Research Guides: UMassD Institutional Repository: Building Your Profile

Getting Started

Having a profile in the repository is a great way to showcase your research, academic activity, and other accomplishments and make your work accessible and discoverable. Take a look at at your colleagues' profiles to get a sense of what yours can look like.

UMass Dartmouth faculty and staff who would like to have a profile will work with the Library to get started.

Share Your Information

To activate your profile you will need to provide the library with some initial information to add to the repository. We ask that you download and complete a copy of our Faculty Information Template and return it to repository@umassd.edu along with any accompanying documents such as a current CV and a profile photo. Further instructions are available in the template document.

Our library staff will use the information you provide to populate your profile and research outputs. Once this is complete and your profile is made available in the repository, you will be able to login and further edit your information yourself.

Editing Your Profile

In order to access your profile, go to the repository and sign in using the button in the top right of the screen. This will allow you to sign in using your UMassD account.

Once you are signed in, you will be able to click on your profile picture in the top right corner to access the menu. Select "Your profile" to view your profile, and once on that page, use the "Edit profile" button at the top left above your photo to access your profile settings. You can also access the editor directly by selecting "Settings" from the user menu in the top right of the header.

The following options are available for you to customize your profile settings.

Profile	Name, including any variants of your name that may appear on your published works. You can select which name variant will be displayed on your profile. Global IDs such as ORCID or other unique identifiers that can help locate your work. Profile image.
About	Research topics or keywords that describe your field of work. Links to your website or other resources you want to highlight. Describe your research. This is your biography and will appear under "About" in your public profile. Honors and awards from recognized institutions. Education. Be careful when entering dates associated with your degree or certificate. Esploro sometimes saves the date as one year off from what you entered, so adjust accordingly.
Affiliations	Organizational affiliations. By default, this will include your current UMassD department, but you may add other current or past affiliations to other organizations. Display title. By default (if left blank), your title will display as Title, Department, School, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. When the library creates your profile, we will change this to Title of Department (e.g. Associate Professor of Public Policy).
Communication	Email addresses, telephone numbers, and addresses will be automatically populated and cannot be edited by users, but you may add additional information to display on your profile. If your contact information does not display correctly, please email repository@umassd.edu.
Researcher Proxies	Add a Proxy to Your Account
Metrics	Set the visibility of metrics on your profile.
Notifications	Select when to receive email notifications.

Adding a Proxy to Your Account

If you would like someone else, such as an administrative assistant, to have access to edit your profile for you, you may add them as a proxy from your profile settings. All you need to do is add their UMassD email.

Your Researcher Profile - Video

Check out this video from Ex Libris for more information on building your profile.