McMaster University Library & Digital Commons
Agenda What is Digital Commons? Theses/Dissertation Submission Journal Publishing Peer Review Process Taxonomical Structure Bepress/McMaster Relationship
What is Digital Commons? Hosted repository platform Setup Fall 2006 Presentation Preservation
What are we doing with Digital Commons Publishing Scholarly Journals Publishing eBooks Publishing Theses/Dissertations Publishing Student Research
Features Sound/Video, Datasets, Executable files OAI-PMH Compliant LDAP Integration Full-text searching http://bepress.com/ir/features
Theses/Dissertation Submission Pilot – 2 Phases Phase 1 Deposit theses/dissertations once the entire process is finished Student or SGS is responsible for deposit “Administer” of collection ensures proper metadata entries - published 2 Theses/Dissertation collections – Proquest collection – Open Disserations
Theses/Dissertation Submission Pilot – Phase 2 Student deposits theses/dissertation “Administrator” assigns editor (Faculty Advisor) Editor assigns reviewers Reviewers review!
Theses/Dissertation Submission Editor makes a design based on reviews Theses/Dissertation is published
Journal Publishing Process Journal has interest Meeting/Memorandum of Understanding Forms! Mockup Training, training, training
Journal Publishing Process, cont. Launch! Ongoing support & maintenance
Peer Review Process Process Article is submitted Editor assigns article to other editors Reviewers are assigned Reviewers review Editor makes decision
Peer Review Process Process, cont. Editor(s) makes a decision More reviews/revisions publish
Taxonomical Structure Departments Research Centres and Institutes Journals Faculty (Selected Works) Open Dissertations and Theses Dissertations and Theses
Taxonomical Structure Departments Faculty of Science Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Engineering Faculty of Humanities Faculty of Health Sciences
Taxonomical Structure Departments, cont. Below Faculties – Departments Departments Publications Theses/Dissertations Datasets
Taxonomical Structure Research Centres and Institutes McMaster University Libraries Office of the Provost School of Graduate Studies Science and Technology for Archaeological Research The Works of Richard Sylvan
Taxonomical Structure Journals Bridges Early Theatre Eighteenth-Century Fiction Energy Studies Review Esurio Global Labour Journal
Taxonomical Structure Journals, cont. NEXUS Perceptia Russell: the Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies The McMaster Journal of Communication
Bepress/McMaster Relationship New Releases/Update Google Group My Role Bepress support Training
Contact Nick Ruest ruestn@mcmaster.ca digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca