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Scholars across the world are now able to access monographs written and published by FHSU faculty and staff, online through Fort Hays Studies Series on Forsyth Library\u2019s FHSU Scholars Repository.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe do a lot of really great scholarship here at Fort Hays State, and because these are now indexed in Google Scholar they are really discoverable by everybody,\u201d said Elizabeth Chance, digital curation librarian at Forsyth Library. The monographs span from 1937 to 2010.<\/p>\n
One monograph has not been put online. Chance is still looking for a copy of \u201cBig Creek and Its Fishes\u201d by Joe Tomelleri, Mark Eberle, and Guy Ernsting. Chance said she would \u201cgreatly appreciate\u201d a donation so they can complete the series on the repository.<\/p>\n
To get a publication on the repository, Chance has to have three copies. \u201cBecause we have to destroy a copy in the process, we keep one full run in circulation, we have one full run in the archives, and one we can take apart,\u201d said Chance.<\/p>\n
Chance and Kaylee Brin, a Hays junior studying sociology, started work on this project in February. \u201cI was mainly responsible for scanning the series and utilizing Photoshop to ensure the best quality for the documents,\u201d said Brin. \u201cIt is humbling to know that I have helped people to read the series online.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chance and Brin were able to get the whole series online in seven months. \u201cKaylee was just instrumental in this whole thing,\u201d said Chance.<\/p>\n
The next projects include getting all FHSU master\u2019s theses and University Leaders online.<\/p>\n
The Scholars Repository went live in January 2016. Since then, FHSU\u2019s Reveille yearbook collection has been uploaded to the site. In September, the newest collection was added.<\/p>\n