902: Making Research and Educational Outputs Openly Accessible with the Library’s New Institutional Repository
Date: Wednesday, August 23
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Presenters: Rachel Borchardt (Librarian, University Library) & Stefan Kramer (Associate Librarian, University Library)
Session Description:
The library’s new institutional repository, AU Research Archive (aura.american.edu), allows anyone at AU to self-deposit scholarly content for public discovery, access, use, and citation. Librarians will discuss the importance of open access to scholarship and education and demonstrate how to submit manuscripts, data, presentations, and more to AURA.
Learning Outcomes:
- Articulate the role an institutional repository plays in advancing open access, including such topics as open government and funding mandates, journal submission requirements, and data management plans
- Describe how to register for an institutional repository account in order to self-deposit and organize a variety of materials for internal and external use
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