BYU ScholarsArchive 101Everything you need to know to place your work in BYU’s open

access repository – and why it matters

Emily S. DarowskiPsychology Librarianemily_darowski@byu.edu801-422-6346

Mandy OscarsonScholarsArchive Managermandy_oscarson@byu.edu801-422-7663

What We’ll Cover

• What is ScholarsArchive?

• Why should I care?

• How to upload your papers

• Take away: Now and later

• Extras

• Demonstration

http://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/

What Is ScholarsArchive?

• Open access repository

• Supports all file types, no space limits

• Easy, fast way to preserve and promote research

New Content Host: Digital Commons

• Monthly reports

• Greater visibility in Google searches

http://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/

http://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/

430 900

2800

24000

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

FACULTY PAPERS THESES AND DISSERTATIONS

Mon

thly

Ave

rage

Paper Type

ScholarsArchive Comparison: 2014 vs. 2015

CONTENTdm (2014) Digital Commons (2015)

Why Should I Care?

• Goal of scholarly research: SHARE KNOWLEDGE

• Advantages :

• Easy access = more downloads = higher citations = good for CV

• Retain author rights

• Data friendly – meet grant requirements for data management

• Showcase your students’ work/projects

• Recruiting tool

• Free for you

http://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/

http://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/

516 16 6

526

372

153

1641

98

1557

69

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

1600

1800

CITES COMD CPSE EDLF IPT TED

Tota

ls

Department

Faculty Papers: Jan-Sept 2015

Items Downloads

http://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/

156 19410 64 146 76

4714

6626

324

2378

5322

2085

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

COMD CPSE EIME EDLF IPT TED

Tota

ls

Department

Theses & Dissertations: Jan-Sept 2015

Items Downloads

Preparing to Upload

• Determine your author rights• What?

• When?

• Embargos

• Where?

• Other Specifications?

• Link to published version

• Specific statement

• DOI

http://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/

Pre-Print Post-Print Publisher’s Version

Personal Website

Institutional Repository

Other (e.g., Research

Gate)

Preparing to Upload

• Finding author rights

• Author agreements

• Journal website

• http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/

• Contact publisher

• Need more help?• http://sites.lib.byu.edu/scholarsarchive/scholarly-communication/

http://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/

Uploading Your Paper

• Head to scholarsarchive.byu.edu

• On the left, find “Author Corner”

• Click “Submit Research”

• Create account or sign in

• Complete submission agreement

• Fill out the form

• Upload your work

http://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/

What To Do Now

• Create an account on ScholarsArchive

• Start going through your CV

• …but I don’t have time!

• Recruit assistants to help

• Start with 5

http://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/

In the Future

• Negotiate your agreements

• http://sites.lib.byu.edu/copyright/about-copyright/retaining-author-rights/

• Add an addendum: copyright.byu.edu/specific or copyright.byu.edu/general

• Keep records

• Of publishing agreements

• Different versions of paper

• Look for open access outlets

• Write open access fees into funding

http://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/

Gold Green

Other Things ScholarsArchive Can Do

• Data Management

• Journals

• Books

• Conferences

• Student Work

http://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/