Research Guides: Scholarly Communications and Digital Scholarship: Welcome

Workshops & Events

What is Scholarly Communications?

Scholarly Communications refers to the process of creating, sharing and archiving research. This is done via multiple methods, many available to you through the Cal Poly Humboldt Library.

Publishing Opportunities and Databases

The library supports the publication of content from Cal Poly Humboldt students, faculty, and staff authors as well as from community authors. Whether you are looking for locally published content or looking for somewhere to publish, please see the following resources and opportunities.

Digital Commons @ Cal Poly Humboldt
The Cal Poly Humboldt Library maintains an open access repository housing a variety of research formats, including faculty papers, student scholarship, annual reports, conference proceedings, presentations, data sets, and videos.
The Press at Cal Poly Humboldt
The Press at Cal Poly Humboldt is a free, open-access publisher of high-quality journals and monographs by or in support of our campus community.
ScholarWorks
Part of a CSU-wide effort, ScholarWorks is a digital archive that collects and provides access to primarily legacy research and scholarship of faculty, staff, and students of Cal Poly Humboldt.
Graduate Theses and Projects
Published theses and projects of successful graduate students at Cal Poly Humboldt.
Journals
Journals hosted on Digital Commons @ Cal Poly Humboldt.
Capstones, Projects, and Directed Studies
Published capstones, projects, and directed studies from undergraduates at Cal Poly Humboldt.
Authors Hall Database
A database of Cal Poly Humboldt student, staff, and faculty publications from 1935-present.
ideaFest
This end of the year event showcases research, performances, digital projects, and more from Cal Poly Humboldt students, faculty, and staff. See archived posters from past years at https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/posters/.
Makerspace
Opportunities to create and learn about digital and physical projects.

Open-Access Publishing Resources

The following resources offer support to finding, creating, publishing, and archiving open-access educational resources, research, and creative works.

Special Collections
Historical records of natural resources, Native peoples, and primary industries of Northwestern California, including the history of Cal Poly Humboldt. Contact regarding authorship opportunities on those topics.
Open Educational Resources (OER) Guide
This resource helps faculty discover free and open textbooks and other teaching materials.
Open Access Transformative Agreements
The California State University system has entered into transformative agreements with select publishers to allow for the free publication of journal articles in open-access.
Open Pedagogy
The library supports the publication of curricular and extracurricular student research, creative and educational works to empower student learning.
Copyright for Educators
This guide explains how copyright law applies to educational use.
Accessibility and Image Use Basics
A one-page guide for accessibility and image use basics.

Librarian

Kyle Morgan

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Subjects: Copyright & Open Licensing, Journal Hosting, Master's Theses & Projects, Online Publishing, Open Access, Open Educational Resources, Student Publishing as a High Impact Practice, The Press at Cal Poly Humboldt

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