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Copyright vs. Open Access

Barbara Hirschmann, ETH-Bibliothek

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Welcome to theCoffee Lecture

No. 24

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What is Open Access?

«Open access […] literature is digital, online, free of charge,

and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.»

(Peter Suber, 2012)

accessible without costs for the reader

possibility to reuse

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Green OA Gold OA

Self-archiving in OA repositories Publishing in OA journals

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How to implement Open Access?

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Copyright Issues – Green OA

Non-exclusive licence

Exclusive licence

Transfer copyright

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What does this mean?

Publishing agreements are negotiable

Use the SPARC author addendum

Read the publication agreement with great care

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Copyright Issues – Green OA

“The ETH Zurich expects authors where possible,

to retain their copyright.” [ETH Zurich OA Policy]

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Publishers usually allow some sort of self-archiving

Where to look it up? Copyright Transfer Agreement Publisher/Journal Website SHERPA/RoMEO Database

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Copyright Issues – Green OA

“ETH Zurich requires of staff and postgraduate students to post electronic copies of

any research papers [¨…] into the institutional repository ETH E-Collection, if there are

no legal objections.” [ETH Zurich OA Policy]

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Which version? Usually Postprint

(= author’s manuscript after peer review)

When? Possible embargos

between 2 and 24 months

Where? Author’s website Institutional repository Disciplinary repository

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Creative Commons Licenses

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Copyright Issues – Gold OA

CC BY: Creative Commons Attribution License

CC BY NC:Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License

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Contactwww.library.ethz.ch/open-access