Welcome to the university of pittsburgh school of law working paper series site. We work continually to improve the accessibility and usability of digital commons, informed by web accessibility standards. With digital commons, you get a cloudhosted institutional repository. Engineering open access articles digital commons network. Aug 03, 2017 like ssrn, bepress was founded by academics who spotted a gap in the scholarly communications landscape. The bepress model is unlimited, cloudbased, and fully hosted, and includes dedicated consulting and support. We were founded by faculty from the university of california berkeley in 1999 to.
Anyone can create a digital commons account in order to save searches and use the follow feature to stay up to date on authors, content, or institutions of interest. Institutional repository software comparison unesco. Elseviers takeover of the scholarly communication software firm, which owns digital commons, a popular institutional repository system and publishing platform for open access oa journals, introduces many gaping concerns. Frequently asked questions chapman university digital commons.
Digital commons is the only platform that combines a bestinclass institutional repository ir with professionalgrade open access publishing and seamlessly. Migrating bepress digital commons journals to ojs public. Bepress, formerly known as the berkeley electronic press, offers digital commons, a commercial publishing platform used to support institutional repositories for universities and related organizations. Many software applications allow for the ocr capture of image scans. Improve your institutions oa journals published on digital commons. Bepress consultant, stephen fisk, will demonstrate the bells and whistles of the digital commons software. Exported files will need to be placed on your ojs server using the following directory convention. Jg is an active contributor to the scholarly communications community. Digitalcommons journal editors manual unl digital commons.
During this time, we have invested considerable resources in developing digital commons into the worlds leading hosted repository platform. With selectedworks, faculty and staff authors can create author profiles that integrate directly with the repository. Digital commons is a commercial, hosted institutional repository platform owned by relx group. The scholarly commons utilizes the digital commons software licensed from the berkeley electronic press bepress. The qualified dc metadata exposed via oaipmh by dspace is different from the qualified dc metadata exposed by digital commons. Stop worrying about software and start doing the campus outreach youve been. The name of the files you upload will appear on the web site along with your short description of it. Elsevier acquires bepress, a leading service provider used by.
This hosted service, licensed by bepress, is used by over 500 academic. Bepress digital commons software to make available published research outputs and digital theses. Frequently asked questions chapman university digital. In june 2004, bepress officially launched its digital commons institutional repository software at the american library association annual conference. Now the signature bepress product, digital commons counts more than 500 participating institutions, predominantly us colleges and universities. Bepress, on the other hand, has open access tools under its digital commons that allows institutions, including law schools, to showcase and preserve their scholarly output. As a cloudbased platform that offers repository functions, metadata structures, access interfaces, and crossinstitutional aggregation and discovery, among other features, digital commons supports not only. Open access academic research from top universities on the subject of engineering. Aug 02, 2017 this compares favorably with the cost of a fulltime it person to run the publishing services using open source software which is the alternative choice. Turnkey institutional repository software featuring professionalgrade publishing and faculty profiles tools to openly publish, manage and showcase the full spectrum of your institutions research, scholarship and expertise. I have been examining alternatives to bepresss signature product digital commons. Turnkey institutional repository software featuring professionalgrade publishing and faculty profiles tools to openly publish, manage and showcase the full. Prepared by the developers of the digital commons software bepress for the use of journal editors using the digital commons system. Aug 02, 2017 bepresss digital commons platform provides crossrepository aggregation and referencing by type of content or author into commons or networks.
Digital commons is a bestinclass hosted solution to openly publish, manage. Fully hosted, unlimited storage and support digital commons. This normative approach towards software settings stands apart from most previous scholarship, which focuses on the effect of software settings. Oct 30, 2019 the university of north texas health science center unthsc approached the texas digital library tdl in spring, 2018 about migrating their scholarly repository hosted on the digital commons platform from bepress to a new dspace 6. Public knowledge project news migrating bepress digital commons journals to ojs migrating bepress digital commons journals to ojs. This compares favorably with the cost of a fulltime it person to run the publishing services using open source software which is the alternative choice. Since our founding in 1999, bepress has been very successful at providing software services to the scholarly community. Its deeply unfortunate, and i am very sad to be at this point. The best solution takes advantage of both of these methods. While prescriptive models for software process such as agile suggest. Viewers must have the necessary software to open your files.
Digitalcommons users discuss the bepress acquisition. Library publishing directory library publishing coalition. Pkp is a multiuniversity initiative developing free open source software and conducting research to improve the quality and reach of scholarly publishing. University of pittsburgh school of law working paper series blr. The digital commons network is a discovery tool for all digital commons sites. Software solution customer support community support flexible repository structure simple and qualified dublincore metadata customizable metadata open source proprietary automatic system upgrades current stable platform version administrator configurations supports standard user roles digital commons d space eprints fedora islandora. Bepresss digital commons platform provides crossrepository aggregation and referencing by type of content or author into commons or networks. The uconn library is committed to offering a space where ideas, research, and resources can be shared in an open environment by being a green oa repository.
Digital commons is built around professionalgrade editorial management software. Safeguarding your content with digital commons bepress. The digital commons database by bepress is a free resource and an innovative solution for institutions who wish to openly publish, manage, and showcase a wide variety of their work. In the case of unf, we encountered the following obstacles when trying to implement deng and reeses workflow with the digital commons software. For me, this announcement means that its time to start strategizing, planning, and building a case to abandon bepress and digital commons for our repository and publishing services. Application programming interfaces apis are essential to modern software development, and new apis are frequently being produced. Online publishing, software as a service, scholarly publishing. In my opinion, bepress has the best software package for irs.
