Author - Institution
When a publication is produced by an employee of a university or other higher education institution, or on behalf of such an institution, the following copyright issues arise:
- The author wishes to make arrangements regarding what the institution can do with his publication and also wants to record them.
- The author and the institution wish to make arrangements for the inclusion of the publication in the institution’s repository and its further distribution; they then proceed to record those arrangements.
The publication concerned is:
- a scientific/scholarly article produced by an employee of the university or other institution or on its behalf; or
- a dissertation produced in the context of someone’s doctorate.
SURF has developed the following practical tools to recording these arrangements:
Other useful tools:
- Schedule for digital dissertations, with legally relevant action to be taken at various points
This schedule clarifies the points during the course of producing a dissertation when legal arrangements need to be made between the PhD candidate and the institution.
- Overview of PhD regulations
This document lists the institutions that have a set of PhD regulations, with the provisions contained in those regulations.
- “Notice and Takedown” procedure
This is a useful overview for institutions that already have a repository or that want to create one; it helps them establish a procedure for dealing with complaints.
Click on the link to go to the relevant page; this then gives an explanation and tells you where you can download the tool.
Background studies and information:
Click on the link to go directly to the document.