Defending Your Rights: Author Agreements and Open Access

Conference Year
Online Northwest 2022
Session
3
Type
Breakout Session
Presenters
  • Holly Gabriel, Southern Oregon University
  • Thomas A. Dodson, Southern Oregon University
Abstract

Disseminating scholarly activities can be a complex field to navigate for both librarians and faculty. This session will advise attendees regarding how to maintain authors’ rights when publishing scholarly work. We will explore several journal copyright transfer agreements to highlight authors’ rights to share their work openly, such as in their campus institutional repositories. The presenters will showcase the SHERPA/RoMEO database as well as SPARC’s online author addenda tools to locate publisher’s policies. Attendees will also learn the benefits of sharing scholarly work openly together with tips for negotiating with publishers.

Learning Outcomes
  1. Understand and evaluate copyright transfer agreements when publishing in a journal
  2. Learn how to find and examine a journal’s standard copyright and authors’ rights policies
  3. Discover the benefits of retaining authors’ rights and making work freely available
  4. Gain tips to negotiate authors’ rights with publishers
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