Policies

Metadata Policy

1. Anyone may access the metadata free of charge.
2. The metadata may be re-used in any medium without prior permission for not-for-profit purposes and re-sold commercially provided the OAI Identifier or a link to the original metadata record are given.

Data Policy

1. Anyone may access full items free of charge.
2. Copies of full items generally can be:
   • reproduced, displayed or performed, and given to third parties in any format or medium
   • for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-profit purposes without prior permission or charge.
   provided:
   • the authors, title and full bibliographic details are given
   • a hyperlink and/or URL are given for the original metadata page
   • the content is not changed in any way
3. Full items must not be sold commercially in any format or medium without formal permission of the copyright holders.

Content Policy

1. This is an institutional or departmental repository.
2. Repository of Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics PAS holds all types of materials.
3. Items are individually tagged with:
   • their peer-review status.
   • their publication status.

Submission Policy

1. Items may only be deposited by accredited members of the institution, or their delegated agents.
2. Authors may only submit their own work for archiving.
3. The administrator only vets items for the exclusion of spam
4. The validity and authenticity of the content of submissions is the sole responsibility of the depositor.
5. Items can be deposited at any time, but will not be made publicly visible until any publishers' or funders' embargo period has expired.
6. Any copyright violations are entirely the responsibility of the authors/depositors.
7. If Repository of Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics PAS receives proof of copyright violation, the relevant item will be removed immediately.

Preservation Policy

1. Items will be retained indefinitely.
2. Repository of Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics PAS will try to ensure continued readability and accessibility.
3. Repository of Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics PAS regularly backs up its files according to current best practice.
4. Items may not normally be removed from Repository of Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics PAS.
5. Acceptable reasons for withdrawal include:
   • Proven copyright violation or plagiarism
   • Legal requirements and proven violations
   • National Security
   • Falsified research
6. Withdrawn items are not deleted per se, but are removed from public view.
7. Withdrawn items' identifiers/URLs are retained indefinitely.
8. URLs will continue to point to 'tombstone' citations, to avoid broken links and to retain item histories.
9. Changes to deposited items are not permitted.
10. If necessary, an updated version may be deposited.
11. In the event of Repository of Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics PAS being closed down, the database will be transferred to another appropriate archive.