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'''Digital Commons''' is a hosted [[institutional repository]] platform. This hosted service, licensed by [[bepress]], is used by over 300 colleges, universities, law schools, public libraries, and research centers to preserve and showcase their scholarly output and special collections.
 
== HistoryFeatures ==
 
Digital Commons is a hosted [[open access]] institutional repository and publishing solution, combining traditional institutional repository functionality with tools for peer-reviewed journal publishing, conference management, and multimedia. Digital Commons supports OAI-PMH version 2.0. Metadata is exposed through the [[Open Archives Initiative|OAI]]. Content published to Digital Commons institutional repositories is optimized for fast and accurate indexing by [[Google]], [[Google Scholar]], and other major search engines.
 
With Digital Commons [[institutional repository]] software, "institutions can collect, preserve, and make visible all of their intellectual output, including pre-prints, working papers, journal articles, dissertations, master's theses, conference proceedings, presentations, data sets, images, and a wide variety of other content types."<ref>{{cite web|title=Digital Commons FAQ|url=http://digitalcommons.bepress.com/faq/}}</ref>
 
Digital Commons supports a variety of publication and editorial workflows, as well as peer review. Content is uploaded through batch uploads, by linking to external sites, or via a customizable submit form.
 
Digital Commons provides user notification tools and options for social sharing. These include RSS feeds and automatic email notification for reports of newly published content, mailing list manager to announce newly published research and social sharing buttons. Digital Commons also provides individual readership statistics to users through its Author Dashboard.
 
Digital Commons institutional repositories integrate with other bepress software including [[SelectedWorks]] and the Digital Commons Network.
 
== History ==
 
In 2002, [[bepress]], then known as the [[Berkeley Electronic Press]], partnered with the California Digital Library to create the eScholarship Repository<ref>[http://repositories.cdlib.org/escholarship/repository_release.pdf eScholarship Repository Release], April 3, 2002</ref>
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Digital Commons clients include academic libraries, public libraries, societies and institutes. Digital Commons also provides plans for individual online journals.
 
== FeaturesExample Sites ==
 
* [http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/ e-Pubs, Purdue]
Digital Commons is a hosted [[open access]] institutional repository solution. Digital Commons supports OAI-PMH version 2.0. Metadata is exposed through the [[Open Archives Initiative|OAI]]. Content published to Digital Commons institutional repositories is optimized for fast and accurate indexing by [[Google]], [[Google Scholar]], and other major search engines.
* [http://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/ The Scholarly Commons, Georgetown Law]
 
* [http://elischolar.library.yale.edu/ EliScholar, Yale University]
With Digital Commons [[institutional repository]] software, "institutions can collect, preserve, and make visible all of their intellectual output, including pre-prints, working papers, journal articles, dissertations, master's theses, conference proceedings, presentations, data sets, images, and a wide variety of other content types."<ref>{{cite web|title=Digital Commons FAQ|url=http://digitalcommons.bepress.com/faq/}}</ref>
* [http://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/ Engaged Scholarship @CSU, Cleveland State University]
 
* [http://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/ Digital Commons @Brockport, SUNY Brockport]
Digital Commons supports a variety of publication and editorial workflows, as well as peer review. Content is uploaded through batch uploads, by linking to external sites, or via a customizable submit form.
* [http://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/ Portland Public Library Digital Commons]
 
* [http://scholarship.law.berkeley.edu/ Scholarship Repository, Berkeley Law]
Digital Commons provides user notification tools and options for social sharing. These include RSS feeds and automatic email notification for reports of newly published content, mailing list manager to announce newly published research and social sharing buttons. Digital Commons also provides individual readership statistics to users through its Author Dashboard.
 
Digital Commons institutional repositories integrate with other bepress software including [[SelectedWorks]] and the Digital Commons Network.
 
== See also ==
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== External links ==
* [http://digitalcommons.bepress.com/ Digital Commons homepage]
* [http://digitalcommons.bepress.com/faqsubscriber_gallery/ Digital Commons FAQsubscriber directory]
* [http://www.digital-commons.net 1st International Forum on digital commons]
 
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