ScholarWorks@GSU

Business Profile

Core Value Proposition

ScholarWorks@GSU provides an institutional repository platform that hosts, discovers, and provides access to Georgia State University's scholarly works.

Target Customer

GSU faculty, researchers, and students; external researchers and the wider academic community can access works via open access.

Key Differentiator

DSpace-based institutional repository with multiple college-level communities (e.g., College of Arts, College of Education and Human Development, etc.), analytics (Top Items/Authors/Subjects/Countries), and integrated submission and email-subscription capabilities.

Implementation Timeline

Not specified in the content.

Pain Points

1Lack of a centralized platform to host and preserve scholarly outputs from the university.
2Need for improved discoverability of research across colleges and departments.
3Need for authors/institutions to submit new items and for users to subscribe to updates on collections.

Key Features

1Institutional repository built on DSpace software.
2Discoverability features: Top Items, Top Authors, Top Subjects, Top Countries, My Top Items, My Top Countries.
3Recent Submissions and item-level detail pages.
4Community-based organization of content (e.g., Andrew Young School of Policy Studies; Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions; etc.).
5User accounts with login, registration, and password recovery; Shibboleth login option.
6Ability to register to subscribe to collections for email updates and submit new items.

Target Customer Industries

Client Results

1Not explicitly stated in the content.

Competitive Advantages

1Uses an established open repository platform (DSpace).
2Community-structured collections by college/department for organized access.
3Built-in discovery analytics (top items/authors/subjects) to highlight prominent works.
4Submission workflow for new items and email-update subscriptions.
5Single sign-on/login options (Shibboleth) and standard repository interfaces.

Key Benefits

1Centralized access to scholarly works from multiple colleges

2Improved discovery through analytics and curated collections

3Open access availability of recent and historical research

4Submission workflow for adding new items

5Email updates to subscribers for collections

Additional Product Information

Product Description

An institutional repository service enabling Georgia State University to host, discover, and provide access to scholarly works across its colleges and departments, using DSpace software.

Target Market

Georgia State University community (faculty, researchers, students) and the broader research community via open access to submitted works.

Unique Value Proposition

A university-tailored, community-organized, open-access repository that enhances submission, discovery, and access to scholarly outputs across multiple colleges using a standardized, widely-used repository platform (DSpace).

Technical Requirements

DSpace-based Open Repository; login via standard credentials or Shibboleth; cookies; registration and submission capabilities.

Pricing Model

Not disclosed in the provided content.

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