An institutional repository is a type of digital repository focused on collecting, managing, and disseminating important digital content produced by the members of an institution like a university. The TAMU-CC repository (https://tamucc-ir.tdl.org/) is open to all members of the university community to contribute content for persistent long-term access and management. Management activities include preservation activities, application of metadata standards to promote discovery and access, and persistent links to content for use in citing and linking to works.
The TAMU-CC Repository collects and provides long term public access to the scholarly output of the students, staff, faculty, and researchers of Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi in order to increase the exposure and impact of scholarship at TAMU-CC and to raise the profile of TAMU-CC scholarship on the World Wide Web. The repository is also the main digital dissemination platform for library special collections.
Users can post open access versions of their scholarship in the repository for online access by the public. The objective of including an open access version of faculty works in an institutional repository is to enable open versions of academic literature to be found, re-used, and have impact beyond what is possible if works are only available behind a paywall. Essentially, hosting published works in a repository makes them more accessible, which means works will be seen, read, and used by more users, expanding the reach of published works beyond who has access to the particular journal in which the work was published. The library can help users verify permissions and rights for posting scholarly works online. A persistent link for each item in the repository is available for use in linking to the work from personal and departmental web pages, CVs, and other documents.
Learn more about the TAMU-CC Repository. For published works, most publishers have policies on what versions of a work and at what point in time post-publication a work can be shared in a repository. For information please see: https://guides.library.tamucc.edu/TAMU-CC_Repository/sharing or contact scholarlycommunications@tamucc.edu
In order for TAMU-CC to distribute content on the Web, rights holders must agree to the non-exclusive repository distribution license.
License Text
I grant Texas A&M University ("Institution"), my academic department ("Department"), and the Texas
Digital Library ("TDL") the non-exclusive rights to copy, display, perform, distribute, and publish the content I submit to this repository ("Work") and make the Work available in any format in perpetuity as part of an Institution, Department or TDL repository communication or distribution effort.
I understand that once the Work is submitted, a bibliographic citation to the Work will remain visible in perpetuity, even if the Work is updated or moved.
I understand that the Work's copyright owner(s) will continue to own copyright outside these non-exclusive granted rights.
I warrant that:
(1) Another party is the copyright owner and I have permission to submit the Work.
Based on this, I further warrant that to my knowledge:
(2) The Work does not infringe any copyright, patent, or trade secrets of any third party, and (3) The Work does not contain any libelous matter, nor invade the privacy of any person or third party, and (4) That no right in the Work has been sold, mortgaged, or otherwise disposed of, and is free from all exclusive claims.
I agree to hold Institution, Department, TDL, and their agents harmless for any liability arising from any breach of the above warranties or any claim of intellectual property infringement arising from the exercise of these non-exclusive granted rights.
To submit your work to the TAMU-CC Repository, complete and upload your work using the form below.
Before submission, please review the "Copyright" tab in this guide for additional license information. Please contact Alexa Hight with any copyright or any other questions related to submission.
