Don't You Forget about Green: Negotiating Author-Publisher Agreements to Retain Key Rights
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Presentation Type
Lightning Talk
Location
Zoom
Start Date
16-4-2024 1:00 PM
End Date
16-4-2024 1:20 PM
Description
Self-archiving continues to serve as a powerful means of making scholarship available open access (OA). In the case of scholarship that would otherwise be placed behind a paywall, self-archiving plays a key role in ensuring any interested reader may access the content at no charge. Often referred to as ‘green OA,’ self-archiving is distinguished from the publisher’s own provision of a scholarly work. It involves the fee-free distribution of a version of an author’s work, typically from an open repository or the author’s own website. Self-archiving is made possible through institutional OA policies, funder OA policies, and publisher policies (as instantiated in author-publisher agreements). Yet, as far as these policies reach, there remain gaps that require different approaches. In this presentation, I will discuss one such approach: negotiating author-publisher agreements. I will share the circumstances under which negotiating to secure self-archiving rights may be viable; how to guide authors through the process; and make the case for tailoring provisions over using blanket addenda. While there can be no guaranteed results, authors are well-positioned for success when they are informed, empowered, and specific in the terms presented to the publisher.
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Don't You Forget about Green: Negotiating Author-Publisher Agreements to Retain Key Rights
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Self-archiving continues to serve as a powerful means of making scholarship available open access (OA). In the case of scholarship that would otherwise be placed behind a paywall, self-archiving plays a key role in ensuring any interested reader may access the content at no charge. Often referred to as ‘green OA,’ self-archiving is distinguished from the publisher’s own provision of a scholarly work. It involves the fee-free distribution of a version of an author’s work, typically from an open repository or the author’s own website. Self-archiving is made possible through institutional OA policies, funder OA policies, and publisher policies (as instantiated in author-publisher agreements). Yet, as far as these policies reach, there remain gaps that require different approaches. In this presentation, I will discuss one such approach: negotiating author-publisher agreements. I will share the circumstances under which negotiating to secure self-archiving rights may be viable; how to guide authors through the process; and make the case for tailoring provisions over using blanket addenda. While there can be no guaranteed results, authors are well-positioned for success when they are informed, empowered, and specific in the terms presented to the publisher.