Re: [CODE4LIB] Research Gate vs. Institutional Repositories

2014-03-30 Thread Michael J. Giarlo
Hi Matt, I haven't heard very many folks asking about Research Gate on campus myself, though I don't often get to directly engage researchers. That said, social features don't have to be orthogonal to repository services. In fact, we incorporated a bunch of these -- sharing with

[CODE4LIB] Research Gate vs. Institutional Repositories

2014-03-25 Thread Matthew Sherman
Hi Code4Libbers, Hope everyone is enjoying the conference. I am sad I was unable to make it but I like what I have been able to catch of the livestream. Anyway, I wanted to get some community thoughts on an issue I have been noticing lately. I have run into an assortment of faculty that are

Re: [CODE4LIB] Research Gate vs. Institutional Repositories

2014-03-25 Thread Thomas Krichel
Matthew Sherman writes I have run into an assortment of faculty that are convinced the Research Gate should replace the institutional repository at their schools. It will only be a short time until ResearchGate is sold to an established player. I heard from a well-informed source that