UPCommons: an institutional repository and the public
domain
Ruth Íñigo, Anna Rovira
June, 2008
www.upc.edu Summary
Ø The institutional repository
Ø The digital library of public domain works
Ø The Intellectual Property Service
Ø Problems, questions
Ø Conclusions
www.upc.edu1. The institutional repository
https://upcommons.upc.edu/ Global access to UPC knowledge Metasearch in all UPC repositories
www.upc.edu1. The institutional repository
783 Theses and dissertations online http://www.tesisenxarxa.net/
www.upc.edu1. The institutional repository
E-prints UPC: 1336 articles or papers collects documents generated by academics in their research activities.
https://upcommons.upc.edu/e-prints/
www.upc.edu1. The institutional repository
UPC Journals and Congresses: 3.978 articles https://upcommons.upc.edu/revistes/ Full texts of e-journal articles and proceedings
published by any scholar or research department of the university
www.upc.edu1. The institutional repository
Students’ work: 2.241 documents https://upcommons.upc.edu/pfc/ Final degree projects, minor theses, recognition of
foreign diplomas/theses, etc. presented by university students at UPC.
www.upc.edu1. The institutional repository
UPCOpenCourseWare: 5.852 documents http://e-md.upc.edu/home/
www.upc.edu2. Digital library of public domain works
Books, maps, graphics and minor documents Digitation of all orphan works
www.upc.edu3. The Intellectual Property Service
Objective: to provide information and guidance to the members of the university community
Run by library staff Complemented by other UPC services
www.upc.edu3. The Intellectual Property Service
www.upc.edu3. The Intellectual Property Service
www.upc.edu4. Problems and questions
Publication of works in UPCommons
Use of Creative Commons licenses
www.upc.edu
Use of excerpts and parts of other works and creating derivative works
5. Problems and questions
www.upc.edu4. Problems and questions
Authorship and ownership of exploitation rights for works created by UPC members
Requesting and using identifying numbers
www.upc.edu4. Problems and questions
Protection against plagiarism
Publication in the public domain and orphan works
www.upc.edu6. Conclusions
Conflicts of interest between… the public and private sector authors institutions and authors creators and consumers of information
