Earlier this month, Levy Library set up shop at a Graduate School holiday event to promote the platforms ORCID and PlumX.
ORCID is a tool that provides each user with a unique personal identifier to be used when engaging in research, scholarship and other professional activities. This identifier helps create transparency and accuracy in research contribution. PlumX, developed by Plum Analytics, is a platform that aggregates an article's metrics into one dashboard. These metrics include usage, mentions, captures, social media and citations. PlumX lets authors gain insight into not just the article's usage by other researchers but also the impact among casual readers.
Representing Levy Library were Gali Halevi, Peter Huang, and Chelsea Gizzi. They attended the event to encourage graduate students to sign up for these platforms early and get a head start on planning their publishing careers.
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