Collection Policy

BDEARS is the institutional repository at Busitema University. BDEARS is a set of collections and related services that centralizes, preserves and provides persistent and reliable access to the research output, scholarship, and creative works of faculty, academic staff and students at all Busitema University campuses and is an initiative of the University Library. In common with all institutional repositories, it holds accessible digital content, is community-driven and focused, is supported by the institution, and is both durable and permanent. BDEARS serves to complement traditional publishing outlets such as refereed articles and conference papers, as well as provide the opportunity to capture emerging research and the intellectual environment of the University.

This collection policy document provides a general framework against which current and future collection decisions can be made. It is intended to be a dynamic and flexible document, responsive to changes in the academic environment and attentive to the work of the units and programmes such as the academic departments, administrative units and support services. The Library expects to stage the growth of the collections in BDEARS in a scalable manner, but remain open to opportunities to add content as they present themselves.