Policies

Metadata Policy

for information describing items in the repository

1. Anyone may access the metadata free of charge.
2. The metadata may be re-used in any medium without prior permission for not-for-profit purposes provided:
   • the OAI Identifier or a link to the original metadata record are given
   • the repository is mentioned

Data Policy

for full-text and other full data items

1. Anyone may access full items free of charge.
2. No full-item re-use policy defined. Assume no rights at all have been granted.

Content Policy

for types of document & data set held

1. This is an institutional or departmental repository.
2. The repository is restricted to:
   • Journal articles
   • Bibliographic references
   • Conference and workshop papers
   • Theses and dissertations
   • Unpublished reports and working papers
   • Books, chapters and sections
   • Learning Objects
   • Multimedia and audio-visual materials
   • Software
   • Patents
   • Other special item types
3. Deposited items may include:
   • working drafts
   • submitted versions (as sent to journals for peer-review)
   • accepted versions (author's final peer-reviewed drafts)
   • published versions (publisher-created files)
4. Items are individually tagged with:
   • their version type and date.
   • their peer-review status.
   • their publication status.
5. Principal Languages: English; Russian; Ukrainian

Submission Policy

concerning depositors, quality & copyright

1. Items may only be deposited by accredited members, academic staff, registered students, and employees of the subject community, or their delegated agents.
2. Eligible depositors must deposit full texts of all their publications, although they may delay making them publicly visible to comply with publishers' embargos.
3. The administrator only vets items for the eligibility of authors/depositors, relevance to the scope of the repository, valid layout & format, and the exclusion of spam
4. The validity and authenticity of the content of submissions is checked by internal subject specialists.
5. Items may not be deposited until any publishers' or funders' embargo period has expired.
6. If the repository receives proof of copyright violation, the relevant item will be removed immediately.

Preservation Policy

Policy not yet defined