Digital Collections Submissions

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.

Authors are able to retain their rights through an addendum (see below) that allows for the re-use, distribution, creation of derivatives, and depositing of work in a repository such as the HPU Digital Collections. The information below comes from the Association of College and Resource Libraries (ACRL) Scholarly Communication Toolkit: Author's Rights

Addendums

• SPARC and Science Commons  
  • Complete the form and select the pertinent rights
  • Attach it ​to your Copyright transfer agreement (CTA)

Copyright Transfer Agreement (CTA)

•  Legally-binding documents that authors sign in order to transfer copyright to the publisher.

SHERPA/RoMEO 

• Make available information about publisher policies related to journal archiving policies.