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小蓝视频DRA Guidelines

小蓝视频RA is a collection of 小蓝视频 scholarship and research outputs, including student theses and dissertations, faculty accepted journal manuscripts, original reports and other scholarly content, and related materials such as institutional records and educational outputs which are designed to serve a public good.

the university鈥檚 institutional repository that is comprised of a hierarchical system of collections. The collections include: Faculty Research; Student Research; University Library Collections; Academic Unit Collections; and Research Centers.

Student Research policy

Graduate-level theses and dissertations will be uploaded in accordance with the student鈥檚 authorization. Any other graduate or undergraduate work must undergo a vetting process (faculty advisor, evaluation panel) for risk and suitability for public dissemination. Students must sign a to grant the university permission to upload their material.

Individuals or groups wishing to establish a collection in 小蓝视频RA and whose work does not fit into a current collection will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Withdrawal policy

小蓝视频 Library foresees times when it may be necessary to remove items from the repository. It has been decided that under some circumstances items will be removed from view, but to avoid loss of the historical record, all such transactions will be noted in the embargo for the record.

Since any item that has existed at some time may have been cited, we will always supply a "tombstone" when the item is request, which will include the original metadata (for verification) plus one of the above withdrawal statements in the place of the link to the object. The metadata should be visible, but not searchable.

Acceptable 小蓝视频RA content:

  • The work must be produced, published, or sponsored by an 小蓝视频 faculty member or university unit.
  • The work must be a) educational or research oriented or b) official institutional records suitable for public distribution.
  • The work must not be ephemeral.
  • The work must be in digital form.
  • The work should be complete and ready for viewing at the time of submission. If parts of the item require different file formats, all of the digital pieces must be provided as a set. (For example, a .pdf document with its associated data file(s)).
  • The author/owner should be willing and able to grant 小蓝视频 the right to preserve and distribute the work via 小蓝视频RA.
  • If the work is a part of a series, other works in that series should also be contributed so the repository can offer as full a set as possible.

小蓝视频RA accepts many digital formats

Please note, only copyright holders can give permission to place materials in 小蓝视频RA, and it is up to those copyright holders to verify that they hold the necessary permission to upload content. This particularly applies to published works such as journal articles and book chapters.

  • Documents (e.g. articles, preprints, working papers, technical reports, conference papers)
  • Books
  • Book chapters
  • Theses & Dissertations
  • Data sets
  • Powerpoint presentations
  • Multimedia publications
  • Computer programs
  • Podcasts
  • Visualizations, simulations, and other models
  • Learning objects
  • Web pages
  • Others as deemed appropriate in consultation with University Library