Scholarship@Western, Institutional Repository Western University

Important Update: Scholarship@Western Submissions Paused Ahead of Migration to Scholaris

Western Libraries will be moving our institutional repository Scholarship@Western from its current bepress/Digital Commons platform to a Scholaris-hosted DSpace instance, supported by Scholars Portal.

As we prepare for our migration deadline on July 7th, 2025, we will cease all new submissions to Scholarship@Western effective Friday, May 16, 2025.This pause is essential to ensure a smooth transition to the new system, and we anticipate resuming submissions in early July.

For those wishing to submit work during this period, please send your documents to rsclib@uwo.ca, and our team will ensure they are uploaded post-migration.

It is important to note that this temporary suspension will not affect Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) or Dissertations in Practice. Students will be able to submit their final theses for publication following the normal procedure. The School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (SGPS) will continue to upload content to the repository, ensuring that all students can graduate without interruption.

For administrators currently managing collections within the Scholarship@Western platform, we will reach out shortly with details regarding training opportunities on the new system.

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns regarding the repository migration, please do not hesitate to contact the .

Elevating Open Access and Useability: Scholarship@Western’s Transition to Scholaris.

This critical shift represents a significant opportunity for us to help shape the direction of shared repository infrastructure in Canada and work with the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) and the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) on implementing a cost-effective repository platform that aligns with our core values of openness and transparency. By making this transition, we are taking a bold step away from for-profit models that dominate scholarly communication, particularly moving away from the Elsevier-owned bepress Digital Commons to a robust open-source platform.

https://www.lib.uwo.ca/news/2025/scholarshipwesterns_transition_to_scholaris.html
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