A workshop facilitated by Richard White, Manager Copyright and Open Access

Most of us don’t understand the publishing contracts we sign. These are often long, complex documents usually filled with legal jargon and each publisher has its own version. We sign them because we want to tell people about our research and because it’s good for our careers. Typically publishing agreements require that we ‘assign’ our copyright to the publisher.

But what does that mean for posting my work on academic networking sites like ResearchGate and Academia? Or for depositing it in a research repository, like OUR Archive? Or even using it in my own teaching? What if my work goes out of print? Did I sign away my digital rights? And how is it different if I publish in an open access journal?

In this workshop, we’ll work through some real publishing agreements, study their language and what they mean for what we can do with the material we write. We’ll also look at things you might negotiate with your publisher, such as rights to archive your work in a research repository or to revert copyright to you after an agreed time frame.

Bring a publishing agreement of your own, either an old one or one from a publisher you’re working with or might do in the future. These can be monograph or journal agreements.

Date: Monday 29 June

Time: 10.00-11.30am

Zoom address: https://otago.zoom.us/j/7096505662

To register go to https://corpapp.otago.ac.nz/training/hedc/course/13214/course/0/