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Copyright requirements for the repository

Full text research publications displayed through arrow@UniSA must meet one of the following conditions:

• you as the author retain copyright (note that all co-authors must agree to deposit the work in the repository)
• the publisher agreement you signed permits deposit in an institutional repository
• permission to include the research in an institutional repository has been granted by the publisher after publication

If the full text of your research cannot be made public in arrow@UniSA, there will still be a record for your work, and there may be options to expose a pre-print or link to the publisher’s website with full-text options for authorised users. If you are unsure of the copyright policy relating to your material, please contact the University Copyright Officer.

Managing your copyright

As the author or creator of a work, you automatically own copyright to it. When you submit the work for publication, however, you may be asked to assign copyright to the publisher. The Australian Copyright Council’s Information Sheet G24 provides an overview of rights transfer issues.

It is worthwhile to read a contract carefully before signing, as you may be able to negotiate to retain some or all of your rights as the original copyright owner. The ACRL Scholarly Communication Toolkit web page contains several useful strategies and sample texts for amendments to agreements.

• Many publishers now permit authors to deposit versions of their published research in an institutional repository. Permissions vary widely; some publishers allow post-print (post-refereed) versions, others allow only preprints. You can check your publisher’s policy on self-archiving before you submit your work for publication. The SHERPA / RoMEO website lists copyright policies for a number of major publishers and journals. You may also find the information on the journal’s website, under links called ‘Notes to contributors’ or ‘Information for authors’, or in the publishing contract.
• You may be able to alter the agreement to keep some rights, or grant a ‘licence to publish’ to the publisher instead of unconditional copyright.

Reporting copyright infringements

For older works produced by UniSA staff, the University is continuing to endeavour to trace the copyright owner(s) and in the meantime this item has been reproduced here in good faith. We would be pleased to hear from copyright owner(s).

If you believe that copyright material is available on this site in such a way that infringes copyright, please contact arrow@UniSA

For more information about University copyright please see the copyright website.