How to self deposit your publications
Create an account
The first time you use Enlighten you need to register by choosing ‘Create account’ on the left hand menu on the Enlighten home page (under ‘My Enlighten’).
Deposit your publication
Log in with your chosen username and password by clicking on ‘Log-in’ under ‘My Enlighten’ on the Enlighten home page.
Click on
.
Item Type
Choose the relevant item type for your publication from the list.
Click
.
Full Text to Upload
If you have full text to upload, do this now by clicking on ‘Browse’. Select the file from wherever you have stored it on your computer and click open. Now click on the ‘Upload’ button.
If you need to add any additional files, repeat the procedure.
Click on
(either at the top or bottom of the screen).
On the next screen click
again
Publication Details
Enter all the details you have about your publication on the next screen. Fields marked with a red star
(
) are mandatory and you must complete them. Leave any fields blank that are not relevant to you.
If you wish to include any special characters in either the title or the abstract field you will need to use the equivalent html character in place of the special character - see http://www.utexas.edu/learn/html/spchar.html for a list.
If you need advice on how to complete any of the fields please contact deposit@lib.gl.ac.uk.
Once you have added as much information as you know about the publication
click on
.
Subject Heading
On the next screen you may select the subject headings that best describe the publication. If you are not sure what to select simply click
and repository staff will add these for you.
Click
to move to the final screen.
Deposit the item or Save for later
If you are ready to deposit click on
. If you want to
return to the item later click on
Once you have deposited your item you will not be able to access it and make changes, so please contact repository staff (deposit@lib.gla.ac.uk) if you need changes to be made. Repository staff will check the record and add any missing details before it is made public. Additional information will also be added.
If you have saved your item for later you will be able to return to it by logging into Enlighten and clicking on the ‘Edit item’ icon
(
).
Managing your deposits
When you are logged in you can click on the ‘Manage deposits’ link on the left hand menu to see a list of the items you are currently working on. Once you have deposited an item it will disappear from your list.
Once you have finished click ‘Log out’ to exit.
