What is Bow Valley College's institutional repository?
Answer
Bow Valley College's institutional repository allows faculty, staff, and students to publish their academic and professional work online. Submissions are accepted through the Library's online submission form and license agreement.
According to the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) "[i]nstitutional repositories centralize, preserve, and make accessible the knowledge generated by academic institutions. They also form part of a larger global system of repositories, which are indexed in a standardized way and searchable using one interface, providing the foundation for a new model of scholarly publishing.”
The benefits of submitting your work for publication in PRISM include:
- Gaining more exposure for your research and professional accomplishments.
- Increasing the findability and use of your work, through indexing in search engines like Google Scholar and the SAIL (Bow Valley, UofC, Ambrose and St. Mary's) library catalogues.
- Ensuring long-term preservation and archiving, including a stable, permanent link to your work(s).
- Participating in showcasing the College’s contributions to the academic community and beyond.
Find more information in these FAQs:
- Who is eligible to submit work for publication in Bow Valley College's institutional repository?
- What types of work does Bow Valley College's institutional repository accept for publication?
- What is the publishing process for Bow Valley College's institutional repository?
- What file types are accepted in Bow Valley College's institutional repository?
- Will I give up ownership of my work if I publish it in Bow Valley College's institutional repository?
- Can I submit a published article to Bow Valley College's institutional repository?