Manara, hosted by the Qatar National Library, is UDST’s open-access repository for research by UDST community members. UDST and Manara entered a formal partnership in the 23/24 academic year. UDST research work that is openly accessible, without any charges to the reader, is hosted on the Manara platform.
Questions
What kinds of work can one find on Manara?
Manara hosts open access journal articles (articles available without an access charge or other barriers), conference posters, conference proceedings, datasets, and a variety non-traditional academic output.
Manara can also host certain versions of closed access journal articles, provided that the author can certify that the version they are uploading to Manara is an appropriate one, as per the journal's policies. For more on this, visit our green open access page.
I published an open access article. Does Manara create a duplicate DOI?
No. Manara hosts a copy of your open access article and uses the original DOI.
I have a conference poster. Can Manara create a DOI for it and host it for me?
Yes. The Manara team will assign your work a DOI if it does not already have one and make your work accessible via Manara.
