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Academic authors may pay a variety of charges in scholarly publishing, from APCs (“author publication charges”) for open access, to page charges, to color charges. Some of these charges Up-front costs Page charges – n% of journals across disciplines charge APCs (author page charges); this varies across disciplines Color charges – Charges for color figures Submission…
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Copyright or information policy questions? Contact us at: copyright@umass.edu Members of the Libraries’ Copyright and Information Policy Education Program include: Laura Quilter, Copyright & Information Policy Librarian/Attorney Coordinator, Copyright Education Program Paulina Borrego, Patent & Trademark Resource Center Librarian Lisa DiValentino, Law, Public Policy, and Government Documents Christine Turner, Open Access, Open Scholarship, Scholarly Publishing…
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(This is a "Page")Protect your figures and images
When authors sign publication agreements with commercial publishers, they typically transfer their copyright away, for life. Unfortunately, if the author includes figures, tables, or graphics in their paper, they may lose the copyright to those works, too — requiring an author to ask permission or even pay fees to use their very own work. However,…
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(This is a "Page")Previous Workshops
This is an archive of prior workshops, discussion groups, and talks, for some semesters. Please see https://websites.umass.edu/copyright/workshops-appointments/ for current workshops. New England Copyright Bootcamps: January 16-17, 2020: Western Massachusetts Copyright Workshop (Kyle Courtney, Copyright First Responders, and Laura Quilter) May 31, 2019: “Digitizing Challenges” (Laura Quilter, Kyle Courtney, Ellen Finnie Duranceau, Joan Emmet) January 10,…
(This is a "Page")Can I include my published papers in my dissertation?
Many graduate students publish their research prior to finalizing their thesis or dissertation. Indeed, in some fields, dissertations are comprised of one or more papers, with little other material. It’s confusing, therefore, when you prepare to finish your thesis or dissertation, and suddenly realize that you might have signed away your copyright! If you don’t…
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Interested in learning more? Here are some exceptional resources to learn about copyright or other caselaw. General Legal Guides Law Research Guide (UMass Library “Lib Guide”) – Guide to library resources for searching law and policy-related materials. Copyright & Related Law Sites University of Texas, “Copyright Crash Course” by Georgia Harper Stanford University Libraries, Summaries of Fair Use Cases…
(This is a "Page")Fair Use Checklists, Tools, and Best Practice Guides
Fair Use Overview – Fair Use Explained Fair use is a thoroughly understandable, flexible doctrine. But, people sometimes benefit from seeing guidelines or best practices for applying fair use to their particular circumstances. Or, people who do not routinely need to do fair use calculations may feel they understand fair use, but want a tool…