University Knowledge Digital Repository UKDR University of the Philippines Los Baños

Overview

The University Knowledge Digital Repository (UKDR) is the official institutional repository of the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), located in Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. It serves as the primary online platform for preserving, showcasing, and providing access to the university's scholarly and research output. The repository is a service of the UPLB Libraries and operates on the Digital Commons platform.

Collections and Holdings

The UKDR encompasses a broad range of content types deposited by individual university departments and centres. Collections include journal articles, theses and dissertations, conference papers, books and book chapters, working papers, and historical materials relating to UPLB. Notable peer-reviewed journals hosted or indexed within the repository include the Philippine Agriculturist (founded January 1911), the Journal of Environmental Science and Management, the Journal of Economics, Management & Agricultural Development, the Philippine Journal of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, and several others spanning the natural sciences, social sciences, and development communication.

Access and Usage

The UKDR is an open-access platform and is freely accessible over the internet to researchers, students, and members of the public worldwide. Research deposited here must cite UPLB in the authorship. The repository is also managed in coordination with the UPLB Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Research and Extension, which supports the university's knowledge dissemination mandate. The UKDR is part of the Digital Commons Network.