Metadata Policy
for information describing items in the repository
- Anyone may access the metadata free of charge.
- 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 metadata must not be re-used in any medium for commercial purposes without formal permission.
Data Policy
for full-text and other full data items
- Anyone may access full items free of charge, according to copyright laws.
- Copies of full items generally can be:
- reproduced, displayed or performed, and given to third parties in any format or medium
- for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-profit purposes without prior permission or charge.
provided:
- the authors, title and full bibliographic details are given
- a hyperlink and/or URL are given for the original metadata page
- the original rights permission statement is given
- the content is not changed in any way
- Full items must not be sold commercially in any format or medium without formal permission of the copyright holders.
- Some full items are individually tagged with different rights permissions and conditions.
- This repository is not the publisher; it is merely the online archive.
Content Policy
for types of document & data set held
- This is an institutional repository.
- KU.edoc will accept any material that relates to research output in any format including multimedia. Examples of material include:
- Journal articles
- Bibliographic references
- Conference and workshop papers
- Theses and dissertations
- Unpublished reports and working papers
- Books, chapters and sections
- Multimedia and audio-visual materials
- Other special item types
- 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)
Submission Policy
concerning depositors, quality & copyright
The aim of the Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt (KU) Research
Repository (KU.edoc) is to provide a permanent record of the research output of
the University and maximise the visibility, usage and impact of this research
through global access.
Where possible the respository will include an author deposited copy of the
research paper/work or a deposit made by an authorised second party.
Deposit of full items is encouraged at the earliest possible opportunity with
the option of an embargo facility to delay public visibility to meet funders
and publishers requirements.
All deposits will be assessed to ensure that they are within the scope of the
repository by the KU.edoc editorial team and every effort will be made to
validate published works although responsibility for the authenticity of
deposits lies with the author.
- Items may only be deposited by academic staff, registered students, and employees of the organisation, or their delegated agents.
- Authors may only submit their own work for archiving.
- The administrator only vets items for the eligibility of authors/depositors, relevance to the scope of KU.edoc, valid layout & format, and the exclusion of spam
- The validity and authenticity of the content of submissions is the sole responsibility of the depositor.
- Items can be deposited at any time, but will not be made publicly visible until any publishers' or funders' embargo period has expired.
- Any copyright violations are entirely the responsibility of the authors/depositors.
- If KU.edoc receives proof of copyright violation, the relevant item will be removed immediately.
Preservation Policy
- Items will be retained indefinitely.
- KU.edoc will try to ensure continued readability and accessibility.
- KU.edoc regularly backs up its files according to current best practice.
- The original bit stream is retained for all items, in addition to any upgraded formats.
- Items may not normally be removed from KU.edoc.
- Acceptable reasons for withdrawal include:
- Journal publishers' rules
- Proven copyright violation or plagiarism
- Legal requirements and proven violations
- National Security
- Falsified research
- Withdrawn items are deleted entirely from the database.
- Withdrawn items' identifiers/URLs are retained indefinitely.
- The metadata of withdrawn items will not be searchable.
- Changes to deposited items are not permitted.
- Errata and corrigenda lists may be included with the original record if required.
- If necessary, an updated version may be deposited.
- In the event of KU.edoc being closed down, the database will be transferred to another appropriate archive.
