Copyright for Swinburne Research Bank

Swinburne Research Bank aims to increase the exposure of Swinburne research by making it freely available online, and includes bibliographic details (title, author, abstract, etc.) for Swinburne research publications. Wherever possible the full text of the research publication is also made available.

Some research may not have full text content available because of copyright restrictions. We can include the full text of a paper in Swinburne Research Bank only if:

• The author retains the copyright for that paper, and allows us to include it, or
• The copyright agreement between the publisher and the author allows for deposit into an institutional repository, or
• Permission to deposit the paper in an institutional repository has been granted by the publisher on request.

In most cases, publisher policies will allow full text to be accessible through Swinburne Research Bank. Some publishers may not allow the use of the final PDF version as published in the journal, but may instead allow authors to make an author final draft version available. The copyright policies of many scholarly publishers can be checked at the SHERPA online database of publisher policies. Swinburne Research Bank staff can also advise on what can be deposited.

If you have any further questions about copyright and Research Bank, feel free to contact the Swinburne Copyright Office or Swinburne Research Bank staff. General copyright information is available on the Swinburne Copyright website.

Swinburne Research Bank deposit agreement

The process of contributing your research to Swinburne Research Bank includes a deposit agreement that asks for the right to store the works and to make them publicly available.

Swinburne Research Bank deposit agreement

I give Swinburne University of Technology the right to store my research outputs and make them permanently available online to the public for free.

Third party content in your material

I warrant that where my material deposited into Swinburne Research Bank includes third party content, that content has been properly acknowledged and any necessary copyright permission for it has been obtained.

Where your material is covered by an agreement with a publisher

I understand that publisher agreements may include provisions assigning my copyright to the publisher, which could impact on my ability to deposit the full-text of my material in Swinburne Research Bank. I understand that Swinburne Research Bank staff will endeavour to ascertain and abide by current publisher policies regarding institutional repositories prior to making the full-text of such material publicly accessible.

Depositing material

I understand that material in which I am listed as an author or co-author may be deposited by other university staff, for example co-authors, research, administrative or library staff.

I understand that the above declarations apply to all material authored by me and deposited into Swinburne Research Bank.

If you have any questions about the deposit agreement, or would like to contribute your research, please contact Swinburne Research Bank staff.