Knowledge Commons

General Information

Name
Knowledge Commons
Country
Description
Knowledge Commons is Lakehead University Library's online repository. Knowledge Commons began as an e-theses repository and currently holds more than 3,500 Lakehead theses. Knowledge Commons is considered to be an open access repository under the Tri-Agency Open Access Policy on Publications. Any Lakehead faculty member may deposit publications in Knowledge Commons as long as they are the copyright holder. In addition to journal articles, other types of reports, white papers, presentation slides, images and sound files are welcome.


Repository Scope
Institutional
Primary Subject
Multidisciplinary
Content Types
  • Research Articles
  • Theses
  • Books
  • Conference Papers
  • Other

Technical Information

Software
DSpace (6.4)
OAI-PMH Base URL
https://knowledgecommons.lakeheadu.ca/oai/request
Identifiers
  • lyrasis: 2708
Metadata Formats Recognised by IRD
  • Atom
  • DIDL
  • Dublin Core
  • EDM
  • ETDMS 1.0
  • METS
  • MODS 3
  • UKETD_DC
Metadata Formats Reported by OAI-PMH but Unrecognised by IRD
prefix: rdf
namespace: http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/rdf/
schema: http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/rdf.xsd

prefix: xoai
namespace: http://www.lyncode.com/xoai
schema: http://www.lyncode.com/schemas/xoai.xsd

prefix: dim
namespace: http://www.dspace.org/xmlns/dspace/dim
schema: http://www.dspace.org/schema/dim.xsd

Curation

Record Status
Verified
Most recently marked as reviewed: 2025-08-07
System Status
System online OAI-PMH online
Responsible Organisation
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Authorised Curators
Managing Agents for CARL:
  • Kathleen Shearer
  • Gabriela Mircea
  • Jennifer Abel
Most Recent Update
IRD System, 2025-09-10 14:08