Office of Library and Information Services (OLIS)

Active methods (most effective)

• One-on-one liaison meetings and consultations
• Presentations to faculty
  • New faculty orientations
  • Department meetings
  • Faculty organization meetings
  • “Lunch n’ Learn” or brown bag sessions 
• Participation in campus writing and/or research-related events
  • “Research days"
  • Faculty/disciplinary retreats,
  •  Conferences / poster sessions
• Organized training sessions
  • “Lunch n’ Learn” or brown bag workshops
  • Instruction sessions for graduate students
  • Library-sponsored Faculty development workshops 
  • Partner with campus faculty development personnel to offer training
• Develop and foster relationships with faculty, recruit champions
  • Join campus committees 
  • Participate in faculty governance

Passive methods 

• Link to IR submission information from library home page (easy to find)
• Link from other department sites where possible (Research Admin, Graduate Studies, writing center, etc.)
• Posters/fliers in high-traffic areas on campus
• All-faculty or campus-wide emails 
• Social media (blog postings, fb, etc.)
  • Highlight success stories, authors, high usage items
  • Highlight select interesting deposits
• Search engine optimization – make your IR-related web pages easier to find
  • Add in-bound links from other campus websites, social media, Wikipedia, etc.
  • Update page content regularly
  • Use descriptive text and metadata on web pages