CUNY Academic Works & Other Repositories

As a member of the CUNY community, you are welcome to upload your work to CUNY Academic Works! Instructions for how to upload your own work can be found below.

However, the Scholarly Communication librarian is also available to upload materials on your behalf! I would be happy to look at your CV to identify which versions of your work can be included, or to answer questions about any particular work.

So--how do you upload your work to Academic Works? Start here: 

Once you are logged in, you will need to fill in some basic information about the work that you are uploading.  Most of the fields are very straightforward (Title, Author).

• Document Type allows you to identify the kind of work you are submitting. Many types of works are supported; "other" is also always an option.
• An Embargo Period is required by some publishers.  You can upload files before the embargo period has expired, and set it so that they don't become active until later. If an embargo isn't required, then we strongly prefer that you do not place an embargo period.
• Affiliation allows you post multiple affiliations (for instance, if you have a dual appointment at QC and the Graduate Center, or if you teach in multiple departments. 
• Comments provide a good place for you to note 
• Recommended Citation allows you to override the default citation that Academic Works will provide for people to copy. 

Once you've entered your metadata, upload your document. It will be made public as soon as I see it and hit the button!

Remember to check  the publisher policies to see which version of your work you are allowed to post!

If the work you uploaded is a PDF or a Word document, Academic Works will automatically add an attractive cover sheet that gives your name, the title of the work, and the suggested citation. 

Once I approve your work, it will be made available to the public!

You will receive monthly download statistics, letting you know how often your work has been downloaded, and from what locations. 

You can also check on it in your Author Dashboard,which provides more detailed information about your downloads (and a nice map to show the distribution of your readership around the world!).

Readers may find your work either by browsing Academic Works (less likely) or by searching the Web (more likely). The increased discoverability of your work is likely to result in more citations!