Digital Commons Network^™

Digital scholarship is changing dramatically for faculty, and libraries are understandably struggling to keep their heads above water as faculty’s needs evolve. Faculty have lots to organize and share, from datasets to images, audio, technical reports, course materials, syllabi, and more. How can the library move from being out at sea to riding this new wave of digital scholarship?

 

It’s not easy to strike that perfect balance between having a dry repository and getting swept out in the riptide; this breakfast will provide you with the tools to catch this wave.

 

First, Sarah Wipperman, Repository Services Manager at …

This Google sheet is a sample of how we perform our copyright/permissions process. Please read the instructions before using the spreadsheet (see the Instructions tab) - many of the fields contain formulas that shouldn't be erased.

This illustration demonstrates the typical lifecycle of a project in ScholarlyCommons.

This presentation covers some of the innovative ways members of the Penn community have been using their institutional repository, ScholarlyCommons (http://repository.upenn.edu), to both present and preserve their research.  These IR projects provide a more user-based approach to archiving materials than is used in more traditional deposits by allowing users to interact with 3D modules, videos, images, and other embedded materials and by providing online supplements to printed volumes. The materials are additionally presented in a way that encourages further exploration and discovery of information. These projects show how an IR can both complement traditional publishing yet also provide …