DigitalCommons@UM Law - a presentation for NELLCO

How it all began - 223 papers - 19,417 total downloads Legal Scholarship Network University of Maryland School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series - started 2002-2003 - 223 papers - 19,417 total downloads

Development work offsite No hardware needed Upgrades and data migration managed Suitable for a single discipline Scalable Can handle text as well as other formats Affordable Customizable Outstanding customer support Uncomplicated implementation

Concerns Outsourcing an activity Giving up control of data Security of data Extraction of data

Visualizing the repository

create new: ir_community ir_journal ir_series http://digitalcommons.law.umaryland.edu contents of this site: ir_community: blc  bus_law  civ_rights  con_law  conferences  congtest  envir_law  health_care_law  home_sec  iclc  immclin  int_comp_law  law_faculty  maryland_legal_history  porc  schmooze  student_articles  umll_journals  wle  ir_series: blc_2005  blc_2006  blc_2007  bus_fac_pubs  civ_rights_fac_pubs  con_law_fac_pubs  cong_test  envir_law_fac_pubs  envirofilms  fac_pubs  health_law_fac_pubs  home_sec_fac_pubs  iclc_papers  imm_clin  int_comp_law_fac_pubs  jbtl  jhclp  mlh_pubs  mlr  rrgc  schm_2005_march  schmooze_papers  soceuro  student_pubs  wle_papers    create new:  ir_community  ir_journal  ir_series 6

Oh Shenandoah : an endangered American River

Download comparisons Monopoli Author/Title posted SSRN DC Monopoli Gender and Constitutional Design 10/06 37 223 Stearns The New Commerce Clause 04/06 145 440 Graber Looking off the Ball 08/07 63 165

http://digitalcommons.law.umaryland.edu/fac_pubs/567/

The Library’s role: Mediate archiving Verify copyright status Provide document processing Control look and feel Maintain a consistent format Serve as single point of contact

The Challenges Soliciting content Handling copyright permissions Synchronizing SSRN and DC Enhancing the repository Adding faculty pages Raising the profile of the repository

Lessons Learned ******** Develop a policy and procedures manual Raise the repository’s profile ******** 837 papers 85,142 full text downloads to date 46,869 downloads in the past year