Publishing a thesis is your first entry into the world of scholarly publishing. Learn about your copy-rights and opportunities as a new author.

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Graduate students
as authors
Laurie Morrison, Head of Liaison Services
Elizabeth Yates, Liaison/Scholarly Communication
Librarian
James A. Gibson Library
March 12, 2014

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Your research WILL have a digital
life. You have the opportunity to
control that life.
-- Micah Vandegrift, Scholarly Communications
Librarian @ Florida State University

3. Copyright:
What is it? Why does it matter?
• a form of intellectual property
• applies to all genres – books, periodicals,
charts, software, films, music, works of art
• Protects your rights as a creator:
– to reproduce, publish, alter, sell, etc. the work
– copyright infringement > is unauthorized
copying or use of a work

4. Copyright & theses @ Brock
• Graduate Studies sets academic policies and
requirements
• All theses submitted electronically
• Library disseminates & preserves theses
• Process:
– Sign Brock University Thesis and Major Research
Paper Copyright Licence
– Sign Library and Archives Canada (LAC) Non-
Exclusive License to Reproduce Theses
– Submit a digital copy to Brock’s Digital
Repository

5. Brock University Thesis and Major
Research Paper Copyright Licence
• https://brocku.ca/webfm_send/26503
• authors retain copyright > copyright notice
displays on title page
• Brock gets “non-exclusive, royalty-free,
perpetual, worldwide licence” to preserve
work in digital repository, make work
available to others via interlibrary loan,
provide work to LAC Theses Canada, provide
work to third-party theses databases

6. Library and Archives Canada (LAC)
Non-Exclusive Licence to
Reproduce Theses
• http://www.brocku.ca/webfm_send/16900
“This form is an agreement between you (the thesis
author) and LAC that gives LAC permission to
include your thesis in the Theses Canada program.
Because the licence is non-exclusive you can
pursue any other publishing venture that you
wish. The licence clearly indicates that you
retain ownership of the copyright and moral
rights on your thesis.”

7. Brock Digital Repository
http://dr.library.brocku.ca/handle/10464/1147
• Your work is visible to the world
• Indexed in Google Scholar, SuperSearch, etc.
• Statistics for views

8. OpenDOAR
opendoar.org
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9. After Brock:
Protect your copyrights
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No. 1 > Read your copyright
agreements!
-research your publication options
-negotiate a better deal
-use Creative Commons
-publish with an Open Access platform

10. SHERPA/RoMEO
• searchable database of publishers’ policies
regarding copyright and online archiving
• Why?
-- research CR policies before you sign
– web archiving = more citations
– to comply with funding policies
– http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/

11. SPARC Addendum
• SPARC: Scholarly Publishing and
Academic Resources Coalition
• www.sparc.arl.org/resources/authors/addendum
• SPARC Author Addendum is a legal
instrument that modifies the publisher’s
agreement and allows you to keep key
rights to your articles

12. SPARC addendum
• Key points:
– Addendum paramount
– Author retains all rights for re-use; journal
gets credit
– Author gets copy of final article

14. Consider CC licensing
• Creative Commons licences:
– Range of protections and permissions
CC on Light by
Yamashita Yohei

15. Publishing resources
• Your librarian
• Guidelines for evaluating a
journal/publisher
• Checklist to ID reputable publishers
• Beall’s list of Predatory Publishers

16. Summing up
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Questions?
Elizabeth – eyates@brocku.ca
Laurie – lmorrison@brocku.ca