Scholars@TAMU is a researcher information management (RIM) system that collects and organizes data about faculty, researchers, and organizations at Texas A&M University. Scholars@TAMU is an open-source extension of the VIVO semantic-web application that enables discovery of research and scholarship across disciplines and connects to Texas A&M Libraries' databases of research work. The data are compiled into personal and organizational profiles that users can edit to best represent their scholarship and expertise.
This system helps to:
Departments and researchers can assign delegates to update their profiles. Delegates are empowered to claim scholarly works on behalf of researchers to reduce researchers timemaintaining up-to-date profiles.
Websites and Other Directories - The Scholars@TAMU team works with stakeholders to dynamically provide current and accurate data via an Application Programming Interface(API), facilitating the re-use of data for departmental websites and other purposes. Major consumers of the API currently include the Energy Institute, College of Medicine, research intelligence reports, and Interfolio Faculty180.
Embeddable Publications Widget - Researchers and web developers will have the capability to copy and paste a web script from Scholars@TAMU to embed a list of publications in their web pages.
Single Page Bio and Profile Summary - Users can export and print a summary in Word or PDF that includes their photo and profile overview. These summaries can be used for speaker introductions and publication bios.
Export Search Results - Results from the Scholars@TAMU search can be exported in CSV format to create reports, run analyses, and pre-populate forms.
Altmetric and Dimensions badges are available on Scholars@TAMU profiles to highlight the usage of your scholarly works.
Institutional repository document information is included from various repositories, allowing researchers to include more Scholarly Works in their profile.
Researcher profiles are created using a variety of linked data sources, generating a first pass presentation of your scholarly information. We continue to explore additional data sources to enhance discoverability. We request your participation to update your profile and improve its accuracy.
Researchers and Departments can assign delegates to update their profiles.
Watch our brief tutorial on how to create and manage your profile. If you have additional questions or comments, please contact us at scholars@library.tamu.edu.
TAMU Directory Information: Researcher names, departments, positions, and contact information, including addresses and phone numbers (more info).
Departments: Information about educational backgrounds, photos, and research overviews. These are manually extracted from department websites and CVs.
Symplectic Elements: Publications. Symplectic Elements is a tool for automatically identifying publications and harvesting metadata from various databases.
OAKTrust institutional repository: Open Access publications, teaching materials, grey literature, and theses and dissertations where faculty acted as an academic advisor.
Compass (Texas A&M University’s student information system): Courses taught. Scholars@TAMU will only include courses taught in the past two years.
Scholars@TAMU is a system provided by the Texas A&M University Libraries. It is an implementation of the open-source VIVO networking tool. If you have further questions, please email scholars@library.tamu.edu.
Ethel Mejia, Senior Data Analyst
James Creel, Director of Scholarly Communications and Data Services
Doug Hahn, Associate University Librarian for Information Access, Discovery, and Stewardship
