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Using National edeposit (NED)

Your guide for how to use NED.

• Getting started
  • What is NED?
    • What is legal deposit?
    • Which libraries are legal deposit libraries in Australia?
    • Who is my member library?
  • Do I need to deposit using NED?
    • Who is a publisher?
    • When is something considered published?
  • What can be deposited using NED?
  • What cannot be deposited using NED?
  • Do I need to create an account?
  • What web browsers can I use to deposit?
  • Do I need to agree to any terms and conditions?
  • How does NED manage content for mature audiences or classified publications?
• Make an edeposit
  • Deposit methods
    • Online Portal – where you have one or a small number of deposits
    • Online Portal – bulk deposit where you have a larger number of deposits
    • FTP deposit
    • Email attachment deposit
  • Depositing using the online portal – Step 1 – ePublication type
    • What type of ePublication am I depositing?
    • Monograph
    • Serial
    • What type of file formats are accepted?
    • Is there a limit on file size?
    • Do I need to upload a cover image?
    • Digital rights management and technological protection measures
    • How do I use bulk deposit?
  • Depositing using the online portal – Step 2 – ePublication details
    • Why do I need to provide details about my publication?
    • Information you need to provide for a monograph
    • What is the Pre-publication Data Service?
    • Information you need to provide for a serial
    • Can I deposit more than one serial issue at a time?
  • Depositing using the online portal – Step 3 – Access conditions
    • What are the different access conditions and what do they mean?
    • Will NED affect the commercial viability of my publication?
  • Depositing using the online portal – Step 4 – Reuse conditions
    • What do you mean by reuse conditions?
    • Do I have to apply a Creative Commons licence to my publication?
  • Depositing using the online portal – Step 5 – Publisher details
    • Why do I need to provide publisher details?
    • What do I do if I self-publish using a pseudonym?
  • Depositing using the online portal – Step 6 – Review and submit
    • How can I update information I have provided?
    • What happens next?
• Create an account
  • How do I create an account?
  • We have several members of staff who deposit our publications – what is the best way to manage this?
• Manage my account
  • How can I see my deposit history?
  • How can I check the status of my bulk deposit offer?
  • How do I change the access conditions for my publication
  • How do I update my account details?
  • I forgot my username/password – what do I do?
  • Can I set access and reuse condition preferences for my publications?
  • There's an error in the information about my publication in the Trove record – how can I get it corrected?
  • Can I replace a publication I have deposited with an updated version?
  • How do I remove a publication from NED?
• Preservation and security
• How your publication is discoverable