The University Library offers Open Data LMU as a platform for (research) data publication.
In terms of the Budapest Open Access Initiative and the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Science and Humanities, researchers from all LMU faculties and cooperative institutions are invited to use the platform to store and harvest their research data.
To upload your research data to Open Data LMU, you must first register. You'll receive an E-mail with a link to confirm your account. From then on, you can log in and upload your research data.
Published datasets could only be deleted from the server in special cases, e.g. legal obstacles. Contextually updated records will be saved as a new version.
Creators are responsible for complying with the copyright and exploitation rights of third-party users. The creator will confirm this as legally binding with the granting of rights at the end of the publication process. If any other persons are involved in creating the data, you need their permission.
To publish your research data on Open Data LMU, you must confer the University Library a permanent non-exclusive right of use. This allows the University Library to store your dataset on the server and make it publicly available without any restrictions. It also allows the University Library to transfer your dataset to other libraries and portals.
Granting non-exclusive rights of use means that you are still able and allowed to publish your data anywhere else without the University Library's permission. You can also grant this option to third parties.
As the creator, you could specify how your dataset can be (re)used by others. One way to do this is through Creative Commons Licenses and Open Data Commons Licenses. These are standardised licensing agreements.
The following licenses are available on Open Data LMU:
Regarding Open Access, we recommend CC BY and for databases ODC-BY.
Of course, it is your choice to select a license or even choose no license at all. All bibliographic metadata on Open Data LMU is free of charge and freely reusable under the license Creative Commons – CC0 1.0.
For all questions related to Open Data LMU, general questions on research data and research data management or questions on the publication process, please feel free to contact:
University Library of LMU Munich
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