UPSpace Policy - Library - University of Pretoria

9. Responsibilities of the University of Pretoria
At the University of Pretoria, the university is expected to:
• Be actively committed to the preservation of research material through UPSpace.
• Provide support with regard to hardware, manpower, funding.
• Set policy at University level regarding issues that affect UPSpace, e.g. copyright rules,
image requirements, etc. Also see the Open Access mandate and policy re theses,
dissertations and mini-dissertations.
• Support functions mandated by existing policies.
10. Responsibilities of the Library Information Systems & Technology
The Library Unit Information Systems & Technology provides software support on application level
with regard to UPSpace, which include the following (See Service Level Agreement Unit Information
Systems & Technology):
Software installation and upgrading
Projects: Roll-out of Software, Networking and Hardware
Supplement or augment in-house technical skills, network administration, project
management
Their mission are amongst others to “Interpret the strategic plan of UP and the Library in order to
ensure that the necessary IT Infrastructure and programs are available in time to realize the
strategies”.
11. Licensing, Copyright, Privacy and Intellectual Property Issues
11.1 UPSpace Distribution License
When submitting an item to UPSpace, the submitter, author/s or copyright owner/s grants nonexclusive
distribution rights to the University of Pretoria. This non-exclusive distribution rights in no
way prevents an author/s or copyright owner/s from publishing the work in a research journal or
distributing it in any other fashion. The author/s or copyright owner/s retains full copyright of the work.
It is the responsibility of the submitters to gain copyright clearance where necessary, and to
familiarize themselves with the self-archiving policies of the various publishers, nationally and
internationally.
When submitting items to UPSpace, please make sure that you adhere to copyright requirements.
Ask permission before you archive material on UPSpace, and submit the letter of consent to the
UPSpace Letters of Consent Collection (http://hdl.handle.net/2263/1149) on UPSpace. Use the
"Rights" field to refer to the permission that was obtained.
University of Pretoria
UPSpace User Policy Version 3.2
Updated by Hettie Groenewald and Kataila Ramalibana on 6/20/2013
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