Authors Alliance Guides Now Available on Project MUSE
We’re pleased to announce that our educational guidebooks for authors—which cover rights reversion, open access, fair use, and publication contracts—are […]
Researching Rumors About Open Access Dissertations
We thank Jill Cirasella and Polly Thistlethwaite of the Graduate Center of the City University of New York for contributing
Why UC Split With Publishing Giant Elsevier
Open access is a key issue at Authors Alliance. Our OA resource page features information and tools about OA publishing,
Rights Reversion Success Story: James O’Donnell
James J. O’Donnell is the University Librarian at Arizona State University Libraries and has published widely on the history and
Open Access Resource Roundup
To celebrate Open Access Week, we’ve compiled a list of resources that you may find helpful in learning about OA
Model Publishing Contract Features Author-Friendly Terms for Open Access Scholarship
The University of Michigan and Emory University have teamed up to create a Model Publishing Contract for Digital Scholarship designed
Making In-Copyright Works Open Access:
A Report From Iceland
The island nation of Iceland—about the size of Virginia, and with a population of around 300,000—might be one of the
The “Sonny Bono Memorial Collection” and U.S. Copyright Terms
Last month, the Internet Archive announced the launch of the “Sonny Bono Memorial Collection,” a set of digitized full-text books
Spotlight on Open Access & Innovative Academic Publishing Models
Just in time for the start of the new academic year, Authors Alliance featured a series of Q&As with our
ICYMI: Books on Open Access & Copyright Featuring
Authors Alliance Members
Here at Authors Alliance, we like to keep up our copyright chops all year ’round, and we know that many