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Policy Model for University Digital Collections

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Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries (ECDL 2005)

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The access and reproduction policies of the digital collections of ten leading university digital libraries worldwide are classified according to factors such as the creation type of the material, acquisition method, copyright ownership etc. The relationship of these factors is analyzed, showing how acquisition methods and copyright ownership affect the access and reproduction policies of digital collections. We conclude with rules about which factors lead to specific policies. For example, when the library has the copyright of the material, the reproduction for private use is usually provided free with a credit to the source or otherwise mostly under fair use provisions, but the commercial reproduction needs written permission and fees are charged. The extracted rules, which show the common practice on access and reproduction policies, constitute the policy model. Finally, conventional policies are mapped onto digital policies.

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  1. Laboratory on Digital Libraries and Electronic Publishing, Department of Archive and Library Sciences, Ionian University, Plateia Eleftherias, Palaia Anaktora, Corfu, 49100, Greece

    Alexandros Koulouris & Sarantos Kapidakis

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  1. Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria

    Andreas Rauber

  2. Laboratory of Distributed Multimedia Information Systems and Applications, Technical University of Crete (MUSIC/TUC) Chania, 73100, Crete, Greece

    Stavros Christodoulakis

  3. Institute of Software Technology and Interactive Systems, Vienna University of Technology, Favoritenstr. 9-11/188, A-1040, Wien, Austria

    A Min Tjoa

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Koulouris, A., Kapidakis, S. (2005). Policy Model for University Digital Collections. In: Rauber, A., Christodoulakis, S., Tjoa, A.M. (eds) Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries. ECDL 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3652. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11551362_32

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