1. 1 Digital Commons - Overview

2. 2 “Digital Commons @ My University” l Digital Commons is ProQuest’s Institutional Repository offering, powered by bepress l Digital Commons is feature-rich and fully- customizable l Digital Commons is a turnkey IR solution l Licenses include: w Setup w Training w Support w Documentation w Upgrades w Hosting

3. 3 Key Repository Features l OAI compliant l Crawled by Google & Other Search Engines l Full-text searching l Saved searches & Email Notification l Peer-review software & process used by professional journal publishers l Automatic conversion of documents to PDF l Customized controlled-vocabulary picklists for data entry Digital Commons Feature Set

4. 4 Digital Commons Reaches Out l Confirmation email to Authors w Authors receive an email when the paper is posted that provides the URL for distribution l Monthly email to Authors w Provides usage, link to paper (for distribution), and link/email to series to submit additional work l Audience Notification w System can email interested audience of papers added w Prior to notification, system will notify authors/administrators of forthcoming announcement, and encourage additional submissions

5. 5 Digital Commons and Dissertations l Dissertations can be integrated into Digital Commons site w Citations and 24 page previews will be permanently available in Digital Commons w Full Text will be free on campus, purchase outside of campus (e.g., Current Research @ model) w ProQuest Digital Dissertations subscribers from other institutions will be able to download full-text dissertations l Dissertations can be grouped by community (department) for closer association with academic programs l ProQuest has a new service to archive and present retrospective theses and dissertations: the Digital Archiving and Access Program

6. 6 Demonstration & Case Studies

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9. 9 Digital Commons Case Studies l Boston College w Using Digital Commons to publish peer-reviewed Journals l California Digital Library w > 160 Research Units w > 3,600 Papers (self-archived pre/post-prints) w >11,000 Downloads per week l University of Pennsylvania w Dissertation Collections w Pilot Running in School of Engineering & App. Sci. l Four Oberlin Schools w Overlay/Consortium Site w Liberal Arts focus

10. 10 Digital Commons Sites l The Bepress technology has been implemented at a number of sites including: w California Digital Library (bepress charter site) w Florida State University (bepress charter site) w New England Law Library Repository, including University of Connecticut, Cornell and Yale (bepress charter site) w University of Pennsylvania w Boston College w University of New Brunswick w Stevens Institute of Technology w Dickinson College w Trinity University (Texas) w Middlebury College w Carleton College Visit http://www.umi.com/umi/digitalcommons for links to Digital Commons sites

11. 11 Business Model l Getting Started - Pilot Project: w For institutions that are interested in experimenting with an IR at their institution w Up to 250 objects can be loaded w Dissertations Not Counted in Pilot Size l Ongoing Relationship - Flat Fee: w An annual license for access to the system that allows unlimited posting/uploads w Includes Loading of Dissertations/Theses u Publishing would continue to be paid for by author under traditional model.