Digital Scholarship

Overview

We support University of Northern Iowa researchers and scholars in maximizing the impact of their research and creative works. We are committed to increasing public access to information and the advancement of knowledge.

Rod Library's Digital Scholarship Unit partners with faculty, students, and staff to advance research, teaching, and creative expression in the digital age. The Digital Scholarship unit manages content, infrastructure, and user interfaces for all stages of the research lifecycle, including research planning, execution, dissemination, discovery, preservation, and impact. We showcase the intellectual vitality of the University by managing UNI's institutional repository and digital collections, digitizing materials, assisting in planning and implementing scholarly digital projects, and providing support for the scholarly communication. We accept a broad range of content from the University of Northern Iowa community.

UNI ScholarWorks

The Digital Scholarship Unit coordinates UNI ScholarWorks, the institutional repository. UNI ScholarWorks collects and showcases the innovative research, scholarship, and creative work produced by the University of Northern Iowa community. Its purpose is to foster discovery and collaboration as well as demonstrate the impact of teaching and learning in Iowa and beyond. Our goal is to illustrate the knowledge and creative spirit of UNI. In addition, Digital Scholarship partners with Special Collections & University Archives to disseminate significant UNI publications through the repository.

Location

  • The Digital Scholarship Unit is located on the first floor of Rod Library in LIB 125.
  • The Unit also coordinates the use of scanners located in the Digital Scholarship Lab in LIB 129. 

What We Do

Rod Library works to expand the reach and impact of UNI departments and programs. The Global Readership Map shows over 7 million downloads of material located in the institutional repository.

  • Share your work through our digital publishing platform
  • Preserve your scholarship and data
  • Make your work more visible
  • Find campus experts and potential collaborators
  • Navigate copyright and Open Access licensing
  • Coordinate the use of scanners located in the Digital Scholarship Lab (Room LIB 129) by campus faculty, staff, and students as well as the public. Set up an appointment through the scholarworks@uni.edu email account. If you schedule an appointment, you must bring a USB.

    The library has a large format scanner. People with oversized materials, those who want a higher quality scan than the library’s KIC scanners provide, or those with film/film slides are the people most likely to need our scanners. Digital Scholarship staff provide one-on-one consultation with these appointments to explain scanner setting and software. 

    Specs of Scanners in Room LIB 129:

    • File formats: TIF, PDF, JPG, PNG
    • DPI: 300-2400
    • Color: Black and White, Greyscale, Color
    • Size: Up to 18in by 24in [For Flat Items Only]
    • Object Format: Papers, Books, Photographs, Film, Film Slides

Partners