The goal of Scholars’ Mine is to present a collection of all of the academic output of Missouri S&T that is held in digital form and is accessible anywhere in the world through a web interface. When complete, Scholars’ Mine will contain thousands of scholarly articles, theses/dissertations, white papers, technical reports, patents, and other materials that highlight and display the research work of Missouri S&T faculty and students. This project aims to be completely comprehensive, which includes going backward in time to include all of a faculty member’s prior work.

In scholarly circles, the dissemination of information to the right people is everything. Funding, partnerships, potential students, job opportunities, and more are gained by others learning about the work being done at Missouri S&T. Currently, this is done in an inconsistent way through vitae placed on faculty websites or papers highlighted on a center’s websites. Unfortunately, these sites are often time consuming to maintain and do little to direct attention to related work throughout the university. By combining all of the research into one central location and attributing detailed metadata to each item, we help ensure a very cohesive and consistent presentation of research done at Missouri S&T.

Also, because of the advanced technology being used, we can take the data held in the Mine and feed it out in real time to various websites, such as department pages, individual faculty pages, centers, and labs. In this way, the interests of an individual's department or lab can be highlighted so that they can show potential students, investors and partners the kind of research their team has done.

For more information about Scholars' Mine, please consult the FAQ page.