Q1: What is Macquarie University ResearchOnline?
Macquarie University ResearchOnline is Macquarie University's open access digital collection. It is designed to promote globally, preserve locally and provide open access to the research and scholarly output of Macquarie University's staff, students and affiliates. It includes theses from Macquarie University Digital Theses Collection and provides Macquarie University thesis records for Australasian Digital Theses (ADT) Program. Macquarie University ResearchOnline is developed, managed and maintained by the Library's Digital Repository Project team.

Q2: Who can contribute to Macquarie University ResearchOnline?
Macquarie University staff, post-graduate students and affiliates are eligible to contribute to Macquarie University ResearchOnline.

Q3: What categories of material are included in Macquarie University ResearchOnline?
Categories are of a research or scholarly nature and include copies of:
• Journal articles
• Conference papers
• Books and book chapters
• Theses
• Working papers
• Discussion papers
• Images
• Datasets
• Multimedia, e.g. sound files, video files or mixed files
• Documentation of creative works
• Documentation of patents
• Digital versions of Library collections
• Articles for a journal published by Macquarie University, including where the author is not a Macquarie staff member, student or affiliate
• Conference papers for a conference hosted by Macquarie University, including where the author is not a Macquarie staff member, student or affiliate

Other categories will be added as more work is submitted to the collection.

Q4: Are Macquarie University's digital theses included in Macquarie University ResearchOnline?
Macquarie University's digital theses are a part of Macquarie University ResearchOnline. They are stored in Macquarie University ResearchOnline's secure digital environment with open access and searching and browsing functions provided from the Macquarie University ResearchOnline website.

Q5: Do you want to know more about digital theses?
For more information about digital theses at Macquarie University, and the advanatages in providing a digital thesis, please consult the Digital Thesis FAQs.

Q6: What is the Australasian Digital Theses (ADT) Program?
ADT contains only Masters by Research and Doctorate theses. Macquarie University ResearchOnline's records for those categories of works are sent to ADT and ADT's metadata is linked back to Macquarie University ResearchOnline.

Q7: Will all material in Macquarie University ResearchOnline be available in full-text?
Not all material will be available in full-text as some categories of material, such as books, are not available electronically. Initially where possible a link to the publisher version of the material will be included. Where an open access full-text version is available, Library Project staff will approach the author to see if they are agreeable to archiving a copy into Macquarie University ResearchOnline.

Q8: Can I load research performed before arrival at Macquarie University?
For newly arrived staff, Macquarie University ResearchOnline will archive records for research performed prior to their arrival as long as the author has retained copyright and not given away the rights to archive this research.

Q9: Can my records be removed from ResearchOnline if I leave Macquarie University?
ResearchOnline will retain on a perpetual basis research material deposited by an author, irrespective of whether the author is still a Macquarie staff member. The author can continue to refer to their publications after departure. If an author wished to remove material from ResearchOnline, this would have to be negotiated directly with the University Librarian and a special case argued. If the material is removed, a metadata record indicating the work that was stored in the repository will remain visible in perpetuity.

Q10: Why wouldn't I just post my research on my own web site?
Macquarie University ResearchOnline will permanently retain your research in a secure digital environment and make the records available to Google Scholar, OAlster and other collections of scholarly material. The repository also provides you with a permanent and persistent URL to your submission that you can reliably cite without fear that it will disappear as websites change and new versions of PDF software emerge.

Q11: Can I link to content in ResearchOnline from my own web site?
Yes, you can link to individual records in ResearchOnline from your personal, research centre or school web site. Each of your records carries the following statement: Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/2950 [your record number]. These links are permanent so you can use this identifier to create a link from your website. In addition you can send this identifier as part of the citation to colleagues so they can access the research output.

Q12: Who will check the Copyright conditions relating to my research?
The Library will undertake all checking of the copyright conditions relating to your research. The Copyright Coordinator can advise you on issues relating to intellectual property.

Q13: What content is in or is waiting to be loaded into Macquarie University ResearchOnline?
Macquarie University ResearchOnline gets most of its records from IRIS, the University's Integrated Research Information System which tracks, processes and administers the work and workflows relating to all the aspects of research management in the University. Library Project staff are currently working on 2006 IRIS records and also on outputs nominated by RQF researchers as part of the RQF process. When these are completed, post 2006 IRIS records will gradually be added.

Q14: How does Macquarie University ResearchOnline use the records from IRIS and from other sources?
For research publications entered into IRIS, the descriptive information is extracted for each record. The Library's Project staff enhance these records with additional information, e.g. keywords, abstracts, links to the published version if this information is not already in the IRIS record. Once the records are loaded into Macquarie University ResearchOnline and depending on the copyright status of each paper, Library Project staff will approach the authors to see if they are interested in submitting the author's final reviewed version of the paper to Macquarie University ResearchOnline. For other publications not recorded in IRIS (e.g. departmental working papers), with agreement from the relevant department, the details will be downloaded from the departmental websites and then loaded directly into Macquarie University ResearchOnline.

Q15. How will ResearchOnline help me keep my publications organised and accessible?
If your publications are listed in IRIS, these records will be loaded into ResearchOnline. A link to the published version, if available, will be added to the record, which will allow people accessing ResearchOnline to link to the publisher version directly. If they are able to access the publisher version through a subscription, they will be able to access the content directly. Otherwise any relevant access options will be shown. If an open-access copy is archived with ResearchOnline, the research will be available to all users of ResearchOnline

Q16: What happens if my publications are not included in IRIS?
Publications for previous years can be added to IRIS (see IRIS FAQ) therefore once this has been arranged, and you would like your publications added to Macquarie University ResearchOnline, please contact Library Project staff.

Q17: What are the benefits of contributing to Macquarie University ResearchOnline?
For the author/contributor:
• Publications are stored and preserved in a secure digital environment
• Macquarie University ResearchOnline will be indexed by search tools such as Google Scholar
• Publications are freely available via the internet giving the author's research wide readership and exposure to the global community
• Publication of work in Macquarie University ResearchOnline has the potential to attract research funding and to increase article citation rate and impact
• Authors/Contributors are able to find out how often work is accessed and downloaded.

For the University:
• The reputation of Macquarie University's research profile in the global academic community is promoted by worldwide exposure
• The sharing of ideas within the global academic community is encouraged.

Q18: How do you contribute to Macquarie University ResearchOnline?
See Macquarie University ResearchOnline Contribute for details.

Q19: How do you find out about copyright?
The Macquarie University ResearchOnline Contribute section provides copyright information. See also:
• Macquarie University's Copyright Unit
• Higher Degree Research and Copyright in Thesis
• Macquarie University's Intellectual Property Policy
• Oak Law project's copyright guide for research Students

Q20: Who can access Macquarie University ResearchOnline?
Macquarie University ResearchOnline provides open access to all deposited material therefore it can be accessed and searched freely worldwide via the internet. Its records have been loaded into the ARROW Discovery Service and Google and in future they will appear in Google Scholar and open-access sources.

Q21: How do you find material/publications in Macquarie University ResearchOnline?
• Choose Search (basic keyword search option) from Macquarie University ResearchOnline's home page
• Use the Advanced Search option
• Use the Browse options listed
• Go to the Help screen for search assistance.

Q22. Will my publications be found by Google?
Yes, the content of ResearchOnline will be indexed by Google and other search engines. The repository is an OAI -compliant repository and therefore is accessible free of charge to anyone on the World Wide Web.

Q23: How do you contact Macquarie University ResearchOnline?
Web: Contact
Email: researchonline@library.mq.edu.au
Telephone: +61 2 9850 7556
In person: Library Information Desk, Level 2