Open Access Primer

Tips and advice

• How to make your own work open access - by Peter Suber
  Focuses on peer-reviewed research articles and their unrefereed preprints.  

Versions you can deposit

• SHERPA/RoMEO
  Use this site to see what version you can deposit in the institutional or subject repository of your choice,
  For example:
  • pre-print (pre-refereed)
  • post-print (final draft, post-refereed, but prior to publisher formatted, final version)
  • publisher version/PDF (final version). 

Retain your rights

Use an author addenda

One way to retain rights to your own work is to request that your publisher accept more favorable conditions by using an author addenda, instead of simply accepting the license presented to you once your article has been accepted.

Ideas for your addenda

Remember that publishers need your content and it is reasonable to retain the rights to your own publications so that you don't have to request permission to use your own work in another way, including the right to deposit in an OA repository or in a digital course pack.

• Author Addenda - Open Access Directory
   
• Primer on the Rights Retention Strategy - Zenodo
   
• Setting the Default to Open: Recommendations for Researchers and Authors - SPARC Europe
   
• Copyright Guidance: Copyright for Authors & Creators 
  Publisher Agreements and what to watch out for  - Yale University Library

Use Creative Commons licensing