We provide open access to the scholarly and creative works produced by Macalester students, faculty, and staff to increase the visibility of our scholarship, and to encourage collaboration and innovation in order to contribute to the ongoing development of new knowledge.
One of the prominent liberal arts schools using Digital Commons.
Digital Commons installation at St. Thomas.
Keynote address at National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE) Summit 2010.
Kathleen Fitzpatrick is Associate Professor of English and Media Studies, Pomona College.
Marion Larson and Sara Shady's article in the Journal of College and Character on Martin Buber and Miroslav Wolf. Was the fifth and sixth result in Google search for "Marion Larson Bethel"
Demonstration Webinar of current features of Digital Commons with examples from institutions by content type. Some institutions featured include Macalester, Claremont College, Colby College, Cal Polytechinc. It also shows what a journal looks like, Between the Species and others.
Bepress authors lay out a strategy for approaching the Provost and making a high-level strategic argument for an Institutional Repository.
University of Pennsylvania's Digital Commons instance for undergraduate research. Good model of browsing and Journal model is helpful.
Main page from Berkeley Electronic Press describing what Digital Commons is and does.
Home page of Olivet Nazarene's Digital Commons page. One of the first CCCU institutions to create an IR through Digital Commons.
Success of University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Digital Commons brings repositories to light again.
Chronicle of Higher Education article that raises the question to academics on how they share their work with the public and even other colleagues. Many comments mention blogs but none mention Institutional repositories. This is an educational opportunity.
List of Clients grouped by Colleges and Universities, Liberal Arts Schools, Consortia and others who use Berkeley Electronic Press Digital Commons. CLIC and CCCU schools are highlighted.
D-Lib Magazine March/April 2011 Volume 17, Number 3/4
doi:10.1045/march2011-seaman
Publication of the Christian History Institute. Chris Armstrong's version of the resurrected publication that was once with Christianity Today.
List of authors and articles in Christian Scholar's Review including Bethel authors.
National Federation of Advanced Information Services Publication page. Includes members of major Database companies like Ebsco, ProQuest, and Lexis-Nexis and major libraries NLM, NAL, and support organizations like OCLC.
Session proposal for THATCamp surrounding issues in creating an electronic journal and links to a previous presentation surrounding this issue.
Document from THATCamp session about starting a new journal. Good to use with Digital Commons.
Features Udacity, a Stanford University offering for computer science courses. Udemy, MITx, and ITunesU are mentioned as well. Didn't mention Coursera.
Udacity uses a copy stand to film pen tablet based illustrations and instructions. Could be something that the Digital Library does.
Called MOOCS, Massive Online Open Courses.
Udacity could get funding by referring top students to companies who pay for access.
June 6, 2012 article on the Modern Language Association's adoption of an open access policy for its journals including its flagship PMLA.