I'm pleased to introduce, Digital Commons, our new institutional repository service.
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This initiative stems from the ongoing conversation around scholarly communication needs at Hamilton. From showcasing student research posters to sharing faculty research to hosting data to meet grant proposal requirements, we found Digital Commons to be the best solution to meet the various needs across campus.

Digital Commons Network:
network.bepress.com

Full-text scholarly articles, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, conference proceedings, and other original scholarly work. from hundreds of universities and colleges worldwide.

Digital Commons content is full-text indexed in major search engines like Google™, and Google™ Scholar. Other scholars can find your work by topic, author, keyword, or institution.

Customized email alerts and RSS feeds are also available to readers, allowing them to be automatically notified of new research.

Articles
Student theses, posters, journals
Events and conferences
New scholarly journals
Teachng and learning materials
Research data
Multimedia works

Individual scholar sites- allow you to create your own search engine optimized web sites. Create your own network to share and discover research.

easy-to-build, easy-to-maintain WYSIWYG interface and professionally designed site.
-faculty and administrators can create their own online presence from start to finish—with little help

Monthly readershop reports (know not to count downloads triggered by internet robots, automated processes, crawlers, and spam-bots (RACS).

Offers professional-grade peer-review/editorial management system. - extending professional publishing services to faculty and students.

-Senior theses/capstone projects
-Research posters and associated materials
-Student-run journals and publications
-Research symposiums/conferences/workshops
-Award winning speeches
-Award winning writing

-Academic Resource Centers can showcase the work of their centers (video, writing)
-First Year programming could showcase any summer projects from FY trips
-The Levitt Center can showcase the work done in their social innovation programs
-Conferences and events
- possibilities endless...

- DC offers professional-grade peer-review/editorial management system. - extending professional publishing services to faculty and students.

-Promote and publish conferences and other events
-proceedings
-slideshows, videos
-unique branding allowed
-interactive commenting feature