Open Access

A sample addendum to negotiate author's rights with publishers.

Learn about different models of assigning copyrights to your own materials, which allows you to communicate which rights you reserve and which you waive with those who use your work.

Practical guidance when submitting your article, including understanding your rights and how to preserve them.

By Dartmouth College Library: Tools and Resources for Scholars and Researchers. This page provides links to tools and information that can help you manage your copyright as an author.

Suggestions from Peter B. Hirtle, Cornell University Library, on how to negotiate an agreement with publishers that allows you more rights over your work.

The Termination of Transfer tool, co-stewarded by Authors Alliance and Creative Commons, gives authors who have previously entered into publishing agreements information about whether and how they can regain the publication rights previously assigned away so they can publish on new terms.

Allows authors to choose among different options to reserve rights for themselves, and generates an agreement that is then submitted with a traditional publication agreement to make that legally effective.