Scholarly Communication

Scholarly Communication encompasses the scholarly research lifecycle from research to publication. Each stage of this process is affected by decisions made at previous stages, and ultimately effects how faculty and graduate research is disseminated and used. As a liaison librarian, you should be familiar with each stage of the research lifecycle, but also the related issues such as copyright, author rights, research data management and storage, publishing, open access, and digital archiving. 

The Scholarly Communication and Data Services department provides expertise and support to UNLV scholars throughout the research lifecycle. Current initiatives of this dynamic and growing department include:

• supporting researchers with open access publishing options and authors rights
• managing and growing the institutional repository, Digital Scholarship@UNLV
• supporting and educating UNLV researchers and administrators in their use of impact metric tools
• assisting researchers in managing their online identities and reputation
• providing consultations and partnering with instructors on topics related to data visualization and GIS, and providing data management resources