SURFACE Inclusion Criteria
The Goal of SURFACE
SURFACE, the Syracuse University Research Facility and Collaborative Environment, is the open access institutional repository that will provide access to the extensive and diverse array of work produced at SU. Its purpose is to gather, organize, disseminate, and preserve the cultural and scholarly record. Making the richness of SU knowledge available to the world through free and open access is the very essence of fulfilling the mission of education as a public good.
The Scope of Work Included in SURFACE
SURFACE will include work created by individuals or groups affiliated with an SU department, program, research team, working group, collaborative project, conference, or other University-affiliated entity, including:
- SU Faculty and Researchers
- SU Departments, Schools, and Research Centers
- Graduate students
- Undergraduate students with faculty sponsorship
Members of these groups are welcomed to submit their work to SURFACE.
Copyright for work submitted to SURFACE remains with the copyright holders. During the submission process, author(s)/creator(s) complete a non-exclusive licensing agreement allowing for the distribution of the work via SURFACE. This agreement is outlined in the Permission Statement. Authors of commercially published works must obtain permission from their publisher before submission. All works deposited into SURFACE go through review process to ensure rights are allowed for deposit.
Generally, deposited content is permanently retained and made accessible to the public. Depositors may request to have materials removed by emailing surface@syr.edu. These will be considered on a case-by-case basis. In exceptional cases, the SURFACE team retains the right to remove content at its discretion. Such cases can include infringement, depositor violation of deposit agreement, or to protect the safety of the depositor. Please contact surface@syr.edu with any questions.
Types of Materials Included in SURFACE
SURFACE will preserve and make publicly available scholarly, creative, scientific, professional, and cultural works created within the SU community, SURFACE will feature a diverse array of materials in a variety of formats, in one with applicable rights, including:
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The specific electronic file formats to be included in SURFACE are addressed in the document entitled SURFACE File Format Support.
