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标题：Implementing and assessing a service to demonstrate public impact of faculty research in news and policy sources
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作者：Caitlin J. Bakker ; Jenny McBurney ; Katherine V. Chew 等
期刊名称：Bulletin of the Medical Library Association
印刷版ISSN：0025-7338
出版年度：2019
卷号：107
期号：4
页码：579-587
DOI：10.5195/jmla.2019.709
出版社：Medical Library Association
摘要：Background As the need to demonstrate research impact increases, faculty are looking for new ways to show funders, departments, and institutions that their work is making a difference. While traditional metrics such as citation counts can tell one part of this story, these metrics are focused on the academic sphere and often miss the wide-ranging public impact that research can have in areas such as the news or policy documents. Case Presentation This case report describes how one library piloted and established the Policy & News Media Impact Service, where librarians generate reports for faculty members of the University of Minnesota Academic Health Center that tracks citations of their research in governmental and organizational policies as well as local, national, and international news media. Workflows of, resources used in, and faculty feedback on the service are described. Conclusions This Policy & News Media Impact Service pilot was successful and resulted in the establishment of a permanent service that is available to all departments in the Academic Health Center. Faculty feedback indicated that the service was valuable in demonstrating the public impact of their research.