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  • School of Education Collection Grows
    Posted January 24, 2012 by Rebekah

    We’re fortunate the David O. McKay School of Education continues to add items to their ScholarsArchive collection. A few dozen presentations have recently been added on topics related to positive behavior support. Not only are these materials useful to scholars, but also to public school teachers and parents. Click here to browse the collection to [...]

  • ScholarsArchive Updated
    Posted January 11, 2012 by Rebekah

    The last several months we have been working to migrate ScholarsArchive to a new server and update the software. At last we can say that everything is updated! You are able to access your items the same way and permanent URLs are still be functioning. The home page of ScholarsArchive still looks the same, but [...]

  • Permanent URL
    Posted December 12, 2011 by Rebekah

    One of the great things about adding your work to ScholarsArchive is that every item will be assigned a permanent URL. You can publish this URL without worrying about it changing 6 months or 6 years from now. We’ll make sure that URL is always pointing to your item, even through software changes and server [...]

  • Scholarly Communication Website
    Posted December 2, 2011 by Rebekah

    If you’re wondering what services BYU Scholarly Communication offers, please visit our website. There you can read up on the tools we use to help faculty improve the visibility of their work and manage digital scholarship. You will also find links and contact information there.

  • Department Visits
    Posted November 21, 2011 by Rebekah

    Are you wondering what library services your department could benefit from? We’re happy to make a visit to your department and give you and your colleagues a 15 minute overview of our services. We’ll be happy to talk about scholarly communication services, book digitizing, and using video in the classroom. Your subject librarian also has [...]

  • Teaching Materials Welcome
    Posted October 31, 2011 by Rebekah

    Do you have images or other artifacts that would be valuable to have online for your students? If so, you should consider adding your teaching materials to ScholarsArchive. The Herbarium Collection has a group of images provided specifically for a BYU class, Plant & Wildlife Science 330.  By adding these images to ScholarsArchive, the professor [...]

  • Widget Update
    Posted October 18, 2011 by Rebekah

    As mentioned in previous posts, we’re upgrading the software ScholarsArchive is on. Hopefully by the end of the month you’ll see improvements in the display of your items in ScholarsArchive. However, there’s a change coming for those of you using the ScholarsArchive statistics widget. Unfortunately, the widget will no longer work with the newer version [...]

  • Pre-Print vs. Post-Print
    Posted October 5, 2011 by Rebekah

    Many authors wonder what the difference is between a “pre-print” and a  “post-print”. Publishers often specify which version of a paper is allowed in a repository, like ScholarsArchive. The “pre-print” is the version of your paper as it was at the time you submitted it to the publisher for consideration. The “post-print” is the version [...]

  • Scholarly Communication Survey
    Posted September 19, 2011 by Rebekah

    Faculty, The Harold B. Lee Library aims to support you in all areas of scholarly communication by hosting a range of tools. As a faculty member, you are invited to participate in a survey to help us determine how to improve current services and develop new resources in this area. Please check your email inbox [...]

  • Grad Fair 2011
    Posted September 7, 2011 by Rebekah

    If you’re a new graduate student be sure to stop by the ETD booth at the graduate student orientation information fair. You can pick up some information about preparing and submitting your ETD and look at the website where your thesis will be one day! See you Thursday, September 8 at the WSC Garden Court.