Introducing Our New Institutional Repository!

The staff of the Emmanuel d'Alzon Library is excited to share its newest resource: Digital Commons @ Assumption College.  This online institutional repository has been established to collect, preserve, and showcase the scholarly and creative works produced by the faculty, staff, and students of Assumption College.  Have questions?  Don't worry, we are here with the answers!

What can I find in Digital Commons @ Assumption College?

Examples of materials that have already been added to the repository include:

• Articles and book chapters authored by our faculty members

• Senior theses produced by students of the Honors Program

• Commencement programs dating back to 1950  

• Undergraduate catalogs dating back to 2012

We will be continuously growing these collections and hope to have digitized copies of Assumption College yearbooks in the near future!  Each item in the repository is available for download and can be found through search engines like Google.

Who will be using this resource?

We hope that the campus community, including students, faculty, staff, friends, and alumni will consider the institutional repository to be a tool at their disposal.  Additionally, we anticipate that the advanced search engine optimization tools within the repository will attract a global audience.  We have already seen readers accessing our collection from areas of Europe, Asia, and even Australia!  You can see a visual representation of our readers from the last 30 days below:

Why would I want to make my work available on Digital Commons @ Assumption College?

Numerous research studies have shown that open access articles, or articles available for free online, are cited at higher rates than articles locked behind a paywall.  Each item added to our new repository will be easily accessible to a global audience and will be assigned a unique stable URL which can be listed on a CV, grant application, or personal website.  Additionally, authors will have access to an Author Dashboard which provides in-depth readership analytics, including download counts, geographical and institutional readership distribution charts, and online referrers (or the website that directed a viewer to your work).

How can I contribute to Digital Commons @ Assumption College?

The faculty publications currently available in the repository represent only a very small fraction of the works that are being produced by our campus.  If you would be willing to give the library permission to add your own scholarship, please contact us and let us know!  We won't add any of your works unless we have permission from you first. 

Do you have other ideas of digital materials that might be suitable for inclusion in the repository?  Keep in mind that all items will be made publicly accessible for download and will be permanently preserved.  Bring your ideas and suggestions to us by emailing digitalcommons@assumption.edu.

Want to learn more?  Send us an email or check out the FAQ Page on the repository website.