Workshop on publication contracts and licensing for authors of scholarship. Given at Texas Tech University Libraries.

1. Publication Contracts &
Author’s Rights

2. You own what you create.

3. • Copyright occurs at the moment an idea is fixed in a tangible
form of expression
• What is copyrighted?
• Literary works
• Musical works, Dramatic works, Pantomimes and choreographic
works
• Pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works
• Sound, Motion pictures and other A/V works
• Sound recordings
• Architectural works
What is Copyright?

4. •TTU and the Board of Regents:
•Intellectual property
•Sponsored research
•Disclosure for commercialization &
trademarks
What is Tech’s Policy?

5. The “rights” in copyright
• Make Copies
• Distribute the work
• Prepare derivatives
• Publically perform or display
• License to 3rd parties
• Transfer rights to 3rd party

6. The Process

7. New Research Lifecycles
Image: UC Irving Libraries

8. Life after Publication
•Share
•Dissertation or
Thesis
•Teach
•Reuse
•Post
Image: Steven Snodgrass under CC-BY

11. Publishers:
Need
•Right of First
Publication
Want
•Reproduction
•Distribution
•Derivatives

12. Save what you sign.
Save versions of
your manuscripts.

13. Loosing Your Copyright
• Licensing allows specific rights to
be retained:
• Authors keep copyright and license
other rights (e.g., first publication)
• Publishers take copyright and
license rights back (e.g.,
reproduction, derivatives)
• Licensing + Patents
• Visibility and Opportunity
Image: Micah Vandegrift

14. Contract Terms
Table: Brett D.Currier under CC-BY-NC

15. Contract Terms
Table: Brett D. Currier under CC-BY-NC

16. Contract Addendums & Negotiation
•Resources
•The Library Can
Help!
•Addendum
•Negotiation Tips

17. Camille Thomas
Scholarly Communication/ Copyright
Librarian
Office 132C (Makerspace area) 9am-4pm
libraries.copyright@ttu.edu