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February 07, 2024 12:45 PM
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Working Remotely In the Time of COVID-19

, March 30, 2020 03:39 PM
Tips for Navigating the Transition to Working from Home

2019 Statistical Report for ScholarsArchive

, February 28, 2020 12:00 PM
ScholarsArchive saw incredible growth in 2019 as many new works, journals, and collections were added to BYU’s Institutional Repository.

2018 Readership Statistics

, January 24, 2019 01:00 PM
Happy new year! 2018 was a great year for ScholarsArchive, Brigham Young University’s Institutional Repository.

Open Access Week 2018

, October 24, 2018 03:00 PM
This week, October 22-28, is International Open Access Week (sponsored by SPARC) and this year’s theme is “Designing Equitable Foundations for Open Knowledge.” Open Access is important to libraries, as a main goal of any library is to make knowledge openly available to patrons. The Harold B. Lee Library has made Open Access a major focus for the 2018-2019 school year.

2014 Year-End Stats

, February 05, 2015 12:45 PM
Life in the ScholarsArchive office has been especially busy as we’ve migrated much of our content from CONTENTdm to Digital Commons. Since migration began in July 2014, we have received incredible visibility to BYU scholarly works. Below are some highlights from the 2014 end-of-year statistics.

20th Anniversary of "A Subversive Proposal"

, July 01, 2014 01:30 PM
In May, we introduced the concept of Open Access (OA). The purpose of OA is to empower researchers to share their findings with a broader audience, thus supporting the purpose of research: to share and grow knowledge.

New ScholarsArchive Preview

, June 17, 2014 01:00 PM
We’re getting very close to launching our new ScholarsArchive site using the Digital Commons software platform and wanted to give you a preview of a few changes you can expect.

Open Access (OA)

, May 16, 2014 02:00 PM
Open Access (OA) is a hot topic in the world of scholarly communication these days. Why should we care? The purpose of OA is to empower researchers to share their findings with a broader audience, thus supporting the purpose of research: to share and grow knowledge. Below is a brief explanation of Open Access, plus some additional resources to learn more. Watch for more in-depth explanations in future blog posts.

French Military & Civilian Collection

November 05, 2012 02:00 PM
A research collection curated by one of our librarians, Annick Houzé, has been added to ScholarsArchive! This fascinating collection consists of French photographs depicting civilian and military life covering the time periods from 1860 to 1954. Documents, both military and civilian, will soon be added to the collection, along with French transcriptions. The project director is Becky McKown and transcriptions and translations are written by Mark Burtenshaw. Click here to explore the collection.
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