ScholarWorks at WMUWestern’s Scholarly Repository Faculty Senate

Maira BundzaMay 16, 2013

Goal of a scholarly repository• Showcase the scholarly and creative work of

faculty, students and staff•Facilitate scholarly

communication•Preserve and provide

long term access

University A-Z list or Library home page

http://scholarworks.wmich.edu/

Faculty Work• Published articles• Books• Conference papers• Technical Reports• Research projects• Creative work• Posters

Projects

• Showcase a project, community outreach, global engagement, sustainability…

• Archive reports, publications, images

• Work of centers and institutes

Journals• Online platform• Online paper

submission and review process

• Open access or manage subscriptions

• Start a new journal – 4 up, more in the works

• Digitize an old journal• $1500 one time set-up

fee

Begun April 2012, 2 issues, 3,300 downloads

Digitized back to 1960, 174,000 downloads

Fall 2012 & Winter 2013, 3,800 downloads

New journals from English and World Languages

Events or conferences• Accept online submission of

papers• Create online schedule and

program• Great Lakes Regional Conference

in April - Counseling Psychology and Counselor Education

• Working with 2 other interdisciplinary groups

• Archive past events• Assessment in Action Day,

Research & Dessert, etc.

Student WorkMain collections,:• Dissertations – 116 from 2012• Masters theses – 95 from 2012 • Honors theses – 2033 since 1963 (a few more to upload)Others:• The Hilltop Review (31,000 downloads)• Research posters• Capstone or senior projectsFaculty help needed• Encourage, submit• Explain embargo, sign-offs

7,961 items on May 15, 2013

312,341 downloads on May 15, 2013

Individuals get monthly reports on downloads of their materials

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Full text downloads from Schol-arWorks

SelectedWorks• Companion system• Create professional pages• Online portfolio• Publications• Presentations• Get reports on downloads• Transfers to other

institutions• Showcase WMU and your

department

More information• ScholarWorks:

http://scholarworks.wmich.edu/• Guide:

http://libguides.wmich.edu/scholarworks/

Questions?Set up a meeting

Maira Bundzamaira.bundza@wmich.edu387-5207