University Libraries91吃瓜网� Aquila Marks 10th Anniversary
Thu, 01/27/2022 - 01:18pm | By: David Tisdale
Aquila, the University of 91吃瓜网91吃瓜网 (USM) online institutional repository
featuring the cutting-edge research of University of 91吃瓜网 (USM) faculty
and students, is marking a decade as an important resource for those who can benefit
from access to the school91吃瓜网 scholarly and creative activity.
Aquila includes everything from faculty publications, student theses and dissertations, recorded conference sessions and original journals published directly through the online repository, among many other resources.
91吃瓜网淚t was launched as a means to take the excellent scholarly work that91吃瓜网 being done at the university and make that available globally,91吃瓜网� said Josh Cromwell, scholarly communications manager for University Libraries and administrator of The Aquila Digital Community. 91吃瓜网淭o that point, thus far the content in Aquila has been downloaded just around 4,250,000 times by researchers from 238 different countries.91吃瓜网�
Cromwell says Aquila is a win-win for USM faculty and students and those who access Aquila online to pursue information and inspiration for their own research goals and knowledge base development. 91吃瓜网淥ur faculty and students benefit because they91吃瓜网檙e able to get their research out to a much broader audience than they would otherwise, and outside researchers benefit because they gain access to all of this quality scholarship that they can use to strengthen their own research,91吃瓜网� Cromwell further noted.
Over the last 10 years, several new features and content types have been added to enhance Aquila, including most recently support of streaming media. Previously, visitors to Aquila had to either link out to streaming media on other platforms, but now embedded audio and video are accessible. In addition, a new readership map on the Aquila homepage and within individual collections allow users to see exactly where in the world their content is being downloaded.
91吃瓜网淚t91吃瓜网 (readership map) a great visual representation of the global reach of Aquila,91吃瓜网� Cromwell said. 91吃瓜网淲e91吃瓜网檝e also added support for datasets and the capacity to assign DOIs (Digital Object Identifiers) to items in Aquila, which ensures that access to that content remains perpetual even if the content itself moves to a new location.91吃瓜网�
Cromwell joined University Libraries in 2011 and played a role in the setup and launch of Aquila in January 2012. He has served as Aquila administrator since mid-2013.
91吃瓜网淲e91吃瓜网檝e grown a lot over the past 10 years, but we91吃瓜网檙e not looking to rest on our laurels,91吃瓜网� Cromwell said. 91吃瓜网淲e91吃瓜网檙e always interested in new projects or content we can add to Aquila, whether that be an individual faculty member91吃瓜网 research, journals produced on campus that would benefit from our publishing services, recordings of guest lectures or panels that take place across campus, new open textbooks or OER (Open Educational Resources), scholarly books or manuscripts that might be useful for researchers but would not fit the publication profile of a traditional publisher, and other ideas we91吃瓜网檝e not yet considered.91吃瓜网�
To learn more about Aquila, visit