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AUB ScholarWorks: Responsibilities

AUB ScholarWorks is the institutional repository of the Amerian University of Beirut. It showcases the research, scholarly and creative output of AUB's community.

Researcher Rights and Responsibilities

  • Ensure that materials submitted comply with ScholarWorks  policy.
  • Ensure that materials are submitted in a manner consistent with Copyright laws.
  • Temporarily restrict access (embargo) to an item if necessary to comply with publisher’s requirements.
  • Describe the materials as appropriate within ScholarWorks submission form.
  • Agree to the ScholarWorks License Agreement.
  • Select and assign a Creative Commons license for submitted materials.
  • Request the modification or removal or removed of items in ScholarWorks in cases justified

 

AUB Department Rights and Responsibilities

  • Make decisions about Collection definition.
  • Arrange for submission workflow and description of content.
  • Decide on content and who may submit content within the Collection.
  • Notify ScholarWorks staff of any organizational changes affecting submissions.
  • Notify ScholarWorks staff of the need to modify or withdraw a submission after it was published.
  • Request and fill a metadata form to reflect the content in the Collection.
  • Understand and follow University policies related to ScholarWorks.

University Libraries Rights and Responsibilities

  • Provide guidance and instruction on ScholarWorks submission process.
  • Make sure content and metadata follow the submission standards and guidelines.
  • Amend metadata for items in ScholarWorks.
  • Make the content publicly available and apply embargo restrictions when required.
  • Update and maintain the structure and content of the repository.
  • Apply measures to preserve content using digital preservation measures.
  • Support and maintain the institutional repository system.
  • Perform appraisal for long-term archiving within thirty years of the creation of a Collection.
  • Comply with AUB policies on issues that affect ScholarWorks.
  • In the absence of a Community/Collection administration, content is managed by the University Libraries staff .
Disclaimer
  • The University Libraries is not responsible for the content of the items in ScholarWorks.  The University Libraries claim no responsibility regarding the validity and authenticity of the content of the submitted material.
  • The University Libraries is not responsible for the maintenance and/or performance of external web links within documents and records in the repository.