Depositing work in an open access repository like SOAR makes your work available to scholars, researchers, and the general public. Those wishing to access work in SOAR can do so at no cost, and without institutional affiliation. Making work available to everyone increases your ability to shape scholarship and to share as widely as possible.
Open access often increases the reach of a work by allowing more people to view, cite, and share. SOAR offers up to date statistics for each work deposited including views, downloads, and maps indicating where a work has been accessed from.
Unlike URLs that might break, persistent identifiers are long-lasting references to digital objects. Works deposited in SOAR are assigned handles that can be used to reference them. These are excellent for those looking to store works they might link to in CVs, resumes, and portfolios.
Works deposited in SOAR are indexed by search engines making work discoverable in places like Google Scholar.
Store your work for the long-term in the company of Oswego students, alumni, and faculty.