Instructions for submitting to the Denman Undergraduate Research Forum collections in the Knowledge Bank. If you have questions or problems with the procedures below, please send a message to libkbhelp@lists.osu.edu.
Topics:
- MANDATORY: Login (Auto-Register) with the Knowledge Bank.
- MANDATORY: Fill out authorization form.
- MANDATORY: Convert PowerPoint files and Word documents to PDF.
- Submission Guidelines
Note: You may request a one, three, or five year embargo of your poster during submission.
1. Login to the Knowledge Bank to auto-register
- Go to: https://kb.osu.edu/dspace/
- Click on "Login" in the left-hand column under "My Account".
- Click on "OSU Login"
- Sign in with your OSU account (lastname.# and password) to be directed to your Submissions page
- OR if your OSU login is already in effect in your browser, you will be taken directly to your Submissions page.
Note: You will not be able to select a collection to submit to until you are authorized to submit to the appropriate collection (see step 2 below).
2. Notify Knowledge Bank about Your Registration
Fill out the web form below and click on [Submit] to inform the Knowledge Bank staff that you have registered. They will authorize you to submit your work to the appropriate collection. Knowledge Bank staff will send you an e-mail when you have been authorized. If you have not heard back from Knowledge Bank staff within two business days, please email libkbhelp@lists.osu.edu.
Once authorized, when you click on "start a new submission" after logging in you will see the name of your Denman collection in the collection dropdown on the "Select a collection" screen. Before you are authorized this collection will not be available.
Note: This form will not automatically authorize you. The Knowledge Bank staff will receive your request via this form and they will authorize you.
3. Convert your poster to PDF format
Note: Please do not use spaces or special characters in your PDF filename. Spaces and special characters — such as [ , ] , ( , ) , ! , é , and ü — can prevent access to your submission via the web once it is in the Knowledge Bank. Examples of properly named PDFs include: Your_Name_Denman.pdf, Denman-Poster-2017.pdf. Also, please remember that the filename of your PDF will be visible to the general public.
4. Submit your work to the Knowledge Bank
- Go to: https://kb.osu.edu/dspace/
- Click on "Login".
- Click on "OSU Login"
- After logging in, click on "start a new submission".
- Select your collection from the dropdown. Note: you will not be able to select a collection until you are authorized to submit (step 2 above).
- Follow the submission guidelines for details on how fill out the online submission form.
Note: During the submission process, you will be asked whether or not you are requesting an embargo (or delayed dissemination) for your poster and, if so, for how long. You may request a one, three, or five year embargo.
Note: As a repository for digital assets, OSU's Knowledge Bank acts as a permanent archive. All items submitted remain as is at the time of submission, just as books once published remain in the form in which they were printed. PDF files once placed in the Knowledge Bank will not be modified.
Problems? Email us at libkbhelp@lists.osu.edu
5. Follow-up to Your Submission
When your submission has been approved, you will receive an e-mail with a permanent Web address for your work. Items in the Knowledge Bank are indexed by Google, but it may take up to two weeks before you will be able to find it in Google.
Link to this page: http://go.osu.edu/kb-Denman-instructions