LibGuides: HBKU Repository: Deposit

Deposit your Publications

Who Can Deposit & What to Deposit

HBKU students, faculty, researchers and staff are encouraged to deposit their publications in HBKU repository. Only active HBKU members are allowed to submit their items. Past HBKU members who would like to deposit their HBKU-affiliated works to Manara are kindly requested to contact HBKU Library via the contact info on the left side of this page.

The main accepted items in HBKU repository are: Journal articles, conference proceedings, capstone projects, theses, dissertations, poster presentations, preprints, datasets, reports, briefs, chapters, and e-books.

How to Deposit

The first step is to create an account in Manara. Listed here are the main steps to add a publication into the repository.
For visual explanation, click on the photo icon.

Create Account
Submit Items

Create & Activate your Account

Register using your HBKU email address to obtain an account: https://www.qnl.qa/en/manara-repository/register-as-a-researcher
Click on the link to activate your account in the email that you receive.
On the log in page, click on "Forgot Password" (do not attempt to log in).
Back in your inbox, click on the link to reset the password in the activation email that you receive.
Set a new password as instructed on the screen.
You can now Log in with your HBKU email address and your newly set password.

How to Deposit your Publications:

Log in to Manara with your HBKU email address and your set password.
Click on Create a new item in the lower right corner.
Browse files to upload your full-text. (PDF is the preferred file format)
Type the Title in sentence casing capitalizing only the first letter of the title and subtitle (except for Proper Nouns and ACRONYMS).
Select the Item Type. For journal articles, select Journal Contribution.
Type names of All Authors of the item.
Select relevant Categories and subcategories. At least 1 category and 1 subcategory are required.
Include descriptive Keywords and Abstract in the Description field (if the abstract is not available, include a detailed description of the item to increase its visibility).
When available, add the Funding information (only QNRF fund number will be used to retrieve information, the rest will have to be added mannually).
To add Related Material related to the item, click on Manage materials. Include a unique identifier like a DOI and specify the identifier type as well as its relationship to the original item. You may also choose to have it hyperlinked on the record page of the item by selecting the link out box.
Select the appropriate License from the dropdown menu.
Insert the Publication year.
Under Institution affiliated with, type HBKU and select from the options listed the college or research institute at HBKU. For authors that are not affiliated with HBKU, type the name of their institutions.
Scroll back to the upper right corner of the page to specify Embargo details if needed .
Select the period and whether you want to restrict access to the file only or the complete record. Please include the reason for embargo for review purposes.
Click on Edit Timeline to include the online publication and publication dates, when available (unselect the box "Use initial posted date" if the publication date is different than the date you posted the item into the repository).
When you have included all relevant information, click on Submit for Review.
You may also Save changes and come back to complete the record at a later date.