Highlights from La Salle's Digital Commons
- History Department Oral HistoriesOral histories conducted by La Salle HIST650 students. Includes transcriptions and audio files.
- Explorer CafePresentations from past Explorer Cafes.
- ASD ConferenceAnnual Autism Spectrum Disorders Conference hosted by the Education Department. The site includes a schedule of events and links to relevant documents and presentations.
Examples of Digital Commons content from other institutions
- Faculty books at GSUThis site provides digital samples of books by faculty authors and links to buy the books or find them in the campus library.
- Terry O'Day GalleryExample of an image gallery used to showcase artworks.
- SIT World Learning Photo Contest WinnersPhotos from an international photography contest. Note the option to locate images on a Google Map.
- Walt Whitman Quarterly ReviewExample of a journal published through Digital Commons. on the administrative side, Digital Commons lets you manage submissions and peer review.
- Illinois Wesleyan University MagazineExample of a magazine published using Digital Commons' journal structure.
Digital Commons
Digital Commons showcases creative and scholarly work created by the La Salle University community. You can now get to Digital Commons from the Library home page.
To submit your research or find out more about the site, visit La Salle's Digital Commons or contact Catherine Carey (see contact information to the right).
Your Author Dashboard
When you have content in Digital Commons, you also have access to your Author Dashboard, which allows you to see how often your work has been downloaded and how researchers are finding it.
You can access your Author Dashboard by logging in to Digital Commons.
Want to try submitting something?
You can practice uploading content to our test series. This link will take you directly to the submission form.
When you submit an article, you must include a file. Here's a link to a PDF you can download if you don't already have one.
Subject Guide
Why submit to Digital Commons?
- Improve your ranking in Google and Google Scholar
- Make your work available to researchers outside of academic institutions
- Provide access to non-publishable materials (conference presentations, multimedia projects, data sets) that would otherwise be unavailable
- Easy to import your research into SelectedWorks and create an online CV
