Best Practice Tips

Custom Branded UI Examples

The Pivot-RP Interface is highly customizable to match your institutional colors and branding.  Add custom links and other information to help guide your users to further help and resources. Click any thumbnail in the gallery below to enlarge each example.

• Pivot-RP New UI Branding Guide

Tips for Integrating Pivot in your Websites and Communications

• Pivot Best Practices Resources for Integrating and Promotion

Case Studies and Testimonials

• University of Pittsburgh
• University of Arizona
• University of Windsor
• University of North Carolina Charlotte & University of Michigan
• Hektoen Institute
• Humboldt University
• Pivot-RP Accessibility

User Group Recordings

Listen to customer stories and best practices.  Learn how peer institutions are taking advantage of Pivot to improve their workflows:

• Pivot-RP User Group – June 16, 2022:

  • Sara Richardson: Research Professional News Updates and launch of US News Package

  • Ryan Champagne – University of Pittsburgh: Extending Data from Pivot-RP

  • Alfred Mowdood: Library as Partner - Embedding Pivot-RP into a Campus Ecosystem

  • Mindie Paget: Using Pivot-RP to Support Diversity, Equality, Inclusion & Belonging

  • Beth Ziolkowski: Conveniences and Efficiencies of Pivot-RP and InfoReady RFP Integrations

• Pivot-RP User Group – April 2021:

  • Dan Moseke – University of Arizona, Meg Sparling – University of California, Davis, and Emily Brashear – Washington State University: Pivot-RP Best Practices Panel Discussion

  • Stephanie F. Scott, Director of Policy and Research Development – Columbia University: Pivot-RP Lightning Talk 1: Enhanced Departmental Engagement: Pivot Points of Contacts (POCs)

  • Katherine Yaun and Michael Mesa – Florida State University: Pivot-RP Lightning Talk 2: Providing College-level Research Funding Search Support:  
    Florida State University College of Education Pilot

  • Nicole Noel – University of Windsor: Pivot-RP Lightning Talk 3: Funding Front and Center: Embedding Pivot Searches and Lists for a More Dynamic Website 

  • Eddie Neuwirth – Ex Libris: Pivot-RP Update: Where do we go from here? – May 2021

• Pivot User Group – May 7, 2020:

  • Aaron Kline – University of Iowa: Panel Discussion

  • Emily Brashear – Washington State University: Panel Discussion

  • Catherine Jarmin Miller – University of Oregon: Panel Discussion

  • Hayley Bohall – Arizona State University: Efficient Workflows for Limited Submissions

  • Ryan Champagne – University of Pittsburgh: Working at Scale: Planning and Messaging Strategies Leveraging Pivot and other Tools

  • Eddie Neuwirth, Sr. Director Product Management at Ex Libris: Improving the Pivot User Experience: New UI Preview