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UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
Digital Repository FAQs
http://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/faqs#getting_started
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General Questions
1. What is the UT Digital Repository?
The University of Texas Digital Repository holds digital works and provides related services that
together constitute a campus institutional repository. The Repository was established to provide open,
online access to the products of the University’s research and scholarship, to preserve these works for
future generations, to promote new models of scholarly communication, and to help deepen community
understanding of the value of higher education. Digital works include research and scholarship, as well
as works that reflect the intellectual and service environment of the campus.
2. Do I need special software to submit or to search and download works?
No, you access the Repository at http://repositories.lib.utexas.edu with any current Web browser.
3. Who can search, browse, and download from the UT Digital Repository?
The Repository is designed to provide your work the widest possible exposure, so it is open to the
world for searching. You may, however, choose to submit your work but prevent it from being seen in
full for a limited time. Please see question #34: “ Can I restrict access to the work I submit to the UT
Digital Repository? ” for more information on restricting access to your work.
4. Who can submit works to the UT Digital Repository?
UT faculty, staff, and students (including student groups) may submit work to the Repository. Student
work must be sponsored by a UT faculty member, and the name of the sponsoring faculty will appear
in the descriptive information associated with the work. All faculty are automatically authorized to
submit to the UT Faculty/Researcher Works collection when they login with their EID and password.
Faculty wanting to submit works to other UTDR collections should contact the Repository Curator at
utdr-general@utlists.utexas.edu. Staff and students must request authorization from the Repository
Curator before submitting work to the Repository. To request authorization, please contact Colleen
Lyon, Repository Curator, at utdr-collections@utlists.utexas.edu
5. Can I submit data or data sets to the UT Digital Repository?
Yes, the UT Digital Repository is appropriate for data that is: in its final format, can be openly
accessible to the public, needs to be stored long-term, and does not contain files larger than 1 GB. An
additional benefit of submitting your work to the Repository is you can also submit papers and
publications associated with your data. For more information about using the UT Digital Repository for
your data, please contact Colleen Lyon at datamanagement@lib.utexas.edu. In addition to the
Repository, the University of Texas has a host of data management services available for researchers.
For more information about Data Management at UT visit http://www.lib.utexas.edu/datamanagement.
6. Can faculty, researchers, or students who are not affiliated with UT submit works to the UT
Digital Repository?
In general, no. However, if the faculty, researcher, or student is affiliated with a program at the
University of Texas, publishes as part of a conference or in a journal or other publication sponsored
through the University of Texas, or co-authors a publication with a University of Texas researcher, the
work may be submitted to the Repository.
7. Why should I submit works to the UT Digital Repository?
Dissemination: The Repository provides high visibility and increased access to your research by
furnishing descriptive information about your submitted works to search engines (e.g. Google,
Bing, Yahoo), Google Scholar, OAIster, and other services.
Increased impact and citation of your research: Works in the Repository are openly available on
the web. See a bibliography of studies on the increased impact and higher citations of open access
research and scholarship.
Reliability: The Repository provides a persistent web address for your work.
Long-term access: The Repository commits to responsible and sustainable management of
submitted works. View the Preservation Policy for details.
Control: You or your assignee retain copyright in works you submit to the Repository. Many
publishers will allow you to submit previously published works to institutional repositories.
Usage statistics: All items in the Repository have an openly accessible link to view usage statistics.
You will be able to see how many times your work has been viewed and downloaded and you can
see from where the activity originated.
8. How is the UT Digital Repository different from posting research on my own web site?
The Repository provides benefits that may not be available on your own web site:
full-text indexing of text files
enhanced discoverability through Google Scholar, OAIster, and various repositories of scholarly
material
a permanent and persistent web address for your work so that it may be reliably cited over time
managed archival services for your files.
9. Can I still link to my work from my own web site?
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
Digital Repository FAQs
http://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/faqs#getting_started
AddThis utility frame
http://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/faqs[9/17/14 2:13:58 PM]
General Questions
1. What is the UT Digital Repository?
The University of Texas Digital Repository holds digital works and provides related services that
together constitute a campus institutional repository. The Repository was established to provide open,
online access to the products of the University’s research and scholarship, to preserve these works for
future generations, to promote new models of scholarly communication, and to help deepen community
understanding of the value of higher education. Digital works include research and scholarship, as well
as works that reflect the intellectual and service environment of the campus.
2. Do I need special software to submit or to search and download works?
No, you access the Repository at http://repositories.lib.utexas.edu with any current Web browser.
3. Who can search, browse, and download from the UT Digital Repository?
The Repository is designed to provide your work the widest possible exposure, so it is open to the
world for searching. You may, however, choose to submit your work but prevent it from being seen in
full for a limited time. Please see question #34: “ Can I restrict access to the work I submit to the UT
Digital Repository? ” for more information on restricting access to your work.
4. Who can submit works to the UT Digital Repository?
UT faculty, staff, and students (including student groups) may submit work to the Repository. Student
work must be sponsored by a UT faculty member, and the name of the sponsoring faculty will appear
in the descriptive information associated with the work. All faculty are automatically authorized to
submit to the UT Faculty/Researcher Works collection when they login with their EID and password.
Faculty wanting to submit works to other UTDR collections should contact the Repository Curator at
utdr-general@utlists.utexas.edu. Staff and students must request authorization from the Repository
Curator before submitting work to the Repository. To request authorization, please contact Colleen
Lyon, Repository Curator, at utdr-collections@utlists.utexas.edu
5. Can I submit data or data sets to the UT Digital Repository?
Yes, the UT Digital Repository is appropriate for data that is: in its final format, can be openly
accessible to the public, needs to be stored long-term, and does not contain files larger than 1 GB. An
additional benefit of submitting your work to the Repository is you can also submit papers and
publications associated with your data. For more information about using the UT Digital Repository for
your data, please contact Colleen Lyon at datamanagement@lib.utexas.edu. In addition to the
Repository, the University of Texas has a host of data management services available for researchers.
For more information about Data Management at UT visit http://www.lib.utexas.edu/datamanagement.
6. Can faculty, researchers, or students who are not affiliated with UT submit works to the UT
Digital Repository?
In general, no. However, if the faculty, researcher, or student is affiliated with a program at the
University of Texas, publishes as part of a conference or in a journal or other publication sponsored
through the University of Texas, or co-authors a publication with a University of Texas researcher, the
work may be submitted to the Repository.
7. Why should I submit works to the UT Digital Repository?
Dissemination: The Repository provides high visibility and increased access to your research by
furnishing descriptive information about your submitted works to search engines (e.g. Google,
Bing, Yahoo), Google Scholar, OAIster, and other services.
Increased impact and citation of your research: Works in the Repository are openly available on
the web. See a bibliography of studies on the increased impact and higher citations of open access
research and scholarship.
Reliability: The Repository provides a persistent web address for your work.
Long-term access: The Repository commits to responsible and sustainable management of
submitted works. View the Preservation Policy for details.
Control: You or your assignee retain copyright in works you submit to the Repository. Many
publishers will allow you to submit previously published works to institutional repositories.
Usage statistics: All items in the Repository have an openly accessible link to view usage statistics.
You will be able to see how many times your work has been viewed and downloaded and you can
see from where the activity originated.
8. How is the UT Digital Repository different from posting research on my own web site?
The Repository provides benefits that may not be available on your own web site:
full-text indexing of text files
enhanced discoverability through Google Scholar, OAIster, and various repositories of scholarly
material
a permanent and persistent web address for your work so that it may be reliably cited over time
managed archival services for your files.
9. Can I still link to my work from my own web site?