1. An Overview of Digital Commons @ Lingnan University Tommy Yeung 19 April 2012

2. Presentation Outline Short review of what Lingnan University had been doing in organizing scholarly output The reasons for an institutional repository (IR) Overview of Digital Commons @ Lingnan University More resources for Digital Commons 2

3. Lingnan Digital Archive on the Library Website 3 http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/eresources/lingnan/

4. Department of Economics 4 http://www.ln.edu.hk/econ/?type=research&content= publications-in-financial-economics

5. Department of History 5 http://www.ln.edu.hk/history/staff/laucp.php

6. Reasons for an Institutional Repository at Lingnan Create an Institutional identity Raise the visibility and accessibility of scholarly output Long-term preservation and retrieval functions Ability to publish new digital contents such as journals, working papers, conferences, etc. 6

7. Reasons for Digital Commons @ Lingnan Proven solution with strong functionalities Provide a variety of modes of publication and dissemination Personal management of scholarly output Few developmental overheads 7

8. 8 http://commons.ln.edu.hk

9. Browse Research 9 Browse by Collections, Disciplines or Authors 7 communities of works being organized

10. Browse by Faculties and Departments 10 Faculties & Departments Faculty of Arts Department of Chinese Theses & Dissertations Bulletin of Chinese Studies, Department of Chinese 考功集 ( 畢業論 文選粹 )

11. Department of Chinese 11 Publications http://commons.ln.edu.hk/chi/

12. A Thesis Example 12 Download the PDF file Email and sharing Citation

13. A Book Example 13 Download the whole PDF file Download the chapter PDF files View the whole book content online http://commons.ln.edu.hk/cwk_book/1/

14. An Image Example 14 Download the image in different sizes http://commons.ln.edu.hk/luar_pic/

15. Browse by Authors’ Names 15 http://commons.ln.edu.hk/authors.html

16. Search Contents 16 Simple Search: 1. Search contents that include all of the terms you enter 2. Use the drop-down menu to search in this repository across all repositories (using bepress Digital Commons)

17. Advanced Search 17

18. Promote Publications 18 Custom Email Notifications and RSS Recent additions, top downloads, etc.

19. Author-Centred 19 Author Corner SelectedWorks Author Gallery

20. 20 Mailing List http://works.bepress.com/wlyeung/

21. 21 RSS feeding and sharing

22. 22 http://works.bepress.com/wlyeung/1/ Download the PDF file Email and sharing Citation

23. SelectedWorks Author dashboard Channels to announce publications Full-text articles for easy access or downloads Google optimized Works archived Usage statics reports Self and easily managed 23

24. Production of Peer-Reviewed Journals 24 Authors Submit articles DC Site Administrator Full control over the journal’s backend Delegate editorial right to Editor(s) Editor(s) Full control over the journal’s content Invite Reviewer(s) for reviewing process Reviewer(s) Review the articles assigned by Editor(s) Frontend Backend

25. A Journal Example 25 http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/focus/

26. 494 journals are now published on the Digital Commons platform and the number is increasing. 26

27. Conferences can also be organized on Digital Commons 27 http://scholarworks.umb.edu/ghc/

28. For Further Information 28 http://commons.ln.edu.hk/about.html More articles and presentations on research on institutional repositories

29. Research on IRs 29 http://digitalcommons.bepress.com/ repository-research/

30. 197 Institutions worldwide are now using Digital Commons 30 http://digitalcommons.bepress.com/ subscriber_gallery/

31. Development of the Lingnan IR is on-going and evolving. 31

32. Please talk to your liaison librarian how we can better showcase your scholarly activities and publishing your department’s publications. 32

33. Thank You! 33