About DePauw’s Scholarly & Creative Works (SCW) Repository

The SCW repository preserves and shares the scholarly and creative output of the DePauw community— including student work, faculty publications, performances, exhibitions, posters, datasets, and more. It provides stable links you can cite, increases visibility in search engines (including Google Scholar), and keeps a public record of DePauw’s intellectual and creative contributions.

What is an institutional repository?

An institutional repository (IR) is a digital collection that gathers and preserves the work of a university’s community and makes it discoverable on the open web. DePauw’s IR is called Scholarly & Creative Works (SCW).

Who can contribute?

Students, faculty, and staff can contribute eligible work. In many cases, student submissions are sponsored or verified by a course instructor, program, or department.

What we collect

  • Articles, preprints/postprints, book chapters, conference papers, posters
  • Honors theses, capstone projects, performances, exhibitions, recordings
  • Creative works (poetry, fiction, visual art), programs, catalogs
  • Working papers, technical reports, datasets, media, and more

Open Access (OA) at a glance

“Open Access” means free online access to research and permission for lawful reuse. The Budapest Open Access Initiative describes OA as immediate, free availability plus reuse rights. OA is different from “just free to read”: OA typically allows copying and redistribution that traditional copyright alone may not.

Curious about OA journals? Explore the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).

Copyright & licenses

In most cases, authors own the copyright to their work unless they’ve signed it away in a publisher agreement. When you deposit, you can keep your copyright and (if you wish) choose a Creative Commons license to clarify how others may reuse your work.

How to participate

  • Gather your final files (and, if published, a citation to the version of record).
  • Check your publisher’s sharing policy if applicable (see FAQ below).
  • Submit your work via our submission form.
  • We’ll review for basic quality, metadata, and rights, then post.

Questions?

We’re happy to help you choose a license, confirm publisher permissions, or format files for upload. Email the repository team or visit the library for support.