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These Boots Were Made for Walking
Oct 6, 2023

Digital Scholarship and Initiatives is happy to have Adjunct Faculty member Kevin Freeman on board as Appalachian State's 3D Scanning Technician. ...

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DSI Rocks!!
Sep 29, 2023

DSI employees Kevin Freeman and Sai Estep were on the same wavelength while getting dressed for work on Thursday, or the rest of us just missed the me...

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Open Access @ Appalachian: 2023 Read and Publish Deals
Feb 3, 2023

In 2023 Appalachian University Libraries has established a few new partnerships with academic publishers, and continued, or expanded upon, existing de...

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Documentary Film at Appalachian State University
May 26, 2022

Appalachian State University's Digital Humanities Lab brings together faculty, staff, and students across campus to network with other resea...

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Tourism in Appalachia: A Public Presentation Highlighting Collections and Research on the Tourism Industry and Its Impact on the Appalachian Region
Mar 28, 2022

Appalachian State University, UNC Asheville, and Western Carolina University Libraries are sponsoring an online event to showcase recent digital proje...

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DSI Wins NDSA Organizational Excellence Award
Nov 19, 2021

The Appalachian State University Libraries’ Digital Scholarship and Initiatives team received the 2021 National Digital Stewardship Alliance (N...

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Open Journals @ Appalachian
Jun 22, 2021

In 2020, Scholarly Communications launched a new program to help faculty and researchers publish open access academic journals at Appalachian State Un...

RECAPP 2020: Research and Creative Activity at Appalachian

Research and Creative Activity at Appalachian
Jun 24, 2020

Call for Submissions - RECAPP 2020The Office of Research, The Office of Student Research, and University Libraries are excited to virtually ...

Open Access: Combatting the COVID-19 Outbreak
Mar 19, 2020

Why Publicly Available Research & Data are Critical to Combatting the COVID-19 OutbreakDebate over the pros and cons of open access is coming to a...

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Copyright Guidance & COVID-19
Mar 15, 2020

At the time of writing, universities and schools have closed in 49 countries due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  Library consortia and individual libr...