Supporting Documents
This page contains policies, procedures, workflows, guidelines, promotional materials, and other content related to the management and operation of Scholars' Mine.
Best Practices
Guidelines
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File Format Recommendation GuidelinesThe purpose of these guidelines are to provide recommendations and support as to appropriate file types to use when submitting files to Scholars’ Mine for long-term preservation and access.
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Metadata Review and Research Data GuidelinesThe purpose of these guidelines are to ensure the accuracy, completeness, and usability of metadata for research data sets ingested into our institutional repository (Scholars’ Mine)
Policies
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Acceptable Content PolicyThe purpose of this policy is to define the types of content that Scholars’ Mine will accept and any additional acceptance requirements.
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Access and Use PolicyThe purpose of this policy is to define the parameters of access and use for digital content housed in Scholars’ Mine the institutional repository for the Missouri University of Science and Technology.
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Collection Development PolicyThis policy provides guidance for content selection for our institutional repository (Scholars’ Mine). The purpose of this policy is to anticipate and meet the research support and information access needs of our campus community.
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Deposit License PolicyThe objective of this policy is to enable the Library to legally post materials on the open web and to take the necessary steps preserve the materials (preserving the material might mean that the files will need to be converted to a different or newer version of a file format if the existing file format or the hardware/software needed to read it becomes obsolete).
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Digital Preservation PolicyThis policy is subject to change as capabilities, standards, best practices and technology impact the Library's ability to preserve these resources.
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Governance PolicyThe objective of this policy is to define how Scholars’ Mine is governed and managed.
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Privacy PolicyIn the daily operation of our repository (Scholars’ Mine), Missouri S&T Library and Learning Resources (Library) collects personal information about content contributors. This policy outlines how this information is preserved, managed, and protected.
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Research Data Confidentiality and Ethics PolicyThe protection of research subjects and the adherence to ethical norms are critical to responsible science. This policy outlines the actions and practices employed by Missouri S&T Library and Learning Resources (Library) to minimize disclosure risks, and to maintain the trust of those agreeing to have personal/sensitive data stored in the institutional repository (Scholars’ Mine).
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Research Data Management PolicyThis policy supplements our existing Digital Preservation Policy by describing needs and strategies specific to preserving research data. Collection specific strategies for the continuous preservation of research data will be developed in conjunction with this policy. This policy is subject to change as capabilities, standards, best practices and technology impact the Library's ability to preserve these resources.
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Withdrawal of Content PolicyThe objective of this policy is to define the circumstances under which content can be removed from Scholars’ Mine and the associated process for removal.
Promotional Materials
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Our Digital Showcase - Scholars' Mine
11x17 single fold brochure summarizing Scholars' Mine. This can be used as a binder for the focused single sheet brochures. -
Our Digital Showcase Scholars' Mine (Packet)
11 x 17 single fold brochure summarizing Scholars' Mine any all the 8 1/2 x 11 flyers.
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Scholars' Mine - Digital Commons
8 1/2 x 11 flyer on Digital Commons. Can be included in the Our Digital Commons - Scholars' Mine binder. -
Scholars' Mine - Research Data
8 1/2 x 11 flyer on Research Data. Can be included in the Our Digital Showcase - Scholars' Mine binder. -
Scholars' Mine - Scholarly Journals and Conference Proceedings
8 1/2 x 11 flyer on Scholarly Journals and Conference Proceedings. Can be included in the Our Digital Showcase - Scholars' Mine binder. -
Scholars' Mine - SelectedWorks
8 1/2 x 11 flyer on SelectedWorks. Can be included in the Our Digital Showcase - Scholars' Mine binder. -
Scholars' Mine - Student Research & Creative Works
8 1/2 x 11 flyer on Student Research and Creative Works. Can be included in the Our Digital Showcase - Scholars' Mine binder.
Workflows
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Harvested Publication WorkflowThis workflow outlines to major processes performed to ingest publications harvested from other digital sources.
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Manually Submitted Publication WorkflowThis workflow outlines the major processes performed to ingest manually submitted publications.
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Research Data Processing WorkflowThis workflow outlines the major processes performed to ingest research data.
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