ATLANTA, GA – March 25, 2025 – The Atlanta University Center (AUC) Robert W. Woodruff Library has implemented new upgrades to RADAR – Repository of AUC Digital Collections, Archives, and Research. With a fresh redesign and seamless migration, RADAR offers a more intuitive and improved user experience, making it easier for users to access and explore the library’s vast array of online collections, theses and dissertations, faculty scholarship, multimedia content.

Originally launched in 2019, RADAR currently holds over 48,000 repository records, 161 collections, and more than 9,500 theses and dissertations. Managed by the Digital Services Department of the AUC Woodruff Library, RADAR serves as a vital resource for digital archives, research, and scholarly works contributed by students, faculty, and staff from the library’s member institutions, including Clark Atlanta University, Interdenominational Theological Center, Morehouse College, and Spelman College.

The RADAR platform has been enhanced to improve accessibility and usability. Among the new enhancements are:

• Modernized and refreshed user interface
• Enriched search capabilities, including the ability to filter results by subject, institution, genre, and more
• Improved functionality for viewing documents, photographs, and books, with features like zoom, pan, rotate, and the option to view single-page and two-page spreads
• A citation generator for each record
• A keyword search across the entire repository

“RADAR is a vital repository for preserving and sharing the valuable intellectual contributions of our academic community, “said Dr. Kimberley Bugg, Director and CEO of the AUC Woodruff Library. “We are thrilled to introduce these enhancements, which will make it even easier for global users to access the scholarly endeavors from students, faculty and researchers from our member institutions. These upgrades reflect our library’s ongoing commitment to hosting and curating open content created within the AUC, thereby enriching faculty and student scholarship, supporting academic excellence and encouraging innovation.”

Powered by Islandora, open source repository software, RADAR can be accessed online at radar.com. For inquiries regarding the RADAR website or for assistance with submitting a thesis or dissertation, please contact the Digital Services Department at [email protected].