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Ten quick tips for making things findable

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  • Sarah Lin
  • Ibraheem Ali
  • Greg Wilson

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The distribution of scholarly content today happens in the context of an immense deluge of information found on the internet. As a result, researchers face serious challenges when archiving and finding information that relates to their work. Library science principles provide a framework for navigating information ecosystems in order to help researchers improve findability of their professional output. Here, we describe the information ecosystem which consists of users, context, and content, all 3 of which must be addressed to make information findable and usable. We provide a set of tips that can help researchers evaluate who their users are, how to archive their research outputs to encourage findability, and how to leverage structural elements of software to make it easier to find information within and beyond their publications. As scholars evaluate their research communication strategies, they can use these steps to improve how their research is discovered and reused.

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  • Sarah Lin & Ibraheem Ali & Greg Wilson, 2020. "Ten quick tips for making things findable," PLOS Computational Biology, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(12), pages 1-10, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pcbi00:1008469
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008469
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