Announcing our Open Access FAQ
It’s now Open Access Week, an annual event that celebrates and promotes open access to scholarship and research. Open access […]
Open Access FAQ
by Pamela Samuelson and Molly Van Houweling, Authors Alliance Co-Founders. Last updated Oct. 20, 2014. What is “open access”? Who
UC Press Pioneers the Scholarly Monograph’s Open Access Future
By Authors Alliance co-founder Tom Leonard, University Librarian at the University of California, Berkeley. Last Spring the view out the
Authors Alliance Members Lead Push toward Open and Accessible Legal Education
Textbooks are essential instructional tools but they’re not without problems. Most familiar to students is the problem of cost: textbook
STM’s “Open Access” Licenses: Extend, Embrace, and Extinguish
Guest-blogged by Authors Alliance founding member Ariel Katz, Associate Professor of Law and Innovation Chair in Electronic Commerce at the University
Authors Alliance Joins Call for STM to Withdraw its Open Access Licenses
Authors Alliance firmly believes in the importance of open licensing to vibrant and productive scholarship. But open licensing is legally
SHERPA/RoMEO publisher copyright policies search engine
Knowing a publisher’s copyright policy is essential to making informed choices in the publication process, particularly for authors who wish to ensure they have the rights needed to ensure their work’s availability and to keep it up to date. Fortunately, the SHERPA/RoMEO search engine makes the process much simpler by presenting copyright policy information for many academic publishers in an accessible, color-coded manner.
For more information on authorship and ownership, please read our FAQ on the subject.