Promoting & Preserving Scholarship

Researchers' Roles in Preservation

Preserving your work includes a range of activities that ensure current and future researchers have access to it. Many researchers assume that publication covers this objective, but this is often overly reliant upon the business model and sustainability of a publisher. It is important to understand your options and develop habits that help preserve the scholarly record.

What is a Repository?

recommendation against Personal website or online profile (e.g. ResearchGate, Academia.edu) https://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/2015/12/a-social-networking-site-is-not-an-open-access-repository/ https://libraries.ou.edu/content/understanding-academiaedu-and-researchgate https://guides.library.sc.edu/openaccessresources/repositories

Types of Repositories

• Subject-based repositories
  • PubMed Central (biomedical and life sciences)
  • arXiv (physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, statistics, electrical engineering and systems science, and economics)
  • PsyArxiv (psychological sciences)
  • Humanities Commons
• Pre-Print Repositories
  • SSRN
  • SciELO
  • Preprints.org
• Format-based repositories
  • Dataverse (data)
  • Dryad (data)
  • GitHub (code)
• Multipurpose
  • figshare

Find More Repositories

• PLOS Recommended Repositories
• re3data (Registry of Research Data Repositories)
• NIH-Supported Repositories
• FAIRsharing Data Repository Search
• Open Access Directory - Disciplinary Repositories
• OpenDOAR
• ROAR
• List of Preprint Repositories (Wikipedia)

Self-archiving is the practice of depositing a version of your work in an open online repository. It provides a way to make your work discoverable and accessible to the general public, even if it was published through a traditional, reader-pays publishing model. One of the most common methods of self-archiving is through your institution's repository, but you may also use subject- or format-based repositories depending on your needs and circumstances.

How to self-archive through our institutional repository, UNCOpen:

1. Verify your right to deposit the work and which version(s) are permissible for doing so (e.g. the submitted, accepted, or published version). This information is available at Sherpa Romeo (for journal articles), by checking your publication agreement, or on the publisher’s website.
2. Go to http://digscholarship.unco.edu/ and select "Submit Content" in the menu on the left (or click here).
3. Select the collection that best fits the type of work you are submitting (e.g. School of Psychological Sciences Faculty Publications).
4. Log in or create an account (these credentials are not linked to your UNC Single Sign On credentials).
5. Review and agree to the Submission Agreement.
6. Fill out the information for your work. Include title, author(s), date, a copy of the work, and any other relevant information that will increase the discovery and description of your work.
7. Click Submit. Your work will be available in the repository within a few days. You can track its status by going to "My Account" using the link in the top menu.

For more on journal self-archiving policies, see Publication Agreements.

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