Digital Collections Submissions

Digital Collections Submissions

About 

Faculty or designated staff may submit student or faculty work to be placed in HPU's open access Digital Collections.

  • Theses, dissertations, graduate capstone papers, etc*.
  • Undergraduate or graduate research projects*
  • Published journal articles
  • Published books and book chapters
  • Conference presentations and posters (.pdf format required)

*The HPU Libraries are unable to accept submissions that do not meet the title page requirements. See the sample title page.

Submission Requirements

Title Page Requirements  

When submitting a thesis or dissertation, departments must ensure the following:

  • The title page must include the following:
    • Title
    • Item Type (Thesis, Professional Paper, Capstone Project, etc.)
    • Degree 
    • Program (If applicable)
    • College 
    • Institution (Hawaiʻi Pacific University)
    • Location (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi)
    • Publication Date (Semester & Year)
    • Student's Name (Do not include post-nominal letters)
    • Disclaimer (The views presented here are those of the author and are not to be construed as official or reflecting the views of Hawaiʻi Pacific University)
    • Advisor(s) (Do not include post-nominal letters)
  • On the title page include an okina before the last i in Hawaiʻi. 
    • The okina is NOT an apostrophe
    • Add the okina [single open qutation mark] by using symbols under Insert tab in MS Word.
    • OR place the cursor at the beginning of a blank line of text.
    • Push and hold the "Alt" key. If there is no dedicated numeric keypad on the right side of the keyboard, push and hold the "Fn" key.
    • Type the string "39".
    • Release the "Alt" and "Fn" keys to make the okina appear at the location of the cursor.
  • Sample Title Page
  • An abstract is required and should immediately follow the title page.  There is no word limit. 

Title Page Requirements  

When submitting a student's work that is not a thesis, or dissertation, graduate capstone, etc.:

  • The title page must include the following:
    • Title
    • Item Type (Capstone Project or like work)
    • Program (If applicable)
    • College 
    • Institution (Hawaiʻi Pacific University)
    • Location (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi)
    • Publication Date (Semester & Year)
    • Student's Name
    • Disclaimer (The views presented here are those of the author and are not to be construed as official or reflecting the views of Hawaiʻi Pacific University)
  • On the title page include an okina before the last i in Hawaiʻi. 
    • The okina is NOT an apostrophe
    • Add the okina [single open qutation mark] by using symbols under Insert tab in MS Word.
    • OR place the cursor at the beginning of a blank line of text.
    • Push and hold the "Alt" key. If there is no dedicated numeric keypad on the right side of the keyboard, push and hold the "Fn" key.
    • Type the string "39".
    • Release the "Alt" and "Fn" keys to make the okina appear at the location of the cursor.
  • An abstract should immediately follow the title page.  There is no word limit.

PROCEDURES FOR SUBMITTING 

  • Designated faculty or staff may submit papers here.
  • A completed and signed release form accompany the work.
  • The work must be submitted in text-searchable PDF format.

QUESTIONS?

Contact Jerome A. Nicolas, Head of Acquisitions & Collection Development at jnicolas@hpu.edu or 544-0867.