JMU Scholarly Commons showcases the breadth of research and scholarship at James Madison University. The benefits of contributing your work to JMU Scholarly Commons include:
- Increased visibility of your work through search engine optimization, including Google Scholar and major search engines.
- Increased accessibility of your scholarship through unique, persistent URLs that will eliminate the concern of "dead links" on other web sites.
- A centralized location for both published and unpublished scholarship, as a complement to your existing print and electronic publications.
- Readership reports showing timely impact of your work, including views, downloads, and how your work was discovered.
- Ease of publicizing your work through mailing lists, social media buttons, and RSS feeds.
For more information please consult the full JMU Scholarly Commons Collection Development & Preservation Policies.