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Digital Commons IR
Guides and documentation for DC Institutional Repository administrators.
- Accounts and Authentication
- Digital Commons Administrator Configurations
- Managing Administrator Permissions
- Updating the Site to Show Changes
- Author Merge Tool: How to Combine Author Records in Digital Commons
- About the Communities.html Page
- About the Site-Level Submit Research Page
- Formatting Text with Basic HTML Tags
- Resources in Other Languages
- Search Engine Optimization: Features and Best Practices
- Follow: Enabling Visitors to Stay Up to Date with Your Current Scholarship
- Hiding, Excluding, and Withdrawing Content
- DC Structure Types: Publications and Communities
- Starting a New Collection
- Creating a Hierarchy with the Group Tool
- The Collection Tool: How to Display Submissions in Multiple Publications
- Digital Commons Journal Setup Form
- Digital Commons Event Community Setup Form
- Metadata Options in Digital Commons
- Disciplines: Digital Commons Three-Tiered Taxonomy of Academic Disciplines
- Digital Commons Harvesting Tool: Populating the IR with Faculty Records
- Migrating a Journal to Digital Commons
- Batch Upload, Export, and Revise
- Batch Upload File Manager
- Publishing to a Series
- Publishing to an ETD Series
- Image Galleries
- Book Galleries
- Managing and Publishing Journals
- Event Communities: Hosting Conferences, Symposia, and Proceedings
- Access Control and Embargoes: Options for Restricting Content
- Peer Review Tools
- Author Submission Steps in Digital Commons
- Streaming Media in Digital Commons
- Digital Object Identifiers
- Publication Mailing Lists
- Getting Started with bepress Archive
- Digital Commons and OAI-PMH: Outbound Harvesting of Repository Records
- Safeguarding Your Content with Digital Commons
- Digital Commons Harvesting Tool: Populating the IR with Faculty Records
- Digital Commons Harvesting Tool: Step-by-Step Guide
- Digital Commons API: Getting Started
- Featuring Digital Commons Content on External Sites and Platforms
- Overview of Digital Commons Reports
- Content Reporting Tool
- Digital Commons Dashboard
- Author Dashboard: Real-Time Usage Statistics for Authors
- Measuring Impact with PlumX Metrics in Digital Commons
- Readership Activity Map
- Using DC to Enhance Reports for Your Library and Stakeholders
- Video: Site Organization
- Video: Nest Structures in Communities with the Group Tool
- Video: Excel Batch Upload Tutorial
- Video: Collection Tool Tutorial – Automatic Collection
- Video: Collection Tool Tutorial – Manual Collection
- Video: Update the Site to Display Changes
- ETD Video Tutorials
- Journal Video Tutorials
- Video: Journal and Event Design Tour
Digital Commons Exhibits
How-to articles for DCX administrators.
Digital Commons Journals
Guides and video tutorials for DC Journals editors.
- Digital Commons Journals Overview
- Journal Setup Forms
- Design Customization Guide for Sites, Journals, and Events
- Outline of Journal Publication Process
- Log In and Access Editor Tools
- Managing Administrator Permissions
- Journal, Volume, and Issue Configurations
- Migrating a Journal to Digital Commons
- Journal Video Tutorials
Digital Commons Data
Help and training resources for DC Data repositories.
Announcements
Product updates, news, and best practices for the DC community.
- New Help Center and Tools To Reach Consulting Services
- Coming Soon! New Tools To Reach Us and Reference Materials
- Announcing Scrolling Exhibits: Now Available with Upgraded DCX Licenses!
- Law Newsletter - May 2024
- Law Newsletter - November 2024
- New Resources Available for DCX and DCIR
- Law Newsletter - May 2025