About The Keep
Introduction
The Keep is the institutional repository (IR) of Eastern Illinois University. The Keep collects the research and data, creative works, administrative output, historical archives, conferences/exhibits, historical images, and special collections of the University. These are all combined under one umbrella, preserving and providing access to these materials. The Keep also hosts multiple journals and conference/event sites.
The Keep is an excellent platform for working papers, university documents, copies of published articles, and conference papers. Presentations, senior theses/honors projects, exhibits and other works not published elsewhere can also be published in The Keep. Posting research and data in The Keep satisfies open access mandates for most funding agencies.
The administrative team managing The Keep is:
- Professor Todd Bruns, Head of Scholarly Communications and Institutional Repository Librarian: Chief administrator
- Professor Stacey Knight-Davis, Head of Library Circulation: Technical support and administrative backup
- Professor Ellen Corrigan, Cataloging and Digital Collections Librarian: Metadata specialist
- Library Services Specialist Tina Jenkins, Booth Library Scanning Center supervisor
Our Mission
- Support the mission of Eastern Illinois University in providing equitable and sustainable access to resources
- Support student success with open access to free scholarship
- Facilitate collaboration among all EIU scholar communities
- Support journal publishing to enhance student participation in the research cycle
- Demonstrate institutional impact and extend the reach of EIU faculty
- Provide a platform for meeting funder requirements
- Digitally archive and document institutional events, history, and student life
- Support a wide range of file types including data, images, podcasts, streaming media, and more
Submit Your Content
Faculty and staff are encouraged to contribute documents, photos, data sets, audio/video files, and other content, to The Keep:
Journal Hosting
The Keep supports open access peer-reviewed journal publishing:
- Custom-designed journal website
- Online submission forms and a peer review management system
- Usage statistics
- All journals are open access
- Subscriptions and print issues are not offered
- The Keep staff provides consulting support for editors
- All articles have Creative Commons licenses
- Available application of DOI (digital object identifiers) for articles
Contact thekeep@eiu.edu for more information.
Conference Hosting
The Keep supports established and new conferences, events, and symposium can be featured with custom event sites:
- Custom-designed event website
- Online form for proposals
- Schedule of events with session dates/times
- Multimedia support: audio/video, Zoom recordings, and captions
- Usage statistics
Contact thekeep@eiu.edu for more information.
Data Preservation
The Keep serves as a platform for data preservation and sharing. Reasons to share your data:
- Many funding agencies require data preservation and access
- Sharing your data increases your research impact
- Some journals and societies require data preservation and publication
Contact thekeep@eiu.edu to inquire about data hosting.
Contact Us
Have a question, suggestion, or idea? Email The Keep staff
More Information
To learn more about institutional repositories in general, please visit this IR research page.
