DePauw faculty Open Access Policy states that: Each faculty member will, henceforth, retain – where feasible and appropriate – copyright privileges with respect to his or her scholarly articles. Whenever possible, faculty authors will negotiate open-access agreements with scholarly publishers. Whenever and wherever faculty authors negotiate open access agreements with a publisher, said authors will henceforth grant to DePauw University special permission to make available his or her scholarly articles in the university's institutional repository.
DePauw's Scholarly and Creative Works is our institutional repository for faculty and student scholarship. Depositing your work in the repository increases its visibility, preserves it long‑term, and demonstrates the academic impact of DePauw to scholars worldwide.
SCW accepts a wide range of file types, including text, image, video, and audio. If your project includes multiple file formats, it can be submitted as a single set. Examples include:
Faculty can submit research and creative works through one of the following options:
SCW follows publisher copyright policies to ensure legal sharing of your work. When needed, we can help you identify the correct version of your manuscript (preprint, postprint, or published PDF) and assign an appropriate Creative Commons license. Check your journal’s policy at SHERPA/RoMEO.