Thanks for this posting, Rob. Are student research papers typically treated as subjects of university archives rather than institutional repositories? Regards, Rick Rick Barry _www.mybestdocs.com_ (http://www.mybestdocs.com/) Cofounder, Open Reader Consortium _www.openreader.org_ (http://www.openreader.org) In a message dated 3/31/2006 12:10:01 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 09:03:22 -0700 From: Robert Spindler <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Student Records --Boundary_(ID_WpgK4HzYgYl2Yy0JX79R0g) Content-type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Cat's question can get pretty complicated but as Virginia Jones notes, FERPA dictates what things can be made available and what must be restricted. The core of this is understanding what your institution has defined as "directory information" - institutions of higher ed are required to get approval of their definition of directory information with the US Dept. of Education and that definition outlines what can be made available to the public, unless the student has waived his/her FERPA rights. =20 It is also possible to make student research papers available by a Deed of Gift or release form (in which the student basically waives FERPA rights for a specific term paper). =20 There are several substantive presentations outlining FERPA by Dick Rainsberger and C.W. Goldsmith in the ECURE archives. Visit=20 www.asu.edu/ecure and look for these speakers in the ECURE archives from 2000-2002. It's a good way to get started! =20 Rob Spindler, University Archivist and Head Archives and Special Collections =20 =20 Box 871006 Tempe AZ 85287-1006 Direct 480.965.9277 FAX 480.965.0776 A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>