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AURA is a collection of American University scholarship and research outputs, including student theses and dissertations, faculty accepted journal manuscripts, original reports and other scholarly content, and related materials such as institutional records and educational outputs which are designed to serve a public good.

the university’s institutional repository that is comprised of a hierarchical system of collections. The collections include: Faculty Research; Student Research; University Library Collections; Academic Unit Collections; and Research Centers.

Student Research policy

Graduate-level theses and dissertations will be uploaded in accordance with the student’s authorization. Any other graduate or undergraduate work must undergo a vetting process (faculty advisor, evaluation panel) for risk and suitability for public dissemination. Students must sign a to grant the university permission to upload their material.

Individuals or groups wishing to establish a collection in AURA and whose work does not fit into a current collection will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Withdrawal policy

American University Library foresees times when it may be necessary to remove items from the repository. It has been decided that under some circumstances items will be removed from view, but to avoid loss of the historical record, all such transactions will be noted in the embargo for the record.

Since any item that has existed at some time may have been cited, we will always supply a "tombstone" when the item is request, which will include the original metadata (for verification) plus one of the above withdrawal statements in the place of the link to the object. The metadata should be visible, but not searchable.

Acceptable AURA content:

• The work must be produced, published, or sponsored by an AU faculty member or university unit.
• The work must be a) educational or research oriented or b) official institutional records suitable for public distribution.
• The work must not be ephemeral.
• The work must be in digital form.
• The work should be complete and ready for viewing at the time of submission. If parts of the item require different file formats, all of the digital pieces must be provided as a set. (For example, a .pdf document with its associated data file(s)).
• The author/owner should be willing and able to grant AU the right to preserve and distribute the work via AURA.
• If the work is a part of a series, other works in that series should also be contributed so the repository can offer as full a set as possible.

AURA accepts many digital formats

Please note, only copyright holders can give permission to place materials in AURA, and it is up to those copyright holders to verify that they hold the necessary permission to upload content. This particularly applies to published works such as journal articles and book chapters.

• Documents (e.g. articles, preprints, working papers, technical reports, conference papers)
• Books
• Book chapters
• Theses & Dissertations
• Data sets
• Powerpoint presentations
• Multimedia publications
• Computer programs
• Podcasts
• Visualizations, simulations, and other models
• Learning objects
• Web pages
• Others as deemed appropriate in consultation with University Library