{"id":18228,"date":"2026-04-28T22:52:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T03:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/?p=18228"},"modified":"2026-04-28T22:52:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T03:52:01","slug":"ecommons-loyolas-digital-repository-supporting-the-academic-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/2026\/04\/28\/ecommons-loyolas-digital-repository-supporting-the-academic-community\/","title":{"rendered":"eCommons: Loyola\u2019s digital repository supporting the academic community"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">eCommons is an online digital library created to collect, preserve, and provide access to scholarly and creative works produced by the Loyola community. It facilitates the open-access dissemination of research and teaching materials for the benefit of students, faculty, staff, and the larger academic community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Sponsored by the University Libraries, our librarians maintain and promote this resource by facilitating the submission of works, ensuring the repository\u2019s sustainability, and providing guidance on copyright and open-access policies to enhance the visibility and impact of Loyola\u2019s scholarly contributions. <br><br><strong>What kinds of materials can be submitted to eCommons? <\/strong>We collect both published and unpublished works:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Journal articles <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Audio\/video recordings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conference papers <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University publications<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Course syllabi &amp; handouts <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Music and musical scores<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Presentation slides <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Creative writing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Statistics and data sets <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bibliographies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Posters <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maps, charts, graphs,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gray literature drawings, and diagrams<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Technical reports <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Photography and art<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Recorded lectures, discussions, and events<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tests and assessment tools<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Theses and dissertations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><br><strong>At a Glance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ecommons.luc.edu\/sunburst.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Explore works in 634 disciplines<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ecommons.luc.edu\/topdownloads.html\" target=\"_blank\">Top 10 downloaded files<\/a><br><br><br>Learn more at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ecommons.luc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>ecommons.LUC.edu<\/strong><\/a>.<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>eCommons is an online digital library created to collect, preserve, and provide access to scholarly and creative works produced by the Loyola community. It facilitates the open-access dissemination of research and teaching materials for the benefit of students, faculty, staff, and the larger academic community. Sponsored by the University Libraries, our librarians maintain and promote [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":349,"featured_media":17194,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18228"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/349"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18228"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18233,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18228\/revisions\/18233"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}