Scholarly Communication Toolkit - Copyright And Author Rights Management

Author Rights Management

• SPARC’s Author Rights Initiative
• Scholar’s Copyright Project (Science Commons)

Sample License Agreements

• SPARC Author Addendum
• Scholar’s Copyright Addendum Engine (Science Commons)
• SHERPA: Publisher Copyright Policies and Self-Archiving
  Use this site to find a summary of permissions that are normally given as part of each publisher's copyright transfer agreement
• Creative Commons License

SPARC Author Rights Discussion Forum

SPARC-ARForum is a private and moderated venue for academic librarians to explore copyright and related issues in teaching and research – especially questions arising from the development of digital repositories and recent public access mandates. List membership is subject to approval and posts are moderated for appropriate topical content. Read more in our announcement.

To request membership in the SPARC Author Rights Forum, send any message to sparc-arforum-feed@arl.org.