Scholarly Communication at UNLV

This section is here for Liaisons (and other library faculty/staff) to have access to tools and resources that will help them talk to faculty and graduate students about Scholarly Communication Initiatives and scholarly communication topics. 

Jump to information about:

Guide to SCI Libguides

SCI Faculty "Talking Points"

Scholarly Communications resources at UNLV

Open Access overview

Looking for information on a topic but not sure which guide to use? A complete listing of our guides, along with related ones created by other library staff, is located on the home page of this guide. Below is some information to help you find what you're looking for.

Publishing scholarly works

• Check out our guide on the Scholarly Publishing process
  • All authors should know their rights! Here is our guide on protecting them when publishing.
• We have a guide on publishing Open Access, which includes a section on Avoiding Predatory Publishers and Article Processing Charges
  • While you're there, check out our Open Article Fund to help faculty with APCs!
• We have a step-by-step guide for faculty to participate in UNLV's institutional repository, Digital Scholarship@UNLV
• For those looking to publish their datasets, check out our information on Data Repositories and Storage

Navigating Copyright

• Not sure what Creative Commons is? Check out our guide, created in collaboration with Knowledge Production, on the topic.
• For navigating the complexities of copyrighted materials, direct faculty to our guide on Copyright and Author Rights
• For those not familiar with Open Access, share our guide on the topic, which has definitions of common terms and lots of good info!

Metrics and Managing Your Reputation

• For tips and tricks that faculty can use to create a positive online presence, direct them to our guide on Online Reputation Management
• To make sure you (or a faculty member/graduate student) aren't confused with another author, refer to our information on Researcher Identifiers and our guide all about ORCID.
• For those in the Humanities, check out this great resource on tracking scholarship created by our Humanities Liaison, Priscilla Finley.
• To learn about metrics and how they work, direct faculty to our guide on Bibliometrics and Altmetrics.
  • To get more in depth (and visual) explanations of metrics badges, check out this page on Altmetrics and this one on PlumX Metrics.
• To learn about how publishing Open Access can increase the reach of an article, check out our guides on Open Access and Digital Scholarship@UNLV (our institutional repository).