Deposit agreement and Declaration
I agree as follows:
•	That I have exercised reasonable care to ensure that the Work is original, and to the best of my knowledge does not breach any laws including defamation, libel and copyright.
•	That I am the author or co-author of the work and have the authority on behalf of the author or authors to make this agreement and to hereby give Griffith College the right to make available the Work in the way described below.
•	That I understand that Griffith Open (GO) does not assume any responsibility if there is any breach of copyright in distributing these files or metadata.
•	Griffith College does not hold any obligation to take legal action on behalf of the Depositor, or other rights holders, in the event of breach of intellectual property rights, or any other right, in the material deposited.
•	I understand that Griffith Open (GO) does not assume any responsibility if there is any breach of copyright in distributing these files or metadata.

DISCOVERABILITY
I understand that: 
•	The full-text of the work will be available to view except where a temporary restriction to the full-text of the work is required by the publisher or rights holder(s)
•	Once the Work is deposited, GO will enable metadata harvesting of this content - amplifying visibility and discoverability. Metadata will be indexed into public access catalogues and discoverable through search engines such as Google, Google Scholar and other specialty academic search engines.
•	This citation to the Work will always remain visible, although the author retains the right to update the Work. Removal of the item may be made in consultation with the institutional repository administration. Equally, the repository administration reserves the right to remove the Work for any professional, administrative or legal reason.

NON-EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS:
•	Rights granted to the GO institutional repository through this agreement are entirely non-exclusive. I am free to publish the Work in its present version or future versions elsewhere.
•	I agree that Griffith College may electronically store, copy or translate the Work to any medium or format for future preservation and accessibility.
•	Griffith College is not under any obligation to reproduce or display the Work in the same formats or resolutions in which it was originally deposited.

DISCLAIMER:
While every care will be taken to preserve the e-print, Griffith College is not liable for loss or damage to the e-print or other data while it is stored within the repository.


VIEW THE GO INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORY POLICIES IN FULL - https://library.griffith.ie/institutional-repository-policies/
Deposit agreement and Declaration
Mediated Deposit Service
Copyright policy