York University Libraries Research in YorkSpace

Agenda Why enter research into YorkSpace How do you enter records into YorkSpace Questions?

Why enter research into YorkSpace? Open access to research that may not be published Increases visibility, since YorkSpace records are harvested by the OAI-PMH harvesters OAISTER and the CARL harvester YorkSpace records are also indexed by Google

How do you enter records into YorkSpace? YorkSpace may be found at the following URL https://www.library.yorku.ca/dspace/index.jsp Log in to YorkSpace, if you do not have an account register with YorkSpace and then contact either Marcia Salmon or Andrea Kosavic to add you as a contributor to the Libraries Research Collection.

How do you enter records into YorkSpace? Use the drop down box to select the appropriate collection, in this case it would be “Research”

How do you enter records into YorkSpace? Select the statement that best describes the item being entered into YorkSpace Note: It is possible to go back and edit the record at any time without losing data

How do you enter records into YorkSpace? Enter description of item this forms the metadata for the item

How do you enter records into YorkSpace? Continue to describe the item by entering subject keywords, abstract and description

How do you enter records into YorkSpace? Use the Browse function to find the location of the file to be uploaded to YorkSpace

How do you enter records into YorkSpace? YorkSpace provides a confirmation screen that shows that the file as been successfully uploaded. It is possible to identify a file format that is not previously known by YorkSpace

How do you enter records into YorkSpace? Verify the description of the item. It is possible to edit each field

How do you enter records into YorkSpace? YorkSpace requires that you grant a creative commons license before you can have your item displayed in YorkSpace

How do you enter records into YorkSpace? The process is complete and your item should appear in the Library Research collection

How do you enter records into YorkSpace? You can subscribe to an RSS feed for each collection

How do you enter records into YorkSpace? The following is a link to a short video demonstrating how to enter a record into YorkSpace https://www.library.yorku.ca/dspace/handle/123456789/1149

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