Highlighting Graduate Student Research and Scholarship
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Highlighting Graduate Student
Research and Scholarship
Harrison W. Inefuku, Digital Repository Coordinator
GPSS Presentation
October 27, 2013
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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
recordings
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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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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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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/simo
ne_soso)
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SelectedWorks travels with you
University of Texas, El Paso
(2005–2013)
Iowa State University
(2013– )
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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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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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Questions? Want
to Participate?
Contact:
Harrison W. Inefuku
Digital Repository Coordinator
hinefuku@iastate.edu
515-294-3180
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