Digital Commons Information for Faculty

Who is a Digital Commons liaison?

Each program lead is responsible for appointing at least one faculty member to be the program's liaison for Digital Commons. The program lead can be the Digital Commons liaison. This liaison will be given admin access to certain pages of Digital Commons and will receive training in how to manage their program's materials on Digital Commons.

What are the Digital Commons liaison's responsibilities?

• Maintain program pages
• Upload theses, dissertations, projects, and other exceptional student work
• Manage student and faculty submissions
• Maintain open dialogue with the Library about Digital Commons

Recommended Practices

Which theses and dissertations should be submitted to Digital Commons?

Ideally, the HU Digital Commons Institutional Repository will provide a record of all scholarship produced at HU. Digital Commons not only showcases student work at HU and promotes the dissemination of research conducted at HU, but it is also the central archive for all theses and dissertations to be used referentially by faculty, staff, and students. 

Theses and Dissertations should include:

• Title
• Abstract
• Date of acceptance (year is required, but be as specific as possible)
• Faculty advisor(s)
• Keywords

If you would like to discuss any of the recommended practices, please contact the library.

• Phone: (717) 901-5188
• Email: Library@HarrisburgU.edu

View the training materials below to learn how to manage Digital Commons. Click here to go directly to the playlist in YouTube.