ESU Institutional Repository (ESU IR)

First, Check the Publisher's Restrictions

Before you submit your published article to the ESU Institutional Repository (ESU IR), check to see if you're allowed to submit a copy of your article.  Publishers have different types of allowances/restrictions for article placement in Institutional Repositories. 

First, consult your publisher agreement.  It will specify if you can share a version of your article with the IR.  If you don't see it in the agreement, then check the publisher's website or contact the publisher. 

• You can also check Sherpa Romeo, a searchable database of many publisher's open access and institutional repository policies. 
• If you need more help, schedule an appointment with Michelle Donlin, the Scholarly Communication and Research Librarian, to discuss your situation.

Most major publishers will allow you to place a version of your article into an institutional repository, but they might request that you not use the publisher's version, and instead post a pre-print or a post-print copy. 

• A pre-print manuscript refers to your own version of the article that has not gone through peer review.
• A post-print manuscript refers to your own version of the article that has gone through peer review.
• The publisher's copy will include the journal formatting and page numbers, and will usually be a PDF.

Once you are ready to submit a version of your article...

STEP 1:  Fill out the applicable fields of the ESU Institutional Repository (ESU IR) Submissions web form.

STEP 2:  Upload the version of your article as a PDF.

STEP 3:  Sign and attach the Rights & Permission Form for each author.