Why Santa Clara Law Needs An Institutional Repository David Brian Holt, MLIS Electronic Services Librarian Heafey Law Library SCHOOL OF LAW law.scu.edu

What the heck is an institutional repository? An institutional repository is a technology to collect the scholarly output of the law school. We have selected BePress (maker of ExpressO) as our vendor. Goals of the new institutional repository include: Collating scholarship into one unified location Collecting digital content that is not text-based (videos from symposiums, audio from lectures, charts and data from empirical legal research) Provide open access to these materials Improve the online "presence" of the law school Increase the law school's visibility on the Internet

Law Schools Using Digital Commons 1.American University Washington College of Law, Digital American University Washington College of LawDigital American University Washington College of Law 2.Boston College Law School, Digital Boston College Law SchoolDigital Boston College Law School 3.Cincinnati College of Law, University of Cincinnati College of Law:Scholarship and PublicationsUniversity of Cincinnati College of Law:Scholarship and Publications 4.College of William & Mary Law School, Scholarship RepositoryScholarship Repository 5.Cornell University Law Library, Cornell Law: A Digital Cornell Law: A Digital Repository 6.Duke Law, Duke Law Scholarship RepositoryDuke Law Scholarship Repository 7.Fordham Law School, The Fordham Law School Institutional RepositoryThe Fordham Law School Institutional Repository 8.Georgetown University Law Center, The Scholarly Commons, Georgetown Law LibraryThe Scholarly Commons, Georgetown Law Library 9.Golden Gate University School of Law, Digital Commons: The Legal Scholarship Golden Gate University School of LawDigital Commons: The Legal Scholarship Golden Gate University School of Law 10.Maurer School of Law: Indiana University, Digital Maurer LawDigital Maurer Law 11.Northwestern University School of Law, Scholarly CommonsScholarly Commons 12.St. John's University School of Law, St. John's Law Scholarship RepositorySt. John's Law Scholarship Repository 13.Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, Digital Touro Law CenterDigital Touro Law Center 14.University of Georgia School of Law, of Georgia School of of Georgia School of Law 15.University of Maryland, Law 16.University of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School of Law, Scholarly UNLV LawScholarly UNLV Law 17.Western New England College School of Law, Digital Western New England College School of LawDigital Western New England College School of Law 18.Yale Law School, eYLS: Yale Law School Legal Scholarship RepositoryeYLS: Yale Law School Legal Scholarship Repository

No thanks, I'm already using SSRN Why we should be using both: SSRN promotes individuals, not institutions SSRN contains only text SSRN is poorly optimized for search engines BePress' Digital Commons is highly optimized for discovery and access enabling a much wider audience for these materials Unless your readers know your name or the article title, they are unlikely to find your work on SSRN

What about my existing audience on SSRN? The University of Maryland School of Law undertook a usage study of articles on both SSRN and Digital Commons. Some articles on Digital Commons had a 400% higher download rate. The download rate on SSRN remained unchanged. This means Digital Commons was bringing in new readers, not cannibalizing the audience from SSRN.

That's great, but I don't have time for this No problem. You can submit your own work via Digital Commons or you can let your library liaison do it for you. There is no extra work!

What about copyright clearance with journal publishers? A large number of journal publishers permit self- archiving. For those that do not, the library will contact these publishers to get permission. Pre- submission drafts can usually be archived without copyright issues.

What else is the library doing with this? Archiving historical materials (law school bulletins, archival photos) Special Collections (Watergate Hearings, Rosetta Stone v. Google, ACA Litigation) Published faculty scholarship Working papers Monographs in the public domain California Legislative Materials AND

Open-Access Student Law Reviews The future of student law journals and reviews is towards an open- access model. The "Durham Statement", adopted at Harvard Law in 2008, "calls for all law schools to stop publishing their journals in print format and to rely instead on electronic publication coupled with a commitment to keep the electronic versions available in stable, open, digital formats." Citation rates for open-access journals typically rise by 50%.

Law Journals Using Digital Commons