BYU ScholarsArchive 101 Everything you need to know to place your work in BYU’s open access repository – and why it matters Matt Hill Latin American and Iberian Area Studies Librarian Matthew_hill@byu.edu 801-422-2473 Mandy Oscarson Scholarly Communications Specialist mandy_oscarson@byu.edu 801-422-7663

What We’ll Cover What is ScholarsArchive? Why should I care? How to upload your papers Bonus! Questions 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 Monthly reports Great visibility in Google searches Switched from ContetDM to Digital Commons for better reporting and greater visibility http://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/

http://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/

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 Social Change/impact!!! It’s not just about sharing knowledge, it’s what we do with it after it’s published. Easy access – make available to students and other collaborators. http://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/

http://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/

Institutional Repository Preparing to Upload Pre-Print Post-Print Publisher’s Version Determine your author rights What? When? Embargos Where? http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/ Personal Website Institutional Repository Other (e.g., Research Gate) Copyright owned by….; final published version found here…. Embargo- put it up and Mandy can hold it back; still findable 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 Help/information pages can be found here: http://sites.lib.byu.edu/scholarsarchive/scholarly-communication/ 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 Email your CV to scholarsarchive@byu.edu http://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/

Other Things ScholarsArchive Can Do Data Management Journals Conferences Student Work Books http://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/

Questions?

Preparing to Upload Finding author rights Need more help? Author agreements Journal website http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/ Contact publisher Need more help? http://sites.lib.byu.edu/scholarsarchive/scholarly-communication/ Publisher permission request emails (3 weeks or else) http://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/

In the Future Negotiate your agreements Keep records 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 Gold: open access journal, may charge a publishing fee (could be thousands of dollars) Green: self-archiving, putting your paper in institutional or subject repository Gold Green http://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/