What is DiscoverArchive?

DiscoverArchive, created by the Jean and Alexander Heard Library to collect, preserve, index, and distribute digital scholarly output of Vanderbilt faculty. That output can include articles, course-related materials, unpublished research, or anything else that logically qualifies as a product of faculty's intellectual efforts. Access to individual items can be worldwide or restricted to the department or individual. We are using open-source software, called DSpace, which was created at MIT with the support of Hewlett-Packard specifically for this purpose. An Institutional Repository Policy Committee composed of faculty across the Vanderbilt campus helped create our policies. As products of this type develop, they form the beginning of an evolution toward open access, campus-based publishing.

Why use DiscoverArchive?

· To ensure global availability and long term preservation of your work
· To create a full text archive of your work that can be linked from your personal web pages
· To make your research available pre-publication (many publishers allow this)
· To make unpublished material available
· To showcase your work at Vanderbilt University
· To participate in the Open Access movement, removing price and permission barriers for users of scholarly research

Links:

• Procedure for Submitting Items
• Supported Formats
• Preservation Policy
• Application Profile
• Submission Guidelines
• About Communities and Collections

Contact Ronee Francis for more information