About RShare
Studies have demonstrated that the practice of archiving scholarly work in institutional repositories has "a positive impact on citation count, exposure or presence, and administrative burden" (Demetres et al, 182).
For TMU Researchers, that repository is RShare, which represents a robust, convenient means of self-archiving research for extended reach, impact, and discoverability.
RShare is Toronto Metropolitan University Library's official institutional repository, which collects, organises, and provides online access to research and teaching materials created by members of the TMU community. Content is openly available to anyone. RShare hosts theses, dissertations, scholarly articles, technical reports, working papers, conference papers, and creative content.
The Importance of Institutional Repositories
Archiving academic output in RShare leads to increased visibility, usage, and impact. By making your research open access on RShare, you will help to provide equitable access to materials for all members of our community.
For more information please contact Repository Support Librarian, Toby Malone.
Post your research
Unpublished work, such as conference papers or presentations, can be hosted on RShare to provide Open Access to your research. When submitting an article for publication to commercial publishers, consider reserving rights to post material in RShare when you sign publishers agreements. This is now a common academic practice, but you usually have to ask the publisher to receive this right in your contract.
For more information about copyright, please see our copyright pages.
Submitting to RShare
The first time you login to RShare, the system will create an account for you. Click the upload link and add your file and data about the upload. For more information, check the How to Deposit Research to RShare page.
Work Cited
Demetres MR, Delgado D, Wright DN. The impact of institutional repositories: a systematic review. J Med Lib Assoc. 2020 Apr 1;108(2):177–184. doi: 10.5195/jmla.2020.856.