Digital Commons @ Lingnan University Lingnan Scholars Commons

Overview

Digital Commons @ Lingnan University, also known as the Lingnan Scholars Commons, is the open access institutional digital repository of Lingnan University, a liberal arts university located in Tuen Mun, Hong Kong. The repository is a service of the Lingnan University Library and is hosted on the Digital Commons platform as part of the broader Digital Commons Network. It collects and preserves the scholarly and creative works of the Lingnan University community and makes them openly accessible to a global audience.

Collections and Holdings

The repository holds a range of scholarly outputs including journal articles, conference papers, theses and dissertations, research reports, and creative works produced by Lingnan University staff and students. Content spans the university's core liberal arts and social science disciplines. The repository is indexed by Google, Google Scholar, and other major academic search engines, maximizing the visibility and impact of deposited research.

Access and Usage

All content in the repository is freely accessible online at commons.ln.edu.hk. The platform supports open access publishing in accordance with Lingnan University's institutional open access policy. Lingnan University also maintains the Lingnan Scholars portal, which captures comprehensive research-related information including outputs, grants, projects, awards, and scholarly impact metrics.