ScholarVault
Bucknell University's Institutional Repository
Introduction to ScholarVault
Welcome to ScholarVault, Bucknell University's repository of scholarly and creative works by students, faculty, and staff. ScholarVault also includes a set of services developed around the repository to provide access to and long-term preservation of contributed materials.Access ScholarVault
What is an Institutional Repository?
Two definitions of an institutional repository (IR):From Clifford Lynch, Director of the Coalition for Networked Infrastructure (CNI):
- a university-based institutional repository is a set of services that a university offers to the members of its community for the management and dissemination of digital materials created by the institution and its community members. It is most essentially an organizational commitment to the stewardship of these digital materials, including long-term preservation where appropriate, as well as organization and access or distribution.
[Lynch, Clifford A. Institutional Repositories: Essential Infrastructure for Scholarship in the Digital Age. portal: Libraries and the Academy - Volume 3, Number 2, April 2003, pp. 327-336.]
- Institutionally defined;
- Scholarly;
- Cumulative and perpetual; and
- Open and interoperable.
[Johnson, Richard K. Institutional Repositories: Partnering with Faculty to Enhance Scholarly Communication. D-Lib Magazine - Volume 8, Number 11, November 2002.]
Copyright and ScholarVault
Authors retain copyright for all items contributed to ScholarVault. In order to submit materials to ScholarVault, contributors will give Bucknell University limited, non-exclusive rights that are necessary in order to provide access to the materials and to migrate it for preservation purposes. Contributors also need to agree that they possess copyright and ownership of the content being distributed -- that they have permission to deposit materials into ScholarVault.Please contact dig@bucknell.edu with copyright questions or concerns.
Institutional Repository Systems and Software
Currently, ScholarVault is housed in DSpace, one of the major systems used for institutional repositories. DSpace was created by researchers from the MIT Libraries and HP Labs. The original version of the system was released in 2002 under an open source license.Several other systems house institutional repositories including Fedora and the Berkely Electronic Press (bepress).
More information about DSpace is available from the DSpace Foundation web site.
Contributing to ScholarVault
ScholarVault is still under development, although we are accepting selected materials from campus communities. Content can be submitted online using the ScholarVault Submission Form.For questions or concerns contributing content or starting a community in ScholarVault, contact dig@bucknell.edu for assistance.
