JMU Scholarly Commons was established as the institutional repository and open access publishing platform of James Madison University (JMU) in 2013. The broad capabilities of JMU Scholarly Commons include: the dissemination of JMU student, staff, and faculty research including presentations, papers, posters, and selected multimedia works; the dissemination of electronic theses and dissertations produced by JMU students; the publication of JMU-based journals including peer-reviewed publications; conference proceedings for select JMU-sponsored events; dissemination of select digitized and born-digital materials from JMU Special Collections, and other materials related to James Madison University.