upcommons: an institutional repository and the public domain

UPCommons: an institutional repository and the public

domain

Ruth Íñigo, Anna Rovira

June, 2008

www.upc.edu Summary

Ø The institutional repository

Ø The digital library of public domain works

Ø The Intellectual Property Service

Ø Problems, questions

Ø Conclusions

www.upc.edu1. The institutional repository

https://upcommons.upc.edu/ Global access to UPC knowledge Metasearch in all UPC repositories

www.upc.edu1. The institutional repository

783 Theses and dissertations online http://www.tesisenxarxa.net/

www.upc.edu1. The institutional repository

E-prints UPC: 1336 articles or papers collects documents generated by academics in their research activities.

https://upcommons.upc.edu/e-prints/

www.upc.edu1. The institutional repository

UPC Journals and Congresses: 3.978 articles https://upcommons.upc.edu/revistes/ Full texts of e-journal articles and proceedings

published by any scholar or research department of the university

www.upc.edu1. The institutional repository

Students’ work: 2.241 documents https://upcommons.upc.edu/pfc/ Final degree projects, minor theses, recognition of

foreign diplomas/theses, etc. presented by university students at UPC.

www.upc.edu1. The institutional repository

UPCOpenCourseWare: 5.852 documents http://e-md.upc.edu/home/

www.upc.edu2. Digital library of public domain works

Books, maps, graphics and minor documents Digitation of all orphan works

www.upc.edu3. The Intellectual Property Service

Objective: to provide information and guidance to the members of the university community

Run by library staff Complemented by other UPC services

www.upc.edu3. The Intellectual Property Service

www.upc.edu3. The Intellectual Property Service

www.upc.edu4. Problems and questions

Publication of works in UPCommons

Use of Creative Commons licenses

www.upc.edu

Use of excerpts and parts of other works and creating derivative works

5. Problems and questions

www.upc.edu4. Problems and questions

Authorship and ownership of exploitation rights for works created by UPC members

Requesting and using identifying numbers

www.upc.edu4. Problems and questions

Protection against plagiarism

Publication in the public domain and orphan works

www.upc.edu6. Conclusions

Conflicts of interest between… the public and private sector authors institutions and authors creators and consumers of information

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Thank you!

ruth.inigo@upc.edu

anna.rovira@upc.edu