UPCommons: an institutional repository and the public domain Ruth Íñigo, Anna Rovira June, 2008

Summary ØThe institutional repository ØThe digital library of public domain works ØThe Intellectual Property Service ØProblems, questions ØConclusions

1. The institutional repository   Global access to UPC knowledge  Metasearch in all UPC repositories

1. The institutional repository  783 Theses and dissertations online 

1. The institutional repository  E-prints UPC: 1336 articles or papers collects documents generated by academics in their research activities. 

1. The institutional repository  UPC Journals and Congresses: articles   Full texts of e-journal articles and proceedings published by any scholar or research department of the university

1. The institutional repository  Students’ work: documents   Final degree projects, minor theses, recognition of foreign diplomas/theses, etc. presented by university students at UPC.

1. The institutional repository  UPCOpenCourseWare: documents 

2. Digital library of public domain works  Books, maps, graphics and minor documents  Digitation of all orphan works

3. 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

3. The Intellectual Property Service

3. The Intellectual Property Service

4. Problems and questions  Publication of works in UPCommons  Use of Creative Commons licenses

 Use of excerpts and parts of other works and creating derivative works 5. Problems and questions

4. Problems and questions  Authorship and ownership of exploitation rights for works created by UPC members  Requesting and using identifying numbers

4. Problems and questions  Protection against plagiarism  Publication in the public domain and orphan works

6. Conclusions  Conflicts of interest between…  the public and private sector  authors  institutions and authors  creators and consumers of information

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