What kinds of items can be submitted to ScholarWorks@Towson?
ScholarWorks@Towson welcomes any piece of scholarly work, no matter the format (as long as there is a digital version to upload to and display in the repository), produced by anyone affiliated with Towson University.
Additionally, any department within Towson University may use the repository to house, collect, and display administrative items.
If you have a question about adding documents to ScholarWorks@Towson for the purpose of records retention, contact University Archives and Special Collections.
I have an item that I created with a colleague from another department that we would like to submit to ScholarWorks@Towson. Which collection should I submit it to?
Items can “live” in multiple collections within ScholarWorks@Towson. If, after submitting an item to one collection, you would like the item to be listed in an additional collection, contact scholarworks@towson.edu.
I want to submit something, but I don’t see an appropriate collection to submit it to.
If you are unsure about the best collection for an item, contact your liaison librarian to discuss the potential options.
Alternatively, if your department is not represented in ScholarWorks@Towson, or if you would like to suggest adding a new collection to the repository, contact scholarworks@towson.edu.
I want to change some of the information I entered when I submitted my item. How do I do that?
After an item is submitted to the repository, only the repository administrators can make changes to the item’s metadata. To request changes, contact scholarworks@towson.edu.
Who makes sure that I have the appropriate rights to submit an item to ScholarWorks@Towson?
It is up to the person who submits an item to ScholarWorks@Towson, and agrees to the license agreement, to determine what rights s/he has to submit an item to the repository. The submitter takes responsibility for determining the appropriate rights and for accepting the consequences of any violations of those rights.
The standard license agreement submitting works to ScholarWorks@Towson reads as follows:
By signing and submitting this agreement, I grant Towson University a no cost, nonexclusive, right and license to include the scholarly material identified below in the Digital Repository MD-SOAR, or another Digital Repository system that the University may in the future utilize in the place of MD-SOAR, and through the Digital Repository, to reproduce, publicly display and distribute the material at no cost to users world-wide provided the University does not alter the content of the material. I understand that if I wish to publish the material with a third party that requires me to assign to it all my rights in the material, I may direct the University to remove the material from the Digital Repository. In such an event, I understand that a bibliographic reference to the material will be retained in the Digital Repository, but the material will be removed to a "dark archive" that is not publicly accessible. I represent that I am the sole or joint owner of the entire copyright in the material or, to the extent that I do not hold copyright in any part of the material, that I have written authority from the owner of copyright to grant this license to Towson University. If the material is based on work that was sponsored or supported by an agency or entity other than Towson University, I represent that I have complied with any requirements the sponsor may have imposed on publication including a right of review or inclusion of an acknowledgement of its support.
This agreement will be interpreted and governed in accordance with applicable Federal law and the laws of the State of Maryland without reference to its conflict of laws rules.
If you have questions regarding this license please contact the system administrators.