Depositing to the JDC

The Jefferson Digital Commons, or JDC, is Thomas Jefferson University’s open access institutional repository. It contains a variety of scholarly work from across Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health.

Individuals, departments, centers, schools, or programs interested in submitting scholarly work can deposit the following items:

articles
presentations, lectures, and talks (Grand Rounds, conferences, symposiums, etc.)
posters
journals/newsletters
capstone projects
theses/dissertations
student works

To deposit scholarly work in the JDC, you must:

be a Jefferson/Jefferson Health/Jefferson-affiliated faculty, staff, researcher, or student
own the copyright to the work you are interested in depositing
have created the work while you were affiliated with Jefferson

Note: Work created prior to joining or after leaving Jefferson cannot be deposited

have the approval of a faculty advisor from your program, if you are a student who wishes to submit work created for a class, such as a final paper, capstone project, or thesis/dissertation

Release Form

To deposit to the JDC, you must complete the required JDC Release Form. If the embargo field is left blank on the form, your work will be made publicly available immediately. Send the completed JDC Release Form and the file(s) of your work to: digitalcommons@jefferson.edu.

The JDC Repository Manager will review your deposit request and either reach out with follow-up questions or confirm your work is available in the JDC.

Submission Guidelines

To submit your work for deposit in the JDC, review instructions for:

If you have questions about depositing your work to the JDC, contact the JDC Repository Manager, Anita Lai at: digitalcommons@jefferson.edu.