End User Agreement

LSUS Institutional Repository (IR) accepts LSUS scholarship, creative works, and institutional publications. These items may be born-digital or digitally reformatted.

Copyright and Licensing

Depositors/contributors give Louisiana State University Shreveport Noel Memorial Library, non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide license to access, reproduce, publish, and distribute content submitted to the IR. The author(s) of the submitted work must be willing and able to grant copyright permission to Louisiana State University Shreveport Noel Memorial Library. The author(s) must consult with SHERPA/RoMEO or the publisher to secure permissions to submit material to the IR. Content may be withdrawn from Louisiana State University Shreveport Noel Memorial Library due to violation of the deposit agreement, if required by law, or under any other exceptional circumstance. Works submitted to the repository will comply with, and are subject to Louisiana State University Shreveport policies and copyright laws. Therefore, authors should be sure that their submission to the IR complies with both LSUS and publisher policies.

Noel Memorial Library will acknowledge authorship and ownership of all intellectual property housed in the Institutional Repository if/when works are published or reproduced.

Private and Confidential Information

Submitted materials, including data sets, must be free of restrictions and must not contain private, confidential, classified, or legally protected information. The depositor/contributor is responsible for reviewing materials and removing or redacting private, sensitive, classified, or confidential information or third-party copyrighted material. Any materials containing private, sensitive, confidential, classified, or copyrighted information may be subject to review and may not be accepted into the IR.

Review of Materials

The Scholarly Communications Librarian will review submitted materials for acceptable formatting and general adherence to research guidelines. However, it is the responsibility of the author to ensure that the submitted material reflects the research standards of the university, does not infringe on privacy and any other rights, protects confidentiality, has secured all copyright permissions, and, if sponsored or agency-supported, has met all obligations concerning the research, including peer review.

Migration and Reformatting

Scholarly materials in the repository may be migrated to a more accessible and preservation-friendly file format during the initial deposit or at any time in the future. Although the intent of the IR is to offer long-term open access to materials, there is no guarantee of permanent and persistent storage or re-formatting of deposited works. If there comes a point where the platform will need to be changed, data of the content will be returned to the Noel Memorial Library and transferred to the new platform. Every effort will be made to maintain the integrity of the materials.