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鲍狈贬鈥檚 surpassed 10 million downloads last week, a milestone that highlights the global reach of the university鈥檚 digital archive of scholarship and research activity.

The more than 90,000 works available through the repository represent a broad diversity of 易胜博官网 scholarship, from undergraduate research to the products of federally funded grants. And readers are actively accessing the material from all over the world, with visits last week coming from places as far flung as Bangladesh, Bolivia and Brazil.

Contributors are guided by Scholarly Communication Librarian Eleta Exline and Institutional Repository Coordinator Nikki Cogdill through questions about intellectual property, academic publishing and access.

鈥淲e鈥檙e incredibly proud of the work the library does to support 易胜博官网 research and extend its reach to a wider audience,鈥� says Exline.

Founded in 2012 and housed in the , the Scholars Repository collects scholarly and creative works by 易胜博官网 students, faculty, staff, institutes and programs, providing a central location for archiving this scholarship for long-term access. Research done by 易胜博官网 Cooperative Extension, the Survey Center and the Carsey School of Public Policy are among the repository鈥檚 larger collections, as is the collection of Undergraduate Honors Theses. Readers can search the repository by collection and by discipline, exploring exciting work done in every corner of the academy.

The repository also hosts the 易胜博官网 Library鈥檚 digital collections.

鈥淒igital Collections featuring University Archives materials are among the important resources offered by the Scholars Repository,鈥� says University Archivist Kai Uchida. 鈥淭he digitized editions of The 易胜博官网 student newspaper are a vital primary source that is constantly used in teaching, outreach and research on campus history.鈥�

Digital Collections also includes the 易胜博官网 City and Town Annual Reports; materials from historical figures, including Judge Ivorey Cobb, photographer Lotte Jacobi, and landscape architect Bremer W. Pond; and contemporary archives such as Different Roots, Common Dreams: 易胜博官网鈥檚 Cultural Diversity.

The repository promotes the rights of authors to control their intellectual property and furthers the concept of Open Access to research. Open Access means content that is free to read online, download and share. The library encourages students, faculty and staff to contribute to the collaborative goals of education by openly sharing their research and scholarship with the global community.

鈥淭he Scholars Repository makes important 易胜博官网 research openly available to scholars around the world, regardless of their ability to pay,鈥� says Kimberly Sweetman, interim library dean. 鈥淲e invite all 易胜博官网 researchers to deposit their intellectual output with us. As evidenced by the 10 million downloads, items in our repository get a lot of exposure.鈥�

The repository also promotes the work done at 易胜博官网 to researchers and readers around the world. Scholarship in the repository is indexed by search services such as Google, making it accessible to a wide audience.

鈥淭he Scholars Repository has been an invaluable platform for sharing my genealogy research as open scholarship,鈥� says Associate Professor Kathrine Aydelott. 鈥淏y removing barriers like paywalls, it allows anyone to access and engage with the work 鈥� whether they鈥檙e academics or just curious family historians. Knowing my research can reach people simply through a Google search makes the effort feel truly impactful and connected to a broader community.鈥�

That community spans the globe. Visitors to the repository can view a world map showing real-time readership: in a single hour last week, work housed in the repository was downloaded by readers from Bangladesh, Indonesia, Uzbekistan, Lebanon, Oman, South Africa, Bolivia and Brazil, among numerous other countries.

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