Early adopters get rewarded with extensive one-on-one training and support from the Library. They will be included in the Charter Collection to get recognition as the earliest contributors to the Repository. Charter members will also receive early notification on new services as they are created for the Repository. In addition, they will receive all of the benefits that contributors gain from placing their work in the Repository.
Individual contributors without community are welcome. Community building is encouraged, however. Joining the project is easy. Simply:
First, ensure that items you would like to submit conform to the submission guidelines. Then tell Digital Repository Librarian Laura Smart that you're interested in participating in the project. She will set up your account and assist you with the rest of the process. Laura is available at extension 5386 or via email.
Individual contributor2006-11-21ng because it can help a College, Department, Institute or other group establish common collections, policies and procedures and further institutional reputation and prestige. It can also assist Repository users in locating groups of interest. Establishing the human community is the responsibility of the community itself. Once the community is established, the Digital Repository Librarian will register the community in the Repository.
Each community needs a coordinator to serve as a main point of contact with the Library on Repository work. The coordinator will receive training on the submission process, start policy discussions, report technical problems, and receive Repository news and announcements.
Once initial policy development is complete, the basic time commitment involved in being coordinator for your department or research unit should be minimal. If your community decides that the coordinator will review the department's submissions, the time-commitment will expand as submissions from your department do.
Each community needs to develop policies on how to handle submissions. Groups need to answer questions such as:
Does your community want to check contributions for acceptability or accuracy? Will there be a peer review process?
Authors are allowed to delegate the submission process to others, however, each author must consent to the contribution licensing terms. Authors keep their copyright but give Cal Poly Pomona the irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free right to maintain their works and make them accessible
What steps do you need to follow before depositing items into the Repository? How do you want to organize submissions? Do you need sub-communities? Do you need to establish collections? How will any review process be done?
Anybody depositing material into the Repository requires an account, which can be set up by the Digital Repository Librarian. Before depositing materials the depositor must ensure:
