Publishing in Scholarly Commons Dr Anne Marie Casey

Publishing in Scholarly Commons Dr. Anne Marie Casey, Dean of Scholarly Communication and the Library Wes Lewis, Associate Director, Undergraduate Research Dr. Kadie Mullins, Director, Undergraduate Research Debra Rodensky, Scholarly Communication Librarian Chip Wolfe, Digitization Specialist/Media Technician

Why publish? • Career Advancement • Sharing Knowledge • Establish Academic Presence • Market Your Expertise

What is Scholarly Commons? • ERAU’s Institutional Repository. • Publishes intellectual output of faculty, staff, and students as open access. • Most documents are open access on a global scale. • Includes articles, presentations, white papers, letters, and images. • Gives monthly reports on the number of downloads of your work

What makes publishing in Scholarly Commons different from publishing in Beyond? Scholarly Commons Beyond • Requires faculty/staff recommendation Peer reviewed • Inquiry-based/Personal reflections Scientific method/knowledge-based • Permits alternative formats: Article/Literature format only – Blogs/vlogs – Power. Point Presentations – Video Presentations – Audio Presentations – Poster Sessions

What types of projects can you submit? • Inquiry Manuscript – Research Question – How you answered the question via personal reflections, experience during the trip, interviews, artifacts collected during your visit. • Photo/Video journal – Using photographs & video to show your experience and answer your research question. • Other forms of media – Blogging

How do you get started? • Establishing your research question – What are you interested in learning or exploring during your trip? • Literature Review – What information is available about your topic to help you develop a deeper understanding of your area of exploration? • Meet with your faculty advisor to discuss topic and your proposal • Write up your proposal – What do you hope to accomplish? – What will you be doing/researching?

Are there deadlines? Summer A Summer B Proposal Due May 5, 2017 Proposal Due June 16, 2017 Progress Report May 30, 2017 Progress Report June 10, 2017 Project Submission July 14, 2017 Project Submission August 26, 2017

Need Advice? General Questions Dr. Casey caseya 3@erau. edu Mr. Lewis lewisw 4@erau. edu Dr. Mullins haywardk@erau. edu Research Help Ask a Librarian library@erau. edu

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