Selecting Publishing/Dissemination Outlets

Helen Fallon, Deputy Librarian, Maynooth University, helen.b.fallon@nuim.ie

Key Questions

• What is the purpose of your research/scholarship?

• Who is the audience?

Disseminating Your Scholarship• Newsletter (organisation or professional body)

• Journal article (professional or peer reviewed)

• Book – proposal template (academic publisher, inhouse, collaboration) – Book launch

• Book Chapter

• Conference Paper/Poster/Exhibition

• Blog post

• Tweet

• Website

• Radio/Television/Newspapers

• Soundcloud

• Slideshare

Identifying Outlets• Who do you want to reach? What is your purpose?

• Do a library database search on your topic to see where else articles on this topic have been published

• See what other Irish University staff and researchers are doing at www.rian.ie

• Do a google search on your topic

• Professional Networks - EDIN, AISHE, electronic discussion lists have calls for papers/posters etc.

• Ask colleagues

• Tweet

All Ireland Society for Higher Education - www.aishe.org

AISHE-JOpen Access Peer-reviewed electronic journalPublished twice a year – one issue themedContact Saranne Magennis with suggestions atSP.Magennis@nuim.ie

AISHE Readings seriesShort coursesAISHE mailing list & membershipHelen Guerin, UCD at helen.guerin@ucd.ie

Open Access

Archiving Policy

Finally• Use the same name form throughout your career

• Check the preferred form for institutional affiliation

• Keep pre-prints and post-prints

• Keep an up-to-date profile

• Give articles meaningful titles

• Consider keywords/metadata

• Check where the journal is indexed

• Add your profile to your email signature

• Use social and professional networks effectively