Self-Archiving in Digital Commons

Create an Account

1. Go to https://works.bepress.com/login
2. Click the "Sign up" link.
3. Complete the information form using a 'maine.edu' E-mail address and click Create Account.
4. Click the Confirm Account button in the confirmation E-mail and follow the prompts.

Build Your Profile

1. When you first login, Choose a URL for your Selected Works site (NOTE: this URL cannot be revised).
2. Customize by selecting up to three academic / research disciplines
3. Enter "University of Maine" as your institutional affiliation.
4. Review the Terms of Service and check the tick box beside, "I agree with the Terms of Service."
5. Proceed to Customizing Your Profile, below.

For more information about customizing your profile, visit the Selected Works Author Guide. 

• All biographical sections appear to the user when logged into their account.
• Only completed sections will display publicly.
• To be included in the Expert Gallery™ you must provide your position, organization, discipline(s), and research interests.  
• It is recommended you provide a current maine.edu e-mail and UMaine ground mail address.

To personalize your biographical profile:

1. Click on the About tab
2. Hover your cursor over the section you wish to edit. 
3. Editing takes place in real-time in the WYSIWYG interface.

Affiliating your Selected Works site with the University of Maine will provide your site with the University of Maine branding.

1. Under Institution, type in "University of Maine" and click the plus sign.
2. Make certain "Current Position" and "Affiliate my profile with this Institution" are checked.
3. Enter your college, department, or research unit under Organization.
4. Complete the remainder of the profile information according to the on screen prompts.

TIP: If you publish under different versions of your name or using multiple email addresses, enter this information in your profile. This will enable the Import Works tool to seek out and automatically collect your works in Digital Commons.

TIP: When choosing your academic discipline (see illustration below), begin typing in the text box. The Selected Works discipline picker will present you with related disciplines available within the pre-set taxonomy. Check the appropriate boxes and click Save.

UMaine faculty and research staff are asked to upload full-text works, authored or created while at the university, in DigitalCommons@UMaine, the institutional repository. The Selected Works "Import Works" feature can then be used to populate Selected Works. Works published while at other institutions may be uploaded directly to your Selected Works site. 

Please visit the Selected Works Guide for Authors for illustrated step-by-step instructions for adding work to Selected Works or contact Kimberly Sawtelle. 

The Expert Gallery Suite includes the UMaine Expert Gallery™, Selected Works scholarly profiles, and individual, author Impact Dashboards. The purpose of the Expert Gallery is to connect faculty with media opportunities, grant funders, and research collaboration opportunities. The gallery also makes it easy to highlight department faculty, grant project participants, and others by allowing the creation of embedded galleries. Information about creating embedded galleries can be found in the Expert Gallery Suite video.