Access Procedures
For access by other persons we distinguish four categories of resources:
- Open Resources
- Restricted Open Resources
- Protected Open Resources
- Closed Resources
In all usage cases it should be very clear to everyone that the archive should get a copy of the created documents. These can be publications of journalists, researchers or other persons, added annotations or other linguistic material. The depositors and the archivist will monitor the usage of the resources.
Open Resources
They are open to anyone via the web and there should be no thresholds to view or listen to them. The users are informed about the legal and ethical rules that they are expected to respect.
Restricted Open Resources
Restricted Open Resources are open for users that register via a form that is available on the web-site. Before getting access to this group of resources they have to sign the Code of Conduct which contains all necessary information about correct behavior. This has to be done once for the DOBES archive.
Protected Resources
Protected Resources will only be made available if usage requests have been submitted via the web-forms. The requests will be handled either by the archivist or by the responsible researcher. The details are dealt with by an agreement between these two parties. When the usage request was accepted the user will get informed and then has to accept the usage declaration and the Code of Conduct. Only after having done these acceptances finally the access will be given to the requested resources.
Closed Resources
There will be closed resources in the archive where access cannot be given due to the explicit wish of the participants. There may be many different reasons for closing resources which have to be respected.