Student and faculty theses, dissertation and papers are being found and downloaded from St. Cloud State University’s Institutional Repository.
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This June the repository saw its 1 millionth download. Established in August 2011, the Repository provides open access to a diverse collection of academic, scholarly, scientific, and creative content produced by faculty, students, and staff at the University. These scholarly materials have been downloaded by scholars across the world said University Archivist Tom Steman, who manages the Repository.
“Knowledge is to be shared — sharing is good for all. And then to make that knowledge shareable worldwide is fantastic,” Steman said. “Scholars from all over the globe find that information and use it to advance their knowledge, complete their tasks, or whatever they want to do with it.”
The Repository collects, organizes, distributes, and preserves the scholarly and cultural record to promote:
- interdisciplinary research
- maximize research impact
- support local, regional, and global development and interests.
This record is selected and curated by the colleges, schools, and departments of the University in coordination with the University Library. The Repository contains 2,139 papers including:
- 925 electronic theses and dissertations (ETDS)
- 185 objects from faculty that highlight campus scholarship
- 203 papers from three IR-specific journals, 350 campus newsletters
- 207 papers related to Economics
- 269 other papers and historical materials
The top download is an ETD starred paper “Types of Homework and Their Effects on Student Achievement” by author and Teacher Development alumna Tammi A Minke ’17 that has been downloaded 27,617 times since 2017.
