What are the benefits to submitting materials to the institutional repository?
- Visibility - Adding your works to DigitalCommons@ONU can increase visibility and discoverability of your work, the work of your department and of your students. Works deposited in DigitalCommons@ONU are indexed by Google and Google Scholar.
- Accessibility - Obtain persistent URLs for your works so you can always find and share your works easily. Greater accessibility may also increase the number of times your work is cited.
- Partnership - Increased visibility of your works could potentially lead to new partnerships both on campus and worldwide.
- Free - No-cost home for ONU faculty, students and staff for their publications and datasets.
What is the difference between DigitalCommons@ONU and other repository websites?
- Provides a centralized place to retrieve an institution’s intellectual materials.
- DigitalCommons provides free analytics for authors with no additional fees.
- Provides long-term stable storage and preservation for the output from an institution.
What kinds of materials can be added?
The following is a listing of examples of works, but is not all-inclusive:
- Working papers, conference papers and technical reports
- Student papers, projects or posters
- Journals published by the ONU community
- Published articles when copyright and/or license allows
- Data sets
- Technical reports, documents and manuals that have been recognized as a professional or industry standard.
- Pre-prints of articles
Please contact digitalcommons@onu.edu for further information about what can be added.
How can I have my materials added?
Adding materials is simple! Just contact digitalcommons@onu.edu and a librarian will assist with digitizing, getting permissions if necessary, and uploading your work.
Can I withdraw my item from the repository?
DigitalCommons@ONU is designed to provide long-term persistent access to items deposited in the repository. However, there may be occasions where it will be necessary to remove an item. Please contact digitalcommons@onu.edu to request the removal of items.
Can I update or revise a submission?
- Faculty/Staff - Please send an email to digitalcommons@onu.edu if you would like to revise your material.
- Students - Any student work submitted to DigitalCommons@ONU must be the version approved by an ONU faculty or staff member or department or office. If revisions are necessary, the work must be resubmitted by the ONU entity that previously approved the submission.
Who owns the copyright to the materials in DigitalCommons@ONU?
Copyright belongs to the author of the work submitted unless they have transferred those rights. The institutional repository retains only a non-exclusionary right to display and preserve the work. Some publishing agreements do allow for a copy of your final work to be displayed in your institution’s repository. Works in the repository are protected by United States copyright laws.