Policies

Metadata Policy

1. Anyone may access the metadata free of charge.
2. The metadata may be re-used in any medium without prior permission for not-for-profit purposes provided the OAI Identifier or a link to the original metadata record are given.
3. The metadata must not be re-used in any medium for commercial purposes without formal permission.

Data Policy

1. Anyone may access full items free of charge.
2. Single copies of full items can be:
   • reproduced, and displayed or performed in any format or medium
   • for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-profit purposes without prior permission or charge.
3. Full items must not be harvested by robots except transiently for full-text indexing or citation analysis
4. Full items must not be sold commercially in any format or medium without formal permission of the copyright holders.
5. Some full items are individually tagged with different rights permissions and conditions.
6. This repository is not the publisher; it is merely the online archive.
7. Mention of University of Uyo Institutional Repository is appreciated but not mandatory.

Content Policy

1. This is an institutional or departmental repository.
2. Subject Specialities: Multidisciplinary
3. University of Uyo Institutional Repository holds all types of materials.
4. Deposited items may include:
   • working drafts
   • submitted versions (as sent to journals for peer-review)
   • accepted versions (author's final peer-reviewed drafts)
   • published versions (publisher-created files)
5. Items are individually tagged with:
   • their version type and date.
   • their peer-review status.
   • their publication status.

Submission Policy

1. Items may only be deposited by accredited members, academic staff, registered students, and employees of the institution, or their delegated agents.
2. Authors may only submit their own work for archiving.
3. The administrator only vets items for the exclusion of spam
4. The validity and authenticity of the content of submissions is the sole responsibility of the depositor.
5. Items can be deposited at any time, but will not be made publicly visible until any publishers' or funders' embargo period has expired.
6. Any copyright violations are entirely the responsibility of the authors/depositors.
7. If University of Uyo Institutional Repository receives proof of copyright violation, the relevant item will be removed immediately.

Preservation Policy

1. Items will be retained indefinitely.
2. University of Uyo Institutional Repository will try to ensure continued readability and accessibility.
   • It may not be possible to guarantee the readability of some unusual file formats.
3. University of Uyo Institutional Repository regularly backs up its files according to current best practice.
4. Items may not normally be removed from University of Uyo Institutional Repository.
5. Acceptable reasons for withdrawal include:
   • Proven copyright violation or plagiarism
   • Legal requirements and proven violations
   • National Security
   • Falsified research
6. Withdrawn items are not deleted per se, but are removed from public view.
7. Withdrawn items' identifiers/URLs are retained indefinitely.
8. URLs will continue to point to 'tombstone' citations, to avoid broken links and to retain item histories.
9. Changes to deposited items are not permitted.
10. If necessary, an updated version may be deposited.
    • The earlier version may be withdrawn from public view.
11. In the event of University of Uyo Institutional Repository being closed down, the database will be transferred to another appropriate archive.