > > -- > Alevtina (Allie) Verbovetskaya > Web and Mobile Systems Librarian > Office of Library Services > City University of New York > 555 W 57th St, Ste. 1325 > New York, NY 10019 > 1-646-313-8158 > [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> >