Knowledge Box admins: kb@gcsu.edu
This guide is based on Institutional Repository Services by Jeffrey Mortimore of Georgia Southern University.
All materials prepared for and directly part of this guide are made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike (CC-BY-NC-SA) license.
The Knowledge Box offers hosting for University-related journals and proceedings. We are excited to provide open-access archiving for these publications. The Knowledge Box platform supports collecting, evaluating, and selecting submitted manuscripts with options for review.
Hosting Policies
Most journal-related services are provided free of charge*; however, we do ask that journal organizers agree to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) as a condition of hosting their journal in the Knowledge Box. During setup, the Knowledge Box admins will review the terms of the MOU and make any needed revisions.
During conference setup, the Knowledge Box admins will guide you through completion of the Event Setup Form. Once this form is complete, we will create and begin to configure your conference site. Conference sites can be ready to start collecting proposals in as little as two weeks.
The Knowledge Box admins strongly recommend use of Creative Commons licenses with hosted journal materials. During journal setup, the admins will help you develop copyright and reuse policies that fit the needs of your event and participants. For existing journals, we are happy to help review your policies at any time.
It is possible that costs may be incurred for the setup of journals. These costs will be identified up-front via the Journal Setup Form and the MOU. In this case, a Service Agreement will be enacted.
Possible costs to be borne by the organization include: