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AUB ScholarWorks: Copyrights

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

Copyrights
Depositing  work into AUB ScholarWorks does not transfer copyright to the University. Copyright owners retain the copyright for all content posted in the IR, hence he is free to reuse the content elsewhere. 

If your item was previously published, e.g. an article or a book, you may have signed over copyright to your publisher. Prior to uploading a copy to ScholarWorks, you need to determine whether your publisher permits self-archiving and which version of the paper you can deposit:

  • Check the copyright agreement you signed when your article/book was published.
  • If your item was published in a journal, check the SHERPA/ROMeO website that contains self-archiving policies for most journals if you need help interpreting these policies.
  • Find the permissions or copyright email address from the publisher's website, then contact the publisher to request self-archiving permission.
  •  In the case of co-authored work (copyrighted), the depositor must obtain permission from the first author before depositing the work.
  • The University Libraries, in conjunction with the University's Copyright Officer, will assist the depositor in determining the copyright conditions of any work to be deposited into SchlarWorks.

*Publisher copyright policies are more likely to permit the deposit of an author accepted manuscript rather than the final article version. An accepted manuscript, also known as a post-print or pre-proof, is a version that has been peer-reviewed with revisions made by the author, but has not been copy-edited, formatted, and does not bear identifying information from the journal..

Authors' need to negotiate their self archiving rights with the Publisher

Distribution License

American University of Beirut Libraries (AUB-UL) needs to have permission from the copyright holder to provide access to and to preserve their work. While submitting their work to ScholarWorks authors are asked to sign a distribution license which grants Scholarworks to the non-exclusive right to reproduce, distribute and preserve their work.

Access and Sharing Creative Commons License

Submissions to the repository are made available by default under the terms of the Creative Commons License CC BY NC ND

CC BY NC ND,  Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives.

  1. Attribution — You must give appropriate credit , provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made .
  2. NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes .
  3. NoDerivatives — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.

Authors may chose other options that allow for distributing the modified version, best suited for sharing research data and other.

CC BY-NC-SA Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

  1. Attribution — You must give appropriate credit , provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made .
  2. NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes .
  3. ShareAlike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.