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InSPIRe @ Redlands

About InSPIRe @ Redlands

Institutional Scholarly Publication and Information Repository (InSPIRe) is an open access repository of intellectual and creative works. The Armacost Library manages InSPIRe to foster a community of scholars through the sharing of ideas. The main objectives are to:

  • Diversify scholarly and creative canons through inclusive and equitable practices.
  • Enrich scholarship through the digital preservation of and open access to the University’s scholarly output and creative works
  • Further teaching and learning opportunities by facilitating the publication of open educational resources (OERs)
  • Foster understanding of the opportunities, rights, and responsibilities related to online publishing
  • Increase awareness of the University’s scholarly and creative activities and those of its partners

InSPIRe is indexed by open access tools including Unpaywall and OpenDOAR.

 

Proposing New Collections

All faculty, staff, administrators, students, academic units, and administrative offices are welcome to propose new collections. The Armacost Library will prioritize collections according to the following criteria.

  • Relevance to and impact on the University mission
  • Relevance to and impact on the Library vision and mission
  • Relevance to and impact on curricula and student learning
  • Relevance to and impact on scholarly communication (e.g., Will there be access to full text?)
  • Extent of resources needed (e.g., Is the material digital or does it require scanning?)

 

Discovery and Use of Content

InSPIRe content can be split into two categories: a work (e.g., paper, image) and its description. Descriptions are publicly shared and discoverable by major search engines. Content creators are encouraged to also share their works with the public. Enabling users to view, download, print, and otherwise use your work increases access to, and discoverability of, those works. Content creators are further encouraged to assign licenses to those works to communicate what uses are and aren't permitted. 

 

Contributors and Rights and Responsibilities

To support both content creators and users of that content, InSPIRe does not require that content creators transfer copyright to InSPIRe. Rather, content creators retain copyright and grant InSPIRe permission to disseminate their work. Further, content creators must certify that they own the copyright—or have the necessary permissions—to deposit their work with InSPIRe. 

 

Administration of Collections

Healthy collections will develop from healthy partnerships. Those interested in using InSPIRe to deposit and share work will be primarily responsible for their management. The Library will guide and support these efforts. Furthermore, librarians are prepared to instruct and assist contributors with copyright and licensing questions. To ground and sustain projects over time, a project planning document will be drafted for each community and will provide background information on the community, its primary objectives, and how it aligns with the objectives of InSPIRe.

 

Revisions to Content

After content has been publicly posted, content creators may ask community administrators to revise either the metadata or document files; reasons for these revisions should be documented. Contributors may request minor revisions which include correcting typographical and grammatical errors, and adding or correcting metadata to aid discovery. Contributors requesting more significant revisions will be asked to provide a new, revised version. Significant revisions include modifications to research data, analysis, conclusions, and other changes that could otherwise alter the nature of the work.

 

Removal and Suppression of Documents

InSPIRe seeks to preserve the University’s historical record of scholarship. For this reason, documents will not be removed from InSPIRe unless legally required. However, documents may be suppressed under conditions which include:

  • Content creators revoke the repository’s non-exclusive license to distribute
  • Confusion or disagreement over who can grant InSPIRe a non-exclusive license to distribute
  • Confusion of disagreement over the permissions necessary to make documents public
  • Concern that the document may infringe upon another’s copyright, patent rights, trade secrets, or trademarks
  • Concern over defamation, invasion of privacy, or other rights of any person or entity

 

Preservation of Content

Given the dynamic nature of technology, the Library will make every effort to preserve content, but cannot guarantee that every file in every format will endure and remain usable due to hardware, software, and other technological changes.

 

About Library Publishing

The Library Publishing Coalition defines library publishing as "[T]he set of activities led by college and university libraries to support the creation, dissemination, and curation of scholarly, creative, and/or educational works. Generally, library publishing requires a production process, presents original work not previously made available, and applies a level of certification to the content published, whether through peer review or extension of the institutional brand. Based on core library values, and building on the traditional skills of librarians, it is distinguished from other publishing fields by a preference for Open Access dissemination as well as a willingness to embrace informal and experimental forms of scholarly communication and to challenge the status quo."