DigitalCommons@Molloy

Great! You will need to be a Molloy faculty member or employee and have:

• A title (the url will be based on the title of the event)
• A blurb or short description
• A logo/image, if available
• An an idea of what's necessary for the submission form and submission agreement

Other questions:

• Is this a new event?
• Is this a Molloy only event? Or will there be outside participants and speakers?
• Is the event one day or several?
• Is there one location or more?
• What type of content are you looking to host? Documents, videos, etc.?
• Are there are hard deadlines or dates that need to be communicated to presenters and/or attendees?

Important things to know before starting an event:

• They take time to set up. At least a few weeks so please plan ahead.
• The submission form needs to be agreed upon before the event site can be created.
• At least one person (on the committee, in the department/office, etc.) needs to be trained in the Digital Commons.
• Digital Commons has a built-in workflow but you can use as much or little of that as necessary.
• Previous events will not be added when the site is created - only the current year's event.
• Digital Commons does not have a mechanism for attendee registration but a link can be included for libcal, google or microsoft form.

If that sounds good, contact the current Digital Commons administrator (Tabitha Ochtera) to set up an initial constulation.

Submission forms can be customized. Fields can be added or removed. Helper text can also be customed. It is recommended that they do not get adjusted after submissions are made.

The default fields for an event are:

• title
• author name
• author type
• document type
• abstract
• keyword
• location
• start time
• end time
• discipline
• pillar (Molloy specific)
• CC license dropdown menu
• file upload

For events to date, it has been recommeneded that location, start and end times, and file upload be hidden from the public facing submission form so that the the author/presenter doesn't have to fill out that information or upload a file in order to submit an abstract/proposal.