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Establishing a Community or Collection
in Scholars' Bank


Individual faculty may set up personal collections within the already-established Faculty Research community or they may encourage their department or other group to establish a new community.

Individual students or graduate students may submit only to established collections, such as the Graduate School's Theses and Dissertations collection. Students who are not members of already-established collections or communities must enlist the sponsorship of a recognized community before being able to submit their work to Scholars' Bank. Click here for a list of already-established student collections within Scholars' Bank.

To establish a collection, an individual or group of individuals must have the support of a recognized community of the University of Oregon.

To be a recognized community, a group must be affiliated with the University of Oregon. Any administrative or academic department, research institute, program, or publishing entity of the University of Oregon is recognized as a community of the University and may establish a community within Scholars\' Bank. A recognized community may establish any number of sub-communities or collections.

Groups desiring to establish a community within Scholars\' Bank should consult with the Scholars' Bank Steering Committee to discuss the desired collections, determine the contextual information to appear on the community\'s page, and identify the appropriate contact person or persons for the community.

Each collection within a community may have distinct membership, guidelines, or standards. Access to communities or collections may be open or restricted, according to the community's needs. The Community Liaisons determine rules for each collection, including:

  • what sorts of items are appropriate to a particular collection
  • what electronic formats are acceptable in a particular collection
  • who may add items
  • who may view items in the collection
  • etc.

The Scholars\' Bank Coordinator will establish the desired community and collections with the appropriate authorizations and will consult with the Community Liaison to make certain that everything is as desired.

If you are interested in archiving your work in Scholars' Bank, please contact the Scholars' Bank Steering Committee (scholars@uoregon.edu or 346-5607) to get started.

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Maintained by the Scholars' Bank Steering Committee: scholars@uoregon.edu
Last Modified: 08/23/2006