Política de licenciamento de dissertações e teses e a disponibilização no Repositório Institucional da UTFPR: olhares a partir da avaliação multidimensional da CAPES

Abstract

This chapter aims to discuss the relevance of licensing dissertations and theses available in digital repositories for the evaluation of brazilian graduate programs and to present the Licensing Policy for Final Versions of the Conclusion Works Produced in the Undergraduate and Graduate Stricto Sensu Courses of the Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR). To this end, it approach aspects concerning the brazilian copyright Law and use licenses, Creative Commons; presents the open access digital informational environments available at UTFPR and the availability of dissertations and theses, aiming to discuss the Licensing Policy for dissertations and theses produced at UTFPR and the impact of making these contents available in institutional repository in the multidimensional evaluation of brazilian graduate programs by Capes. It concludes that the Licensing Policy instituted by UTFPR makes it possible to overcome the copyright barrier, an action that, coupled with the aspect of wide visibility arising from the availability in an institutional repository, favors the use of works and increases the possibility of impact and citation, which generates multiple benefits, which include: visibility of the author, the work, the program and the University; evaluation of the graduate program; social insertion of the knowledge generated by the program and the University; possibility of contributing to academic, scientific, technological and social advances.