Rights and Responsibilities

Responsibilities of a contributor to CORE Scholar

• Ensure that he/she holds the copyright for items submitted or has obtained appropriate copyright permission for items submitted when he/she is not the copyright holder
• Ensure that the items submitted meet the Content Guidelines

Rights of a contributor

• Copyright for a work is retained by copyright holder and does not revert to the University Libraries or Wright State University

Responsibilities of the Wright State University Libraries

• Retain and maintain content submitted to CORE Scholar
• Distribute content according to access levels determined by the contributor
• Preserve content
• Notify contributors of any significant changes to formats and platforms
• If Wright State University Libraries and/or Bepress cease to support CORE Scholar, University Libraries will return the digital content/collections to the contributors and transfer the content to University Archives for consideration collections of departments that have ceased to exist

Rights of the Wright State University Libraries

• Redistribute or amend metadata for items in CORE Scholar
• Refuse or de-accession items or collections under certain circumstances as outlined in the Withdrawal Policy statement
• Renegotiate terms of original agreement with contributors
• Perform appraisal for long-term archiving when departments cease to exist or within 30 years of the creation of a collection
• Move content to reflect current University structure
• Migrate items if a supported format is in danger of obsolescence