Scholarly Communication

Rowan Digital Works is a service of Rowan University Libraries that provides free, worldwide open access to scholarly, creative, and cultural works created by Rowan University community. Collections include Rowan University theses and dissertations; open access articles and papers produced by Rowan University faculty; materials from University archives and special collections; research datasets; student capstone projects, creative and artistic works; and more.

• Deposit works and make them available open access (i.e. at no cost to the user)
• Increase visibility and have greater/global impact of scholarship
• Works discoverable via commercial search engines
• Access to download statistics
• Access to social media citation metrics or Altmetrics
• Permanent links to works
• Showcase works to recruit future talented students and potential collaborators
• Comply with external funding agency mandates in making research data and associated publications available open access