Open Access

We can support you in:

Making your works open access for free and legally through diamond open access journals or open repositories
Finding discounts or waivers for open access article processing charges (APCs)
Understanding and complying with funder mandates for open access (such as the Tri-Agency Policy on Publications)
Taking action to support sustainable scholarly publishing practices

Guides and resources

Open Access research guide: Learn what open access (OA) is, the benefits of OA for researchers and students, and how you can make your own work OA.
Open Access discounts and waivers: Learn about article processing charges (APCs) and discounts and waivers available through the University Library.
Sustainable scholarship: Learn how the library can support you to influence positive change toward a more sustainable, open and equitable scholarly publishing system.

Copyright

We can support you in:

Understanding your rights as an author and negotiating your publication agreement with publishers
Applying Creative Commons licenses to your work
Reusing previously published figures in your work

Guides and resources

Author rights guide: Learn about your author rights and publication agreements.
Copyright for authors and creators: Learn about author and creator rights, protecting your work, licensing or assigning right, intellectual property and more.
Creative Commons quick start guide: How to share your work, give creators the credit they deserve, and make copyright work for everyone.
Reusing figures or images in your works: Learn how you can retain rights to reuse figures and images from your published works in subsequent projects.

We can support you in:

Guides and resources

Predatory publishers guide: Learn how to recognize and avoid questionable or disreputable publishers and journals.