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Promotion of SOAR
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