University Library Introduces Digital Archive for KAUST Research

KAUST faculty and researchers are invited to deposit their conference presentations, technical reports, videos, images, datasets, and other research works, plus preprints and published articles (with publisher consent). The archive is also where KAUST student theses and dissertations are preserved.

Faculty and researchers have the option of offering open access to their works, which brings Google and other search engine hits, expanded readership, and more citations. With open access, all potential readers will have access, even if they are at institutions that do not subscribe to the journal in which a work is published.

If you prefer not to share particular works, several restriction options are available, including embargo date, KAUST-only access, or author/workgroup-only access.

Other benefits of depositing your research works in the archive include:

• Persistent web addresses ensure reliable links to your works from CVs, citations, web pages, or emails. (No more dead links!)
• The archive provides stable, long-term digital preservation of and linking to your unpublished works.
• Depositing research in the archive gives expanded visibility to your work.
• By showcasing your research, the archive stimulates development of networks and collaborations and supports postdoc and student recruitment.
• A statistics feature lets you see how many times your work has been viewed in or downloaded from the archive.

The KAUST Digital Archive is powered by DSpace, a renowned open-source institutional repository application developed by MIT and HP Labs. Introduced in 2002, it is used today by hundreds of academic and research institutions throughout the world.

For a demonstration or to set up your research group or personal collection in the KAUST Digital Archive, contact:

Mohamed Baessa
Digital Repository Specialist
University Library
Email: archives@kaust.edu.sa
Office: 808 3605