3 user roles exist in SONAR.

Submitter

Submitters are usually researchers or a students.

Permissions

• Can submit publications.
• His/her submissions must be validated by a moderator to be published.

Moderator

Moderators are usually librarians. They can do everything that submitters can do.

Additional permissions

• Can validate deposits from his/her organisation.
• Can edit or update already published documents.

Admin

The administrator is usually one librarian per organisation. He/She can do everything that moderators can do.

Additional permissions

• Can delete already published documents.
• Can list, create, edit and delete users (moderators and submitters).
• Can manage the organisation settings.