University of Texas at Austin
AC-11: Open Access to Research

The Texas Data Repository is a platform for publishing and archiving small datasets (and other data products) created by faculty, staff, and students at Texas higher education institutions. The repository is built in an open­source application called Dataverse, originally developed and used by Harvard University.

Each staff member grants to The University of Texas at Austin permission to make available his or her scholarly articles and conference papers online, and to copy, display, perform, and distribute the work as needed. More specifically, staff members retain their copyright and grant to The University of Texas at Austin a nonexclusive, irrevocable, worldwide license to exercise rights under copyright relating to their scholarly articles and conference papers, in any medium and authorize others to do the same for educational, research, and personal uses, provided the works are not sold for profit. The policy applies to all scholarly articles and conference papers authored or co-authored while the person is a staff member of UT Libraries except for any works completed before the adoption of this policy. Upon request by a staff member, the UT Libraries’ Director or Director’s designate will waive application of the license for a particular article or delay access for a specified period of time.

Each author will provide an electronic copy of the author’s final version of each work no later than the date of its publication at no charge to the appropriate representative of the Director in an appropriate format (such as PDF).