DigitalCommons@EMU: Our Institutional Repository

DigitalCommons@EMU is Eastern Michigan University’s institutional repository and publishing platform. It preserves, shares, and showcases the scholarly, creative, and historical work produced by EMU faculty, students, staff, departments, and research units. The Library manages the service, handles all uploads and metadata creation, and partners with campus creators to develop new publishing and dissemination projects.

Use this guide to explore what is possible on the platform and learn how the Library can support your work.

DigitalCommons@EMU supports a wide range of publishing and dissemination needs for the entire EMU community.

• Publish peer-reviewed journals. Includes faculty-led journals, student-run journals, and departmental publications.
• Host scholarly books and monographs. Support for open access textbooks, edited collections, anthologies, and digital volumes.
• Publish conference proceedings. Abstracts, full papers, videos, posters, programs, and other materials from EMU events.
• Support student research. Honors theses, capstones, master’s theses, dissertations, and undergraduate journals.
• Share datasets and research outputs. Includes documentation, code, and supplementary materials that enhance transparency and reuse.
• Showcase faculty scholarship. The Library adds citations and uploads shareable versions for faculty publications from 2017 onward.
• Create departmental or program series. Technical reports, newsletters, exhibitions, performances, and project-based collections.
• Preserve campus history. Digitized issues of The Eastern Echo, yearbooks, and historical publications.

DigitalCommons@EMU is a long-term service supported by the EMU Library, with benefits for faculty, students, and staff.

• Increased visibility and impact. Repository items are indexed by Google Scholar and major search engines.
• Stable, permanent links. Each item receives a persistent URL that is ideal for CVs, grant reports, websites, and course materials.
• Library-supported publishing. No need to manage hosting, software, or long-term preservation.
• Showcase your work. The platform highlights EMU scholarship and creative activity around the world.
• Open access options. Make your work freely available when appropriate.
• Long-term preservation. The Library maintains backups, file formats, and platform migration.

The Library handles the technical and administrative work so you can focus on your scholarship, teaching, and creative projects.

• Full upload and metadata services
• Design and setup of journals, book series, and conference collections
• Guidance on file versions, access levels, and long-term planning
• Support for datasets and supplementary materials
• Consultations for departmental publications and digital projects
• Ongoing maintenance, preservation, and technical troubleshooting

If you have an idea for a new project, the curator can help you explore options and develop a sustainable plan.

The Library tracks EMU scholarship and adds citations for faculty publications from 2017 onward. Use the form below to notify us of new work.

EMU Faculty Publication Notification Form