Finding items in DukeSpace

Depositing your work in DukeSpace

To provide enhanced access, storage, and preservation of your scholarship, faculty (or their delegates) may submit their work(s) electronically using the Library’s DukeSpace digital repository. Your work will be web accessible under the provisions of the Duke Open Access Policy and assigned a persistent URL.

How to submit items to DukeSpace

1. Open DukeSpace in your web browser: http://dukespace.lib.duke.edu/dspace/
2. Login using your NetId by selecting either the login link at the top right of your screen or from the left-side menu
3. Under the “My Account” options on the left-side menu, select “Submissions”
4. Click the “Start a new Submission” link
5. Select “Duke Faculty Articles” from the drop-down collection box. Click Next.
6. Follow directions for completing the submission form; hints are listed below each field; if several cases, such as for “author,” you will see an “add” button at the end of the field. This allows you to enter more than one author, if applicable. Upload your file as prompted after completing the form. Review your submission
7. Click the box granting the non-exclusive distribution license; any copyrights in the submission remain with the author or other copyright holder and subsequent uses of the submitted material by that person(s) are not restricted by this license
8. Click “Complete Submission” and your work is live on the web!

Formats for deposit

For articles and other text-based works, we recommend that you submit your document in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). No compression or password protection should be used.

Additional files such as audio or video clips and digital images to which the submitter holds the copyright may also be submitted with the paper. Contact the DukeSpace administrator if your file is larger than 512MB before submitting it. Accepted file formats include the following: