Cardinal Scholar Getting Started

Registration

You must register with Cardinal Scholar in order to begin depositing your work. To begin the registration process click on the "Account Registration" link, in the left side of the grey bar next to the "Login" link.

Depositing Items

Once you've registered and followed the instructions in the confirmation email, you may begin depositing items. On the Manage Deposits page (unavailable until after registration) you will see buttons for depositing a new item and for importing items. Most users will be using the new item option. Those wishing to import items may wish to contact lits@bsu.edu to request advice and/or support. Once you have deposited items, additional options will be available when you click on the listed items on the manage deposits screen. Please see our help page for information about additional options and features of the system.

Submission Pages

The submission process walks you through a number of pages where you provide descriptive information for the item that you are uploading. You must provide information for all fields marked by a red star. We recommend that you provide as much information for the additional fields as you are able, because doing so will improve the ability of search engines, like OAIster and Google, to find your work. The final submission page asks you to agree to the terms and conditions of deposit, clicking on the "deposit item now" button indicates that you have done so.

After you have clicked on the "deposit item now" button, the item will be moved to an editorial buffer. You must then take the next step to make the item available in Cardinal Scholar immediately, and you are encouraged to do so.

To make the item available, click on the "Actions" tab that appears on the page that is served after you have pressed the deposit item now button. You will be given an option to make the item available in the repository, to do so, click on the "Move to Repository" button.