Public Libguides Created and Maintained by Digital Scholarship Services

• Guide to Submitting Works to Scholarworks@UMBC
• Copyright Libguide
• Guide to Open Access
• Guide to ORCID
• Guide to Research Data

Digital Scholarship Services Projects

Rights Retention Policy Proposal

Staff Schedule

Staff Schedule (Excel file download)

Emergencies and Problems

Emergencies and Problems (Word document download)

Information and Forms for Student Employees

Library Student Assistant Manual (Word document download)

Repository References

Key Websites

• ScholarWorks@UMBC/MD-SOAR
• Workast
• Proxy Prefix for Off-Campus Acess

Zotero Load Procedures (in development)

• Using Zotero to collect works to be loaded

• Processing works collected with Zotero

Inputting References

• Collections (Excel file)
• Cover Sheet Template (Word document download)
• Metadata Chart
• Unicode Tables

Preparing a Spreadsheet References

Authors, Collections, ORCIDs

• UMBC Directory
• ORCID
• Collections  (Excel file)
• Faculty Job Titles

Formats, Versions, Publishers

• Genre Terms (Excel File)
• Version Chart (preprint vs. postprint. vs. final published version)

Citations

• Citation Examples

Processing Reference

• 2023Nov30BlankSpreadsheet.xlsx  Version for new student: 2023Nov30SpreadsheetNewSt (2).xlsx
• Google Advanced Search
• Federal Government Document Rights notes
• Policies on File
• Sherpa Romeo
• Vendors/Platforms that are Paywall Protected unless on a Creative Commons License
• Faculty who Have Given Blanket Permission to Enter Future Works

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Training Material

New Student Orientation and Training

New Staff Orientation and Training

Inputting

• Duplicate Searching (Word File)
• Records, Works, and Finding Information (Word file)
• Inputting Procedure
• What to Load Spreadsheet Examples (Excel file)

Preparing a Spreadsheet

• ORCID Searching (Word File)
• Adding Authors, Collections and ORCIDs to a Spreadsheet
• Formats, Versions, Publishers (Word File)
• Citations (Word File)

Processing

• Google Searching Tips
• Google Searching Practice (draft)
• Processing
• Holly's Processing Procedure
• Scherpa-Romeo (Word File)
• Finding publishers' policies, processing free works, and determining keywords.. (Word file)

Checking Work

• Checking Inputting
• Checking Processing and Spreadsheet

Standard Communication with Faculty

• Outreach Emails

ETD Procedures for Special Collections

• Finding Permission Forms in ScholarWorks.docx  (Word document)
• Guide to ETD Metadata.docx
• Dspace Record Administration

ETD Load Procedures

• ScholarWorks ETD Load Procedures (Word document)
• Student ETD Procedures  (Word document)
• Downloading ETD Publication Forms from the Proquest ETD Administrator Site (Word document)

Other Procedures

Structure--Setting Up Collections

Permanent URL Construction

New User Notices

Editing Metadata (for catalogers)

Finding Permission Forms in ScholarWorks.docx (for ILL and Special Collections, Word Document Download)

Old/Out-of-Date Procedures

• ETDs Scanned in House
• Google Alerts
• Adding a Work To ScholarWorks@UMBC (not working from spreadsheet)
• ETDs ContentDM
• Procedure for Adding a New Faculty Publication to ContentDM
• Duplicate Searching
• ORCID Searching
• Preparing a Spreadsheet of Items to Enter (Full Procedure) (updated 9/8/20)
• Chicago/Turabian Citation Quick Guide
• Versions Quiz (Word file)
• Conference Papers and Presentations (Word file)
• Processing Notations