diff --git a/Repositories/otago_eprints/otago_eprints/cfg/ArchiveMetadataFieldsConfig.pm b/Repositories/otago_eprints/otago_eprints/cfg/ArchiveMetadataFieldsConfig.pm
index 42d60d1..a79c4d0 100755
--- a/Repositories/otago_eprints/otago_eprints/cfg/ArchiveMetadataFieldsConfig.pm
+++ b/Repositories/otago_eprints/otago_eprints/cfg/ArchiveMetadataFieldsConfig.pm
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
 		browse_link => "subjects",
 		render_input=>\&EPrints::Extras::subject_browser_input },
 
+	# NJS: Affiliations field to store organisational unit within the University.
 	{ name => "affiliations", type=>"subject", top=>"affiliations", multiple => 1,
 		browse_link => "affiliations",
 		render_input=>\&EPrints::Extras::subject_browser_input },
@@ -181,9 +182,19 @@
 		family_first=>1, hide_honourific=>1, hide_lineage=>1 }, 
 
 	{ name => "official_url", type => "url", sql_index => 0 },
+	
+# 	{ name => "contact_email", type => "email" },
 
 # nb. Can't call this field "references" because that's a MySQL keyword.
-	{ name => "referencetext", type => "longtext", input_rows => 10 }
+	{ name => "referencetext", type => "longtext", input_rows => 10 },
+	
+	# NJS 2007-04-02: Added author_permission field to indicate whether permission
+	# has been granted by the author to make the eprint publicly available.
+	{ name => "author_permission", type => "set", options=>[ "unproc", "ongoing", "no", "embargo", "yes" ] },
+
+	# NJS 2007-04-04: Added copyright_confirmed field to indicate whether
+	# copyright status has been resolved.
+	{ name => "copyright_confirmed", type => "set", options=>[ "unproc", "ongoing", "no", "embargo", "yes" ] },
 
 ];
 
@@ -233,7 +244,10 @@
 	my( $data, $session ) = @_;
 
 	$data->{type} = "article";
-	$data->{thesis_type} = "UNSPECIFIED";
+	# 2007-04-18: Added defaults for new author permission and copyright
+	# status fields.
+	$data->{author_permission} = "unproc";
+	$data->{copyright_status} = "unproc";
 }
 
 sub set_user_defaults