DePaul Open Repository showcases the scholarly contributions, artistic creativity, and research outputs produced by the DePaul University community. As DePaul University’s open-access institutional repository, it collects, preserves, and provides worldwide access to DePaul’s cultural and scholarly record, including DePaul’s Catholic and Vincentian identity. Providing free and open access to DePaul’s intellectual output supports the university’s distinguishing characteristics, core values, and commitments.
DePaul Open Repository originated in 2008 under the name Via Sapiantae and is managed by the University Library.
Are you interested in making your articles, book chapters, working papers, conference contributions, or creative works accessible to all? Consider submitting your work to DePaul Open Repository.
Why Deposit Your Work in DePaul Open Repository?
There are many benefits to sharing your work in DePaul Open Repository:
- Receive a stable, permanent URL for each item, making it easy to share your work without worrying about broken links or moving content between platforms.
- Increase the visibility and impact of your work by making it openly available and more discoverable through search engines and academic databases.
- Support open access by providing free public access to your scholarship, regardless of a reader's institutional affiliation or ability to pay.
- Track engagement with your content through repository statistics, including download and usage data.
- Deposit at no cost. Repository services are provided by the DePaul University Library to the DePaul community free of charge to contributors.