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ThinkIR: Submitting your Work

Please note: The Office of Research and Innovation has licensed Symplectic Elements to manage faculty profile information. You can create a link from your Elements profile to a list of the publications you deposit into the ThinkIR, expanding the reach of your scholarship by making it available open access. Please contact thinkIR@louisville.edu to request our assistance researching publication agreements and uploading acceptable versions to ThinkIR/Digital Commons.

ThinkIR Staff Mediated Deposit

 

Link Elements to ThinkIR

  1. Log in to Elements and go to My Profile.
  2. In Edit mode, scroll down to the bottom to Web addresses and social media.
  3. Create a search string in ThinkIR to your name as author, and copy the link (example: https://ir.library.louisville.edu/do/search/?q=author%3A(%20Rachel%20Howard%20).
  4. Click + Add Web Address and copy the link into the URL field.
  5. Add "ThinkIR Open Access Publications" to the Label field.
  6. Click Update.
  7. The link to your ThinkIR publications will appear in the box at left on your public profile!

Submitting your Scholarship to ThinkIR

Before you submit, check your publication agreement(s) or visit Open Policy Finder to find what version(s) of your work can be added to a non-commercial repository. If you have any questions, reach out to thinkIR@louisville.edu.

To add your scholarship to ThinkIR, use the following steps:

  1. Visit the Faculty and Staff Scholarship page.
  2. From the righthand column, choose "Submit Research."
  3. Login using your ULink username (without the louisville.edu) and password.
  4. Read the Submission Form for Faculty and Staff Scholarship, including the Nonexclusive License to Electronically Disseminate Faculty Scholarship. We recommend that you print and retain a copy of this agreement for your records.
  5. Check the box to agree to the terms and click "Continue."
  6. Complete the submission form, following instructions for all required fields. Including keywords and disciplines will make your work more discoverable.
  7. If the publisher of your work requires a set statement to be included, please use the "Comments" field.
  8. Be sure to include your ORCID number. If you do not have one, sign up.
  9. Upload your paper (PDF preferred, but other file types will convert).
  10. If you plan to include additional or supplemental files, please check the box under "Additional Files" before you click "Submit."
  11. Once uploaded, your submission will be held in a queue and reviewed by ThinkIR Staff before it appears on the repository site.

What version do you have?

Preprint (or Author’s Original Manuscript): your original, non-peer-reviewed manuscript initially submitted to a publisher.

Postprint (or Accepted Manuscript): a peer-reviewed version of your article, prior to publisher “add-ons” such as formatting, proofreading, pagination, etc.

Version of Record (or Published Version): your final, published article (typically in PDF form, provided by the publisher). Usually not permitted to be deposited into the IR.

Questions?

Please contact thinkIR@louisville.edu.

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