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Institutional Repository

What is the Institutional Repository (IR)?

The Lycoming College Institutional Repository provides online open access to Lycoming College student and faculty scholarship, institutional publications, materials from the Humanities Research Center (HRC), and materials from the Lycoming College Archives.

What are the objectives of the IR?

The project’s objective is to collect and disseminate Lycoming College's community’s research and creative output. The goals are:

• Centralizing storage and providing easy access to scholarly and creative works; 
• Fostering visibility for faculty and student research and collaborations; 
• Preserving institutional knowledge; 
• Promoting open access; 
• Meeting grant requirements to ensure the visibility and accessibility of research produced without delays.

What is the collection policy for the IR?

Systematic Collection

The following materials will be collected systematically in the Institutional Repository:

• Honors papers
• Haberberger projects
• Humanities Research Center (HRC) outputs 
• Award winning student work (ex: Richard L. Mix ’51 Miriam S. Mix Research Writing Prize in History and Ed Gabriel First-Year Writing & Research Prize)

As spelled out by the College Catalog, all students completing a Departmental Honors project must submit a final copy of their work to the library for inclusion in the library’s collection. Students, in consultation with their project supervisor, may choose to:

• Restrict access to a physical copy housed in the College Archives, or
• Grant permission for the work to be published in the IR, either immediately or after a designated embargo period.

Students currently completing their Honors projects as well as anyone wishing to submit to the Institutional Repository can find submission guidelines and required forms on the Institutional Repository Guide.