{"207321":{"#nid":"207321","#data":{"type":"news","title":"GTScholar Makes it Easier for Faculty\/Researchers to Maintain Information on Research and Scholarly Activities","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech faculty, researchers, and support staff spend considerable time each year gathering information for annual activity reports, promotion and tenure packages, curriculum vitae updates, grant applications, and related professional information and documentation. But, in the coming months, they will be able to more effectively maintain the information related to their scholarly and research activities using an Institute-wide system called GTScholar.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe new system is one of the outcomes of the Georgia Tech Strategic Plan and furthers the specific goal of sustaining and enhancing excellence in scholarship and research. The system is designed to save time and reduce administrative burdens by creating an internal online profile for each Georgia Tech faculty member and researcher. Once a profile is created, GTScholar simplifies the updating process, making it easier to prepare grant applications, find collaborators, and promote research work \u2013 all through one portal.\u0026nbsp; Essentially, GTScholar will ultimately streamline the management of professional, research, and scholarly information into a central repository.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGTScholar will offer a service relevant to all Georgia Tech faculty members and researchers by compiling their research, teaching, publications, and professional activities information in one central location,\u201d said Rafael L. Bras, provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs. \u201cAs both a researcher and an administrator, I see the potential for multiple uses of this comprehensive, convenient system.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGTScholar will:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EGenerate annual activity and sponsor reports, as well as content for promotion and tenure packages.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EProduce CVs, including customized CVs for agencies such as National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EProvide configurable Web feeds for updating campus websites.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAssist in capturing and preserving scholarly content in the Georgia Tech institutional repository, SMARTech.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EFacilitate collaborative research and networking opportunities.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EProvide up-to-date info on faculty\/researcher publications, books, journals, and other scholarly activities.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EHelp connect news media and industry professionals with experts.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EProvide access to the information needed by Georgia Tech\u2019s communications professionals to identify faculty experts and promote their work.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022GTScholar will make it easier to identify research collaborators from across our entire campus,\u0022 said Ravi Bellamkonda, associate vice president for Research and a biomedical engineering faculty member. \u0022Our research sponsors are placing greater value on interdisciplinary activities, and this tool gives faculty a campuswide view of expertise, enabling the development of diverse teams spanning multiple units and departments. Additionally,\u0026nbsp;GTScholar will enable us to get a better understanding of our scholarly impact, providing a mechanism to better recognize and celebrate the innovative scholarship of our faculty and students.\u0026nbsp;\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe functionalities of GTScholar will be accomplished using a phased-in approach based on feedback from various campus groups. Beta testers are needed to discover flaws and improve the system\u2019s usability; faculty\/researchers interested in volunteering to test the system or wanting to share feedback and ideas, should email: \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:gtscholar@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Egtscholar@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Beta testers are needed to assess the new faculty profile system\u2019s usability."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis new system is designed to save time and reduce the administrative burden by creating an internal online profile for each Georgia Tech faculty and researcher. Once a profile is set up, GTScholar streamlines the updating process, making it easier to prepare grant applications, find collaborators, and promote work from one portal.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"GTScholar aims to streamline the management of professional research and scholarly information into a central repository."}],"uid":"27268","created_gmt":"2013-04-17 15:46:45","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:04","author":"Kirk Englehardt","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-04-17T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-04-17T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtscholar.gatech.edu\/","title":"GT Scholar Website"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"64311","name":"Faculty Profile System"},{"id":"64321","name":"GTScholar"},{"id":"4452","name":"proposals"},{"id":"64341","name":"Publications"},{"id":"64331","name":"Vita"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["gtscholar@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}