Your personal page – what is it and why is it important?

The information in the box at the top of the page is retrieved from databases in the university's various systems. You can't change it yourself.

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  Name: Fetched from Primula. Contact the Office of Human Resources if the name is incorrect.
• Job title: Primula. Contact the Office of Human Resources to change the title permanently. Contact the Communications Office to change to or from a temporary title (e.g. Head of Department or Dean) or to/from associate professor.
• Faculty/department/division: Fetched from Primula.
• Phone number, room: The switching system. Contact Service Center to make changes.
• E-mail: The account management system. Contact the IT department to make changes.

Add a photo of yourself – it makes a difference! A portrait photo on your personal page gives a welcoming impression and makes it easier for others to find you. That is why we encourage you to book a photo session with one of our photographers in Kalmar or Växjö. Read more about how to book a personal photo session.

The photo will appear on your personal page and can also be downloaded in high resolution. You can refer media to the page, or use the photo yourself in, for example, journals or book projects. For external use, the photographer’s name must be stated – usually “Linnaeus University”.

If you are unable to come to us, you are welcome to take your own photo (or ask someone to help you). Choose a light, plain-coloured background and make sure the lighting is good. The photo should be taken at a suitable close distance with a mobile phone or camera.

Send the photo in its original format to the Communications Office – bear in mind that some email apps automatically reduce image quality if you don’t select the option to send in full size.

If you use a private photo, you must ensure that it may be used under a Creative Commons licence – meaning that third parties (such as Linnaeus University or the media) are also free to use it.

Directly below the information box, you will find the button Edit my information. Click on this to add or update information about you.

• Tick whether you are a teacher and/or researcher. This information is important as it is used to improve the search function at Lnu.se.
• Choose whether or not your mobile number should be shown (as a standard, it is not shown).
• Below this, there a four boxes in which you add texts about yourself and the work you do. If you do not write anything, the field is not shown. Write in Swedish on your Swedish page and in English on your English page! Remember to include keywords that describe your work. Keep in mind that visitors to Lnu.se have different backgrounds and knowledge.
  • In the field About me, write a summary about yourself, your background and your work at Linnaeus University.
  • In the field Teaching, describe the teaching that you do.
  • In the field Research, describe the research you conduct.
  • In the field Commissions, describe any commissions you have, within or outside the university.
• When you are done, click Save.

Go to Staff (the English version of Medarbetare), Lnu.se/en/medarbetare, and click your name in the top right corner. Alternatively, go to your personal page in English at Lnu.se/en. Do as under the heading Presentation text in Swedish above, but write the texts in English.

The research groups to which you belong and the research projects that you are working with or have worked with will be shown automatically on your personal page. If these are not correct, contact the Communications Office.

Below the information about you, you will find the button Settings for groups/projects. Normally, there is no point in changing anything, but by clicking it, you can:

• Choose to show the research groups to which you belong and your ongoing and completed research projects as cards, as a list, or not to show them at all.
• When you are done, click Save.

At the bottom of your personal page your publications are listed, which are retrieved from the database Diva. When you register a publication, always state your username, your department at the time of publication, research subject, and any research group (check with the research director what applies). If you do not do this, your publications will not be listed in the correct way on Lnu.se.

If there are multiple authors at Linnaeus University for the same publication, you must state the user names of all authors. If you experience problems registering a publication in Diva, please contact our Diva support.

Administer the display of your publications

Log in via Staff or Lnu.se, if you have not already done so, and go to your personal page. In the box with publications, you will find five buttons letting you choose how to show your publications.

- Edit favourite publications

• Under Show, untick any publications that you do not want to show.
• Under Favourite, tick the publications that you want to list first on your list, under the heading Selected publications – that is to say, the publications you think are most important (let us say 3–5).
• Note: Then click on Save.

- Edit publication types

• Under Show, untick any publication types that you do not want to show.
• Drag and release a publication type to arrange them in the order of your preference.
• Note: Then click on Back.

- Edit content types

• Untick any content type that you do not want to show.
• Note: Then click on Back.

- Choose sort order

• Choose how you want to sort within each respective publication type and Selected publications.

- Add to Diva

• Links directly to Diva to let you enter a publication there.

You can add videos, links, documents, and more to your personal page. Perhaps you have taken part in a podcast, or want to share information about interesting collaborations, or something else? Contact the Communications Office to get help with his.

So-called tags connect you and your personal page to the relevant faculty, department, research groups, research projects, research subjects, teaching subjects, etc. The tags are shown in the grey box on your personal page. Contact the Communications Office for help with adding the right tags.