DiscoverArchive is a digital repository open to those connected with Vanderbilt University (including facutly, students, staff, student groups, centers and organizations) as a place to capture, house, index, preserve and redistrubute digital materials of an educational, scholarly, and historical nature. DiscoverArchive uses DSpace, created at MIT and Hewlett-Packard specifically for this purpose. An Institutional Repository Policy Committee composed of faculty across the Vanderbilt campus helped create policies. This service, provided by the library, supports the university in scholarly communications and the dissemination of knowledge.

DiscoverArchive collections can include faculty journal articles, faculty research, books, audio, video, technical reports, digital collections, undergraduate and graduate research, course-related materials, field notes, and other published materials such as journals magazines and newsletters.

• More information about Communities and Collections
• Information about Submission Guidelines

To register go to http://DiscoverArchive.Vanderbilt.edu and click on "Register" under My Account.

To contribute digital material to an existing collection:

1. Register

2. Contact the administrator to be added to a collection. Information on the submission procedure can be found here - Procedure for Submitting Items.

To create a new community or collection contact the repository manager by emailing Ronee Francis at R.Francis@Vanderbilt.edu

If you retain copyright to your work you can publish this work in DiscoverArchive. By publishing your work in DiscoverArchive you will significantly increase access while at the same time allow for the library to ensure preservation. In the case of multiple authors sharing copyright, please check with them and obtain permission before publishing content. Contact the repository manager to gain permission to deposit in an established collection or to create a new one.

If you do not retain copyright or are unsure if copyright has, over time, reverted back to you, please contact the publisher. Many publishers post policies online concerning what is allowed to be published in digital repositories. This can be referred to as "self-archiving" policies. SHERPA is a useful resource to check publisher policies and includes databases of publisher copyright and archiving policies (RoMEO) and research funders archiving mandates and guidelines (JULIET).

If you would like to publish in DiscoverArchive and need help determining copyright please contact the repository manager for assistance.

VU non-exclusive distribution license: When depositing in DiscoverArchive you will be prompted to agree to a non-exclusive distribution license giving Vanderbilt the right to reproduce, convert and/or distribute submissions.

Note to those who want to publish papers or digital content on behalf of others:

To publish digital content on behalf of another author, please obtain an agreement to the non-exclusive distribution license in advance to publishing in DiscoverArchive. This can be done by printing out the license and having the author sign. The alternative is to email the wording of the license to the author and receive back an acknowledgement of agreement. In either case the agreement must be retained on file, in either digital or paper format, in the center or department.

Creative Commons license: While making a deposit all users are given the option to assigna a Creative Commons license allowing for increased access while retaining copyright. This option is available during each deposit. To learn more go to www.creativecommons.org.

DiscoverArchive is a permanent location for digital materials and each item assigned a permanent URI. The author and copyright holder of digital content published in DiscoverArchive can request repository managers remove their paper completely or replace it with an updated version. It is also possible to publish the updated version along with the original material to serve as a record of research.

• Procedure for Submitting Items
• License
• Supported Formats
• Preservation Policy
• Dublin Core Application Profile
• Contact information: Ronee Francis, R.Francis@Vanderbilt.edu

Who is eligible to submit materials to the DiscoverArchive?

Current Vanderbilt faculty members.

Currently enrolled Vanderbilt students.

Currently employed Vanderbilt staff members, including library staff.

What categories of materials will be accepted for deposit?

Faculty or staff books, articles, papers, presentations, and other works of scholarship. The submitted materials must be prepared for a scholarly audience. In the case of faculty, materials written before the faculty member worked at Vanderbilt are accepted.

Faculty or staff PowerPoint slides supporting scholarly presentations. [Note: DiscoverArchive does not presently guarantee PowerPoint format migration.]

Data sets, geospatial data, documentation, and other research materials created or collected by Vanderbilt faculty or staff in the preparation of works of scholarship.

Learning objects and syllabi created by Vanderbilt faculty for instruction.

Student publications, such as The Vanderbilt Hustler, publications of student organizations, and literary magazines.

Records and documents created by university administrative and academic units.

Vanderbilt theses and dissertations.

Lectures delivered by speakers invited to appear at university-sanctioned events.

Video or audio records of artistic performances at Vanderbilt.

Special collections not related to Vanderbilt are not accepted because the DiscoverArchive is a repository for Vanderbilt-related materials.

Interpretation of the policy as outlined should be at the discretion of appropriate library staff. Where items may or may not fit within an existing category or community, the Digital Collections Archivist may choose to seek advice from the collections committee, or request a revision or extension of the policy as appropriate.