Scholarly Communication & Author Rights

Author's Rights Video

Prior to publication, when you submit a publishers agreement for your own articles and books, consider adding an authors’ addendum in order to retain rights to:

use your own works for a course pack or use within myWPI
store a copy on your professional page on the WPI web site or within an online repository
distribute print and electronic copies to colleagues

An author’s addendum will allow you transfer only some of your rights to the publisher. See Columbia University's Keep Your Copyrights to "learn to decipher the language of contracts that exploit rights in your works, what to watch out for, and what are reasonable terms on which to grant rights. See examples of actual contracts."

SPARC Authors Addendum

The Scholarly Communication Toolkit is a useful place to learn key issues & strategies for change in the realm of scholarly publishing. Review for ideas on how you can manage you copyrights, including links to model copyright and publishing agreements.

Additional Resources at WPI

Additional Resources

Copyright Advisory Office (Columbia University)
National Institutes of Health Public Access Policy
MIT Libraries Copyright Amendment Form
Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) Author Resources links to an Author Rights brochure and SPARC Author Addendum
Science Commons Scholar's Copyright Addendum Engine Help users generate a PDF form that you can attach to a journal publisher's copyright agreement to ensure that you retain certain rights
SHERPA RoMEO Publisher Copyright Policies & Self-Archiving | Publishers Allowing use of their PDFs in Repositories

The information contained in this site is not meant as legal advice, but should be used to inform authors and others about copyright. If legal advice or expert assistance is needed consult the services of legal counsel.

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Last modified: Aug 29, 2008, 08:59 EDT