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

Data Policy

for full-text and other full data items

1. Anyone may access full items free of charge.
2. All full items are individually tagged with differing rights permissions and conditions.

Content Policy

for types of document & data set held

1. This is an institutional or departmental repository.
2. The repository holds all types of materials.
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.

Submission Policy

concerning depositors, quality & copyright

1. Items may only be deposited by academic staff, and registered students of the department, or their delegated agents.
2. Eligible depositors must deposit bibliographic metadata for all their publications.
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.

Preservation Policy

1. Items will be retained indefinitely.
2. The repository will try to ensure continued readability and accessibility.
   • Items will be migrated to new file formats where necessary.
3. The repository regularly backs up its files according to current best practice.
4. Items may be removed at the request of the author/copyright holder.
5. No deletion method for withdrawn items defined.
6. No closure policy defined.