XULA Digital Commons Purpose and Uses Kayla Siddell XULA Digital Commons Purpose and Uses

What is an institutional repository? An institutional repository is an archive and database for collecting, preserving, and disseminating digital copies of the intellectual output of an institution, particularly a research institution. This includes born-digital and digitized material.

Who is the institutional repository for? Committees and Organizations (Library Advisory Committee, CAS) University Offices (CURGO, Career Center, CAT+FD) Student Groups (Greek, Clubs, Sports) Classes (Research Methods) Faculty and Staff Students Alumni

What is it used for? Digital Platform for Scholarship Preservation, Discovery, Access Promotion and Marketing Retention and Recruitment

What types of work are accepted? Faculty Students Other Open access works Thesis and Dissertations University Documents Published works Capstone Projects Xavier Publications Working papers Publications Campus Events Presentations Workshops Posters Tutorials Workshop Materials Music Teaching Materials Art Technical reports Course specific assignments

Benefits and Uses for Faculty Journal Articles Poster Presentations Recordings of Presentations Teaching Materials (Syllabi, Assignments) Oral Histories Art Music Tracking Usage of works Expert Gallery

Benefits and Uses for Faculty Once a Faculty member uploads work to the Repository, they can then create an Expert Gallery Profile.

Expert Gallery

Benefits and Uses for Students Thesis and Dissertations Capstone Projects Publications Presentations Posters Music Art Expert Gallery

On-Campus Publications Pathways Xavier University of Louisiana’s journal of first-year-student essays. We have published since 2012, but 2017 was our final print edition. This website is in progress, as we archive past content. XULAneXUS First published in 2002, XULAneXUS is a peer-reviewed online journal that publishes the scholarship of Xavier University of Louisiana undergraduates. The journal has been sponsored by the Center for Undergraduate Research and Graduate Opportunity and funded in part by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.  University Press

University Records Committee Agendas and Meeting Minutes Collaborative Working Documents Tutorials Workshops Events

Teaching Materials Open Educational Resources Select Assignments Syllabi

Authors Dashboard Allows authors to track: how often their work is being downloaded What type of institution the downloader originates Which countries are they from and how many times they downloaded

Author Dashboard

Current Stats

Current Stats United States 87 Japan 17 France 5 India 3 United Kingdom 2 Russian Federation Singapore Malaysia 1 Canada Cyprus Finland Indonesia Italy Libya Argentina

Visit XULA Digital Commons Digitalcommons.xula.edu

Current Stats Name Type Downloads Xavier University of la Education 24 Northeastern University 12 Webster University 1 The Pennsylvania State University Portland State University University of North Carolina at Charlotte Stanley Fulgham Commercial LLC Masterhost Cal Association of Realto Organization Ezone Biotechnologies Maximiliano Zwecher Wilmington University Inc.

How to get started? Contact Kayla Siddell, Scholarly Communications Librarian ksiddell@xula.edu Mary George, Institutional Repository Librarian mgeorge@xula.edu