Florida Southern College Digital Repository

The Florida Southern College Digital Repository is the college's institutional repository for collecting, preserving, and providing online access to exemplary publications authored by FSC students and to the scholarly and creative work of faculty and staff. Content is freely available on the web and may include technical reports, working papers, honors program and master's theses, doctoral dissertations, major research papers, articles, conference papers and posters, audio and visual works, and other digital presentations.

Submitting to the Digital Repository

Before you submit publications to the Digital Repository please read the following copyright considerations:

  • Authors retain full copyright to their original work, unless previously conveyed to a third party.
  • It is the responsibility of the author to ensure that copyright permission has been secured prior to submission to the Digital Repository.
  • If the work is yours and is unpublished, make sure you clear all third party materials with original copyright holders (e.g., photographs, graphs).
  • If the work has been previously published, determine which permissions for republication were included in the publisher's copyright transfer agreement (your preprint, post-print, or the publisher's pdf). Alternatively, you may also contact the publisher directly to request permission to upload your article.

You must agree to the Distribution License before submitting your publication. Additionally, each submission must be accompanied by a completed Author's Declaration for Electronic Submission of Content. Click here to download the form.

For more information, contact Senior Metadata Librarian Marina Morgan, at mmorgan@flsouthern.edu.

Recent Submissions

  • Item type: Item , Access status: Open Access ,
    Vertex Faculty Accomplishments 2024-2025
    (Florida Southern College, 2025-10) Florida Southern College
    The Office of the Provost is honored to present this year’s Vertex, showcasing the scholarly and creative work of our esteemed faculty. This annual collection reflects the achievements of our faculty scholars and the academic excellence that defines Florida Southern College. Each featured work exemplifies our faculty’s commitment to inquiry, innovation, and expression. Whether advancing research through collaborative student scholarship, exploring new ideas, or enriching culture through creativity, Florida Southern faculty continue to make a positive and consequential impact on society.
  • Item type: Item , Access status: Open Access ,
    Empowering Self-Monitoring in Chronic Kidney Disease: An Evidence-Based Approach to Early Proteinuria Detection and Patient Education
    (Florida Southern College, 2026-07-06) Devero-Williams, Lara
    Education and early detection of proteinuria are essential for raising awareness of chronic kidney disease (CKD) among patients in stages II, III, and IV. Enhancing patient knowledge about the significance of proteinuria detection can contribute to slowing CKD progression. Objective: To evaluate the impact of a pilot educational intervention on patient knowledge regarding CKD stages II–IV at a nephrology practice, using evidence-based materials from the 2024 Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) guidelines. A pre-test and post-test design measured changes in knowledge. A secondary aim was to assess participants’ ability to use a home urine protein test strip kit, including following instructions, interpreting color-coded results, and responding to related knowledge questions. Methods: This Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) quality improvement project was informed by a comprehensive literature review and aimed to identify effective strategies for increasing patient knowledge, promoting early detection, and reducing proteinuria to slow disease progression.
  • Item type: Item , Access status: Open Access ,
    Upping our Game: Integrating New Technologies at the McKay Archives
    (2025-08-21) Zines, Jeffrey; Redmond, Sam
    This proposal highlights our current initiative at Florida Southern College to modernize archival access through the implementation of new technologies. Our presentation addresses the challenges of preserving and providing access to historical materials by moving beyond traditional, static methods, with the hope of engaging with new audiences. We will detail our experiences transitioning from outdated systems to modern platforms, focusing on two key areas: enhanced finding aids and dynamic digital exhibits.
  • Item type: Item , Access status: Open Access ,
    Planting Your Future: Lessons from Staff-to-Librarian Success Story
    (Roux Library & McKay Archives, 2025-08-21) Arieux, Hillary
    Are you a library staff member who's thought about becoming a librarian someday? Have questions about making the switch from a library paraprofessional to librarian? Not sure where to even begin? In this session, an early career academic librarian shares their journey from a full-time staff role to becoming a professional librarian- offering practical lessons, encouragement, and real talk about what it takes to make the leap. Attendees will gain insight into the differences between staff and librarian roles, how to build confidence and professional identity, navigating new expectations, and growing into leadership. Whether you're seriously considering librarianship or just planting the seed for the future, this session will leave you with a better understanding of the path ahead- and the confidence to start walking it.
  • Item type: Item , Access status: Open Access ,
    Planting Innovation in Technical Services: Cultivating Metadata Workflows with Al
    (Roux Library & McKay Archives, 2025-08-21) Morgan, Marina
    Planting Innovation in Technical Services: Cultivating Metadata Workflows with Al In the spirit of Planting Hope, Cultivating Change, this session explores how artificial intelligence (Al) could transform technical services by streamlining metadata workflows and enhancing access to digital collections. While Al has been widely discussed in theory, its practical application in library metadata remains limited. This session considers the potential of Al tools to increase efficiency, improve accuracy, and increase discoverability-planting the seeds for more efficient, sustainable practices in cataloging and digital services. Attendees will gain insights into implementation strategies, challenges, and the potential of Al to cultivate meaningful change in library operations.