This genre of tools and services go by various names, which are summarized here: https://www.cni.org/topics/assessment/practices-and-patterns-in-research-information-management-findings-from-a-global-survey You might be interested in this Wikipedia page, which covers these and solution that researchers can use on their own (like LinkedIn): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_research_networking_tools_and_research_profiling_systems Kevin On 6/25/19 7:50 PM, Amy Drayer wrote: > Dear Niqui and Code4Lib: > > The University of Minnesota has done this with Experts@Minnesota: > https://experts.umn.edu/ > > Here's a general interview of the application: > https://www.lib.umn.edu/about/experts > > > On Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 10:13 AM Niqui O'Neill <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> We have found a lot of researchers are not aware of what other researchers >> on campus are working on. We are looking at ways of encouraging cross >> department collaboration and/or providing researchers with the information >> they need to find the right person to help with a project. If someone is >> doing work in this area I would love to talk about some of your approaches >> and would love to see examples of the work in this area, specifically >> looking at technical solutions. >> >> Thanks, >> Niqui O'Neill >> >> Digital Technologies Development Librarian >> >> NC State University Libraries >> >> Office: (919) 515-5446 >> >> My pronouns are she, her, and hers >>