[Dspace-general] Request Copy and Restricted Access

[Hutchinson, Alvin]

I wonder how many people are using the 'Request Copy' button to restrict access to repository content on a case-by-case basis. If you are not familiar with this, you can learn more at: http://wiki.dspace.org/index.php//RequestCopy

To see what it looks like in practice, go to: http://hdl.handle.net/10088/2624

My question is whether some repository harvesting sites such as OpenDOAR, Google Scholar and/or the OAI-PMH harvesters would object to having content 'restricted' in this sense. Most of the harvester/aggregator sites ask that all content be freely available before they will include a Dspace installation in their index. 

Technically such items are freely available to any user (with the consent of the author) and there is no requirement to register and/or pay for the material. 

Does anyone have any thoughts on this? Would it be inappropriate to open my repository up to these services if some (most, all, few?) contents are limited in this way? Your opinions are greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Alvin Hutchinson
Smithsonian Institution Libraries