Digital Repository @ Iowa State University

Highlighting Graduate Student Research and Scholarship

Harrison W. Inefuku, Digital Repository Coordinator GPSS Presentation October 27, 2013

Digital Repository @ Iowa State University

Digital Repository @ Iowa State University http://lib.dr.iastate.edu • Provides free and open

access to scholarship by Iowa State’s students, faculty and staff

• Includes: • Theses and

dissertations • Journal articles and

manuscripts • Presentations, posters

and proceedings • Technical reports • Audio and video

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Digital Repository @ Iowa State University

Benefits • Stable URLs, continuing

access • Increase exposure to

your scholarship • Optimized for Google,

Google Scholar • Work appears in

university library catalogs worldwide

• Build an online portfolio and presence for the job search

• Measure impact through download reports

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Get Cited From: Willett, C.D., et al, “Streambank erosion in two watersheds of the Central Claypan Region of Missouri, United States” Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 67, no. 4 (July/August 2012): 249–263.

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Digital Repository @ Iowa State University

Theses and Dissertations • Most frequently

downloaded items • Cited in peer-reviewed

journals • Students retain copyright • Not a barrier to

publication • Embargo options

available

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Digital Repository @ Iowa State University

Most frequently downloaded theses

1. Juhee Kang, Social media marketing in the hospitality industry (PhD, AESHM, 6581 downloads)

2. Andrea Siefers, A novel and cost-effective hydrogen sulfide removal technology… (MS, CCEE, 6509 downloads)

3. Priyanka Karandikar, Chawls (MS, ARCH, 5942 downloads)

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SelectedWorks Author Profiles • Build an online research

portfolio • Continue updating it

after you graduate

Profile: Simone Soso, PhD Candidate in Environmental Science (http://works.bepress.com/simone_soso)

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SelectedWorks travels with you University of Texas, El Paso (2005–2013)

Iowa State University (2013– )

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Digital Repository @ Iowa State University

Participation • To participate, send your

vita to hinefuku@iastate.edu

• Over 100 faculty and staff

• Represents 38 academic departments, programs, administrative offices and research centers

• 5 graduate students and recent alumni

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Digital Repository @ Iowa State University

Graduate Student Journals • Improve visibility, work

flows and preservation of journals

• Supports full peer-review Journal: Journal of Criticial Through and Praxis (School of Education), launching soon!

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Conferences and Symposia • Organize conferences

and symposia • Accept and review

session proposals • Publish proceedings

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Digital Repository @ Iowa State University

Questions? Want to Participate? Contact: Harrison W. Inefuku Digital Repository Coordinator hinefuku@iastate.edu 515-294-3180

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