The Digital Collections Working Group (DCWG) provides broad oversight and leadership for the development of digital collections. The group establishes goals and develops recommendations that further the Library's mission, vision, and strategic plan, and collaborates with other departments. DCWG is composed of library staff members whose work focuses on the creation and maintenance of digital collections.
Current members:
OHSU’s Digital Collections serve to document the University’s scholarly output as well as the history of the institution and health science practices through a diverse array of materials. The Digital Collections Development Policy provides guidance for the overall collecting and maintenance of these digital materials and follows the Library Collection Development Policy; however, some records may be governed by collection-specific policies, such as the Historical Collections & Archives (HC&A) Collection Development Policy.
The Digital Collections and this policy are maintained under the guidance of the Digital Collections Working Group.
The Library acquires materials representing OHSU’s scholarly and creative outputs, including theses, dissertations, research posters, manuscripts and presentations. The Library also provides digitized reproductions of historical materials for preservation and access, as well as digital files from archival acquisitions.
Collections and materials selected for inclusion will meet the academic, research and documentary needs of OHSU. All materials will also follow best practices for making digital content accessible. The value and interest of the materials to OHSU and the wider community are the primary criteria for inclusion. Selection of content for inclusion is also contingent upon resources available to undertake projects. Other considerations include the condition of material, the need for digital reformatting to enable access, and whether a duplicate digital copy exists.
Historical materials are collected according to the HC&A Collection Development Policy and abide by the terms of the HC&A Donation Policy.
Submissions to Digital Collections must be authored, produced or sponsored by OHSU faculty, staff, alumni, students or volunteers, or by members of OHSU-affiliated organizations. Works created by users unaffiliated with OHSU may be deposited into Digital Collections if the work is related to an OHSU-sponsored publication, grant-funded project or event, or adheres to the HC&A Collection Development Policy.
The OHSU Digital Collections is not a Research Data Repository and OHSU does not maintain its own data repository. Please see the Sharing Data section of our Research Data Services Guide for information and resources about sharing data. You may also Contact the Library for assistance if you have research data you need to share and need assistance finding an appropriate home for it.
By depositing materials into the OHSU Digital Collections, authors ensure the following:
The OHSU Library ensures non-exclusive distribution of an author’s work, which means that authors can publish their work in other places even when the work is already on the OHSU Digital Collections platform.
Authors agree to grant the OHSU Library the following non-exclusive, royalty free, perpetual, worldwide rights and licenses:
Submitting a work to the repository does not transfer ownership of the work's copyright.
All submissions are reviewed by repository managers before publication in the repository. Authors will be contacted if there are any issues with the submission. OHSU Library staff reserve the right to accept or reject submissions.
Reasons that OHSU Library staff would withdraw content include, but is not limited to, factual inaccuracy, copyright infringement, or plagiarism. Ordinarily, content will not be removed simply because the author has produced a revised version of a work.
When content is removed, the description for the work will remain as a placeholder in the archive, with its affiliated handle, or URL. A brief statement explaining the reason for withdrawal of the content will be added to the metadata.
We attempt to notify authors if their content is being removed. Digital Collections reserves the right to remove items from the repository if notified by a third party of potential copyright infringement. In such cases, we will attempt to notify authors and involved communities.
Materials may also be removed by request of the author.
While every effort has been made to provide accurate information within the repository, OHSU cannot guarantee the accuracy of all information, especially when information is obtained through third party sources. The university is not responsible for the content, availability or accessibility of third-party content, or for the accidental/premature disclosure of confidential information and findings.