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UTSA Policy
According to the UTSA Handbook of Operation Procedures, the university does not claim ownership of scholarly works by UTSA employees. Authors and creators maintain their rights to "scholarly or educational materials, class content, art works, musical compositions and dramatic and nondramatic literary works authored by a Covered Creator(s) and related to his/her academic or professional field."
Additional related policies include:
- Conflicts of Interest in Research & Intellectual Property
Chapter 10.04, UTSA HOP
- Misconduct in Research or in Other Scholarly Activities
Chapter 10.02, UTSA HOP
Publisher Copyright Policies
Even if you have already published your work in an academic journal, you may still be able to place a copy in Runner Research Press. In many cases, publishers allow self-archiving of works in the author's institutional repository.
Authors can use SHERPA/RoMEO, a free service that collects the copyright and open access self-archiving policies on academic journals, to determine if they are allowed to deposit their work in Runner Research Press.
If you have any questions or are unsure if you can submit your work, contact the Runner Research Press administrators at rrpress@utsa.edu. We are happy to help you!
Copyright & Runner Research Press
When submitting to RRP, the creator or copyright holder of the work grants RRP non-exclusive permission to make their work available online. UTSA does not claim copyright over any item in RRP.
By default, RRP will not impose access restrictions on submissions, and all works are freely available to a global audience. Creators may assign Creative Commons licenses to their works.
RRP reserves the right to withdraw a work that is libelous, an invasion of privacy, infringes upon copyright, or that does not reflect the nature of the Collection to which the work was submitted.
The non-exclusive submission agreement preserves the submitter/creator's right to submit additional copies elsewhere. Works will not be withdrawn solely because a submitter/creator leaves The University of Texas at San Antonio.
Authors' Copyrights
Federal law grants certain, exclusive rights to authors that often get signed away to publishers. These resources can help you negotiate and maintain your author rights during the publishing process.
- Author Rights: Using the SPARC Author AddendumA sample addendum to negotiate author's rights with publishers.
- Creative Commons LicensesLearn 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.
- Introduction to Copyright ResourcesPractical guidance when submitting your article, including understanding your rights and how to preserve them.
- Managing Your Rights as an AuthorBy 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.
- Reserving Rights of Copyright in Works Submitted for Publication: Negotiating Publishing AgreementsSuggestions from Peter B. Hirtle, Cornell University Library, on how to negotiate an agreement with publishers that allows you more rights over your work.
- Termination of Transfer ToolThe 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.
- Scholars Copyright Addendum EngineAllows 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.