Doing More with Less: Featuring and Marketing Your Institutional Repository Collections
Abstract
What are some of the ways to promote your library digital collections on your institutional repository? Did you know that other than using social media posts, you can use ways to collaborate with various departments, highlight different types of collections in various types of blog posts and making good use of your featured page on your institutional repository?
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1 MONTHLY SPOTLIGHT Northeast Institutional Repository Day Conference 2025 https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/featured.html Featuring IR Collections: Alice Sherwood Texas Medical Center Library
2 MONTHLY SPOTLIGHT Northeast Institutional Repository Day Conference 2025 Feature Collections •10-15 items on “Monthly Spotlight” alternate every 30-60 days •Integrate between galleries, dissertation/theses, open access journal, open access research articles •Dependent on monthly health observances
3 OTHER WAYS TO PROMOTE Northeast Institutional Repository Day Conference 2025 Monthly Spotlight •Blog posts •Social Media (Instagram and Facebook) •Newsletters
4 WHY IS THIS BENEFICIAL? Northeast Institutional Repository Day Conference 2025 Without Use of “Feature” •Lower online traffic on a long-term basis •Feature collections don’t seem like feature after a while With Use of “Feature” •Higher online traffic on a long-term basis •Keeps the feature collections robust •Supporting institutions or other departments appreciate having their work highlighted, strengthening partnership– more submissions in the long run
5 MAKE COLLECTION “FEATURED” COLLECTION Edit Settings on Configuration Page •Visibility: Featured Collection, make sure this is checked, provide a good image no wider than 225px •Better: Edit the page title and text for Search Engine Optimization •Even better: Use <div class=“cut”>in your series or gallery page to optimize your featured item Northeast Institutional Repository Day Conference 2025
6 Elsevier impact Conference 2025
7 THANK YOU Northeast Institutional Repository Day Conference 2025 https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/featured.html Alice Sherwood (713) 795-4200 [email protected]