Mar 10, 2025
Today’s episode features a roundtable discussion on Research Impact. Caroline Goldsmith, Associate Director, Charleston Hub, talks with Rachel Borchardt, Scholarly Communication Librarian and University Library Faculty, American University; Andrea Hebert, Research Impact Librarian, Louisiana State University; and Camille Gamboa, AVP, Corporate Communications, Sage.
This conversation features both the librarian perspective and the publisher perspective of how each defines and supports research impact at their institutions, how the conversation has expanded over the years, and why forward thinking is crucial to meet the challenges such as academic silos, the dominance of traditional metrics, and the lack of commitment from U.S. universities to initiatives like DORA, and to support more effective impact of research. Librarians have an important role in shaping these conversations and helping institutions move beyond traditional metrics. We also discuss Policy Maps, which is a free tool offered by Sage for individual researchers to determine their policy impact.
The video of this interview can be found here: https://youtu.be/j_9r8igeJX4
Social Media:
LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/caroline-goldsmith-94459112/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-borchardt-01358241/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-hebert-b83844263/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/camillegamboa/
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