Concordia University Libraries is proud to mark international Open Access Week (October 19 – 23) with the launch of Spectrum: Concordia University Research Repository.
Spectrum currently contains the full text of over 6000 theses and dissertations produced at the university from 1967 to 2003. It also offers Concordia faculty and researchers an additional venue for sharing their research using a simple process of self-submission.
There will be a Spectrum workshop on October 22 titled Increase the Visibility of your Research in the Webster Library, and on October 26 in the Vanier Library, which will review the submission process and the kinds of scholarly publications that can be added at this time to Spectrum.
The name Spectrum reflects the variety of original research and creative activity that characterizes the scholarly output of Concordia University. The database, in development since 2007, is an initiative of the Concordia University Libraries supported by the Office of the Vice-President, Research & Graduate Studies.
The new digital resource is in keeping with the university’s strategic plan to develop community engagement and social responsibility, making Concordia scholarship freely accessible to everyone via the internet.
“I am delighted to see the launch of this significant new resource,” said Louise Dandurand, Vice-President, Research and Graduate Studies. “The creation of a Research Repository speaks to Concordia’s commitment to increase its contribution to world knowledge and promote public access to the results of publicly funded research.”
“Research deposited in Spectrum is highly visible, because the site will be searchable using popular search engines such as Google and Google Scholar,” added Jocelyn Godolphin, Associate University Librarian for Collection Services. “Concordia University now joins some 1200 other repositories round the world in providing a university-wide open access repository which will increase accessibility and preserve the scholarship produced by Concordia University researchers.”
Find out more about Spectrum, visit the website, or email Spectrum@alcor.concordia.ca.
Posted on October 22, 2009
