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What is West-Collections

West-Collections is a digital repository for the works created by the Faculty, Staff and Students here at WestConn. The purpose of the repository is to expand the audience for the works created at Western and help assure the preservation of these digital works.

  1. Getting Started: [ Watch QuickTime movie for this step ]

    Register - go to http://library.wcsu.edu/dspace//, click the "MyDSpace" tab and then click "New User-Click Here to Register"

    Enter your e-mail address and a message will be sent to that address to enable you to register.

     

    Confirm [Watch QuickTime movie for this step]

    The following message will be sent to you via e-mail:

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    To complete registration for a DSpace account, please click the link
    below:
    http://library.wcsu.edu/dspace/register?token=3cd3355d61cda782c750f1f4c70e0714
    If you need assistance with your account, please email
    dspace-help@myu.edu or call us at xxx-555-xxxx.
    The DSpace Team

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    Follow the link and enter your course name in the "Last Name" box and your last name in the "First Name" box.

    You will now be registered.  Your instructor will then enable your account so that you can submit to a "community."

     

  2. Submit to a community

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  3. After your instructor has enabled your account, log in to D-Space with your e-mail address and the password you've established from the "MyDSpace" button on the WestCollections home page: http://library.wcsu.edu/dspace//. 

    Once logged in, navigate to "Communities" and find your community.  Click the link for your community and then click "Submit to this collection" button. 

    For the first screen, just click next.

    Then fill out "Authors" with your last and first name; assign a title to your submission; select the type of content, for example: "Thesis." Then click "Next."

    Assign subject terms to generally describe the content in the "Subject Keywords"(one or 2 will do).

    Summarize your work in the "Abstract;"  write the course number in the "Description" box.  Click "Next."

    Browse for you file to upload.  Select it and click "Next."

    Make sure that you have the correct file and click "Next."

    Make sure that the descriptive data is correct and click "Next" or "Correct one of these."

    Click "Skip Creative Commons License."

    Click "I Grant the License."

    Navigate back to your community to insure that your file is listed as one of those in your community.