Office of Library and Information Services (OLIS)

Primary benefits for authors/creators:

• Works are indexed by Google
  • Provides additional exposure an access points
  • Increased citation rates
• Better usage statistics than offered by publishers, including downloads by location
• Permanent links to works to use on CVs, websites, etc.

Ease of use

• Mediated deposits

Value-added services offered by the Library (if applicable)

• Creative Commons license assistance
• Provide publisher requirement look up
• CV/citation analysis – provide list of closed access articles and version that may be deposited per publishers’ policies
• Push statistics to faculty (monthly, quarterly, annually, etc.)