The IUScholarWorks Open Access Research Repository can be an excellent archive for IU conference and workshop presentations in whatever form they take. Often times these types of materials are difficult, perhaps impossible, to locate after the event. If there is value in preserving these materials and making them available at a permanent Internet location, please contact us.
To participate in the Repository, the rightsholder (in all likelihood, the presenter) needs to be able to accept the Repository’s non-exclusive license. While it is best to have the license accepted before the event, it is possible to track down presenters from past events in order for their materials to be archived.
It is not necessary to have every presentation from a conference or workshop archived in the Repository. It is possible to deposit the event program so that users may understand the full scope of the event when all presentations are not available. It is also possible for rightsholders to opt for a Creative Commons license to their work when they elect to archive them in the Repository.
If this service could extend the value of a conference or workshop, please contact IUScholarWorks staff. We will help devise a workflow for the responsible group that will result in a collection similar to the Latin American Music Center’s 50th Anniversary Cultural Counterpoints conference.
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