Digital Space @ Xavier: About

Digital Space @ Xavier is an institutional repository for all Xavier University scholarly communication, creative pedagogical works and historical materials. It enables Xavier University faculty, staff, and students to make their work accessible to the world at a stable URL, and with the assurance they will be preserved over the long term. Digital Space @ Xavier is an important tool in advancing scholarly communication, promoting creative pedagogy and preserving the historical legacy of Xavier University. Digital Space @ Xavier is a service provided by the Xavier University Library under the auspices of the Division of Information Resources.

All Xavier faculty, staff and students are eligible to deposit their scholarly, pedagogical, and historical materials into a Digital Space @ Xavier community. A community may include but is not limited to a college, department, center, institute, research unit, etc. Xavier faculty, staff and students may deposit their works in Digital Space @ Xavier if the content is appropriate for submission and if Xavier has their permission.

Digital Space @ Xavier is specifically designed to house and make available scholarly, pedagogical and historical materials in a variety of digital formats (text, data, images, audio, video, etc.). Some examples of content include:

• Published materials
• Pre- or post-prints (if the author’s rights are retained)
• Conference and working papers
• Student dissertations, theses, and research papers (with permission of the student)
• Xavier produced newspapers, magazines, yearbooks, etc.
• Collections of historical documents and manuscripts, photographs, art works, etc.
• Learning objects
• Historical materials

There are five reasons for depositing your work in Digital Space @ Xavier:

1. It increases citation impact;
2. It guarantees permanence by assigning a stable, permanent URL to your work so readers will always find it;
3. It ensures quick, efficient archiving of your work;
4. It showcases your scholarly, pedagogical or historical materials with a personalized page; and
5. It meets some grant requirements for dissemination.