{"id":12195,"date":"2025-02-28T12:09:09","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T17:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libraries.mercer.edu\/?page_id=12195"},"modified":"2025-02-28T12:09:38","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T17:09:38","slug":"ursa-license-agreement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/libraries.mercer.edu\/index.php\/university-libraries\/mercer-university-libraries-policies\/ursa-license-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"URSA License Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"12195\" class=\"elementor elementor-12195\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7793bfc7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7793bfc7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4e52b584\" data-id=\"4e52b584\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a86bf96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2a86bf96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">URSA License Agreement<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2541da1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2541da1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mercer University Libraries would like to include all relevant work in its online digital repository. This would make it visible for the world at large. It is our hope that this will provide additional exposure to your work and demonstrate the quality of research and scholarship that you have been a part of at Mercer University.<\/p><p>If you wish to participate, the University Libraries needs you to sign a license agreement that allows us to deposit your digital materials in the repository system. The original copyright holders (i.e., you and any collaborators) continue to retain all rights regarding\u00a0 your work. The license only grants the Mercer University Libraries the ability to obtain and make your work publicly available via its repository system.<\/p><p>Please be advised that:<\/p><ul><li>All collaborators and co-authors need to fill out and sign the license agreement.<\/li><li>If you are a student, you will need to include the contact information for your faculty mentor in the form. 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