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Open Access (OA) & Scholarly Publishing

This guide provides information to SPH researchers about publishing and scholarly communication topics.

Copyrights Information from the UT System Office of Intellectual Property

The University of Texas System maintains its copyright policy at UTS107, "Use of Copyrighted Materials." If you are a member of a UT institution community (faculty, staff, or student), click the appropriate link to view frequently-used copyright agreementscourseware agreements, and software standard agreements. Because copyright law is fluid, evolving, and fact-specific, contact an attorney for assistance on particular issues. UT institution community members may contact the Office of General Counsel for guidance.

In addition, a review of the Copyright Crash Course, maintained by The University of Texas at Austin Libraries Scholarly Communications Advisor Georgia Harper, may be helpful.  The Copyright Crash Course (CCC)   is currently maintained by Colleen Lyon at UT Libraries. (http://doi.org/10.15781/T24J09X6J ). Version 1 and Version 2 of the Copyright Crash Course are available via Texas ScholarWorks. Version 3 is posted in the course guide. The major difference with Version 3 is that large subject areas of the Copyright Crash Course have been moved to their own guides. The Creative Commons and Public Domain subject areas are new to Version 3. The main subject area of the Course is arranged into several sections that allow users to explore certain areas of copyright law individually or as a group. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The Course contains additional information and resources, such as: