Submission in repositories by people other than authors

[Atanu Garai <atanugarai.lists@gmail.com>]

Dear Colleagues

Submission of content in centralized repositories (from technical 
and managerial points of view) can be done by people who may not 
necessarily be the author(s) of the papers in question. However, 
arxiv.org strictly maintains the policy of author only submission 
and such instruction can be viewed here 
http://arxiv.org/help/registerhelp.

We are collaborating with institutions and libraries who are 
interested to deposit their content on behalf of authors. Also, 
the copyright ownership may vary on a case to case basis. For 
instance, copyright the course instruction of ethics may be 
retained by the university and the librarian can deposit the same 
in our website. This allows the central repositories to grow 
rapidly, by taking advantage of resource sharing and volunteering 
efforts.

In view of this, I would like to get your opinion on the 
copyright adherence issues if we permit non-authors to submit 
materials directly or indirectly related to them.

Regards
Atanu Garai
Online Networking Specialist
Globethics.net
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