Scholarly Communications

Scholarly communication is the process by which academics, scholars, and researchers create, share, and publish their research, making it available to the wider academic community and beyond. Services include copyright, faculty publishing and research data management.

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Scholar Identity

Your Scholarly identity drives your scholarly reputation. Take control of your identity today with an Experts@MN or ORCID profile.

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Open Access

Open Access (OA) publications and data are freely and publicly available to all who want to read and use them.

 
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Sharing and Preserving

Repositories are a long-term digital home for your work. Learn how to share preserve, and discover scholarly content in the University Digital Conservancy or Drum.

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Managing Your Rights

You own your scholarship - until you don't! Explore copyright and intellectual property issues in research and publishing to help you retain the rights to your own work.

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Research Data Management

Stay organized throughout the research process, and prepare datasets for preservation, sharing, and re-use, utilizing data managment best practices.