Plugin to import bepress digital commons journal to ojs 3. Dspace and bepress digital commons are the most popular repository. Digital commons is the leading hosted institutional repository software for universities, colleges, law schools, and research centers. It makes products and services to support scholarly communication, including. Oct 03, 2017 during this time, he has led bepress into a period of extraordinary growth and the expansion of its flagship service. In documenting the breadth and depth of activities in this field, this resource aims to articulate the. Proposed federal osha standards for wildfire smoke, keenan layton 2020 seattle university school of law. Populate your digital commons ir faster, including the latest update on automated harvesting directly into dc. To get started, you will need to export your digital commons published article metadata and galley files. In this paper, we build upon work in computer science, behavioral economics, and legal scholarship to establish a welldefined framework for how default settings in software should be determined. It can be searched by major discipline or one of nearly1,000 subdisciplines, and displays the most popular papers.
Like ssrn, bepress was founded by academics who spotted a gap in the scholarly communications landscape. Frequently asked questions about chapman university digital commons. Software projects require sophisticated and varied communication skills because software developers work in a world of incomplete, imperfect information where teams evolve rapidly in response to evolving requirements and changing collaborators. While the journals portfolio developed, bepress launched a cloudbased institutional repository system called digital commons. The university of north texas health science center unthsc approached the texas digital library tdl in spring, 2018 about migrating their scholarly repository hosted on the digital commons platform from bepress to a new dspace 6. See who you know at elsevier digital commons, leverage your professional.
Csu michael schwartz library, 1860 east 22nd street, rhodes tower, room 502, cleveland. This article discusses the outcomes of recent academic. Consequently, software developers must regularly learn new apis, which they typically do on the job. Top 10 downloads all time recent additions 30 most recent additions activity by year. For bepress digital commons users looking to work with an open source, communitybased, and noncommercial initiative, ojs provides an editorial management and publishing platform to an international community of over 10,000 journals. Obstacles to digital commons ir software implementation. Bepress digital commons is a database of fulltext, open access scholarship that is curated by university librarians and their supporting institutions, representing thousands of disciplines and subject areas from architecture to zoology. Bepress, formerly the berkeley electronic press, is an academic software firm that was founded by academics in 1999. It makes products and services to support scholarly communication, including institutional repository and publishing software. University of british columbia july 20 institutional repository software comparison 1 1. The bepress ceo and employees will continue working with the company in berkeley, california.
Proposed federal osha standards for wildfire smoke, keenan layton. Elsevier acquires bepress, a leading service provider used. The bepress open access institutional repository platform, digital commons, is the worlds leading hosted ir, featuring an innovative suite of publishing and software services that empowers scholarly communities to showcase and share their works for maximum impact. Jun 01, 2018 ojs bepress digital commons import plugin. Bepress currently has content containing over 2 million articles and 100 million annual downloads. Bepress is a software development house for digital commons, a hosted institutional repository and publishing platform that is widely used by universities and colleges around the world. Digital commons is an institutional repository and publishing software suite. To access personalized author pages for our faculty members, please go to the university of pittsburgh selectedworks web site. A digital commons repository showcases the breadth of scholarship produced at an institution everything from faculty papers, student scholarship, and annual reports to openaccess journals, conference proceedings, and monographs. You will be prompted to submit associated files when you upload your submissions. These contributions are freely available to view and download from anywhere in the world. This service is made available through the digital commons software, licensed by the uconn library and powered by. This article discusses the outcomes of recent academic demand for its use as a publishing tool of university journals and conference. Dspace, eprints, digital commons, islandora and hydra michel castagn.
The criss library recommends contacting bepress directly if you have questions about the software or wish to provide suggestions on future software enhancements. This service is made available through the digital commons software, licensed by the uconn library and powered by the berkeley electronic press bepress. Since 2006, research online, the university of wollongongs open access institutional repository has utilised bepress digital commons software to make available published research outputs and digital theses. The library publishing directory provides an annual snapshot of the publishing activities of academic and research libraries, including information about the number and types of publications they produce, the services they offer authors, how they are staffed and funded, and their future plans. Bepress and ssrn breeding, marshall library technology. Bepress, formerly the berkeley electronic press, is an academic software firm that was founded by academics, including librarians, in 1999. Aug 02, 2017 for me, this announcement means that its time to start strategizing, planning, and building a case to abandon bepress and digital commons for our repository and publishing services. Built for discovery, our cloudhosted institutional repository software features a. Bepress is a commercial, academic software firm owned by relx group. In a move that explores synergies among the acquisitions of products related to the workflows surrounding scholarly publishing by elsevier, bepress. Built for discovery, our cloudhosted institutional repository software features a professional grade publishing platform for journals, conference proceedings, open educational resources. Aug 02, 2017 if you heard the news about elseviers acquisition of bepress last week youre likely in a bit of shock we are too. Aug 07, 2017 while there are all manner of good reasons why libraries have chosen digital commons, it is also important to be clear about decisionmaking.
When documents are scanned this way, users see the image scan but search the fulltext of the document. Digital commons is a bestinclass hosted solution to openly publish, manage and showcase the full spectrum of your institutions research and scholarship. We offer a custom design service to ensure each publication stands out in its field. The institutional repository landscape in medical schools and. The charleston school of law has their own page thats updated with works published by their professors that can be accessed through the charleston law. May 10, 2019 the digital commons database by bepress is a free resource and an innovative solution for institutions who wish to openly publish, manage, and showcase a wide variety of their work. Digital commons is a hosted open access institutional repository and publishing solution. We have been developing and actively hosting institutional repositories since 2002.