Archive Policy

Metadata Policy

for information describing items in the repository

1. Anyone may access the metadata free of charge.

2. The metadata may be re-used in any medium without prior permission for not-for-profit purposes and re-sold commercially provided the OAI Identifier or a link to the original metadata record are given.

Data Policy

for full-text and other full data items

1. Anyone may access full items free of charge.

2. Full items may be protected under US or foreign copyright law.

3. License terms for individual items may vary from all rights reserved to Creative Commons licenses.

4. Assume no reuse rights at all have been granted for the full item unless a statement appears in the metadata record that grants reuse rights.

5. Check the license terms associated with each individual item before reusing the full content.

Content Policy

for types of document & data set held

1. This is a multi-institution subject-based repository.

2. No content policy defined.

Preservation Policy

1. Items will be retained indefinitely.

2. Minority Health and Health Equity Archive will try to ensure continued readability and accessibility.

   • It may not be possible to guarantee the readability of some unusual file formats.

3. Minority Health and Health Equity Archive regularly backs up its files according to current best practice.

4. Items may not normally be removed from Minority Health and Health Equity Archive.