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.
Journal Hosting Service
We can support you in:
- Providing a free hosting service on our Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform for your USask-affiliated diamond open access journal (i.e., no fees for readers or authors)
- Offering OJS technical support and advice on journal policies and best practices
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.
General publishing supports
We can support you in:
- Avoiding low quality, disreputable, or "predatory" journals and publishers
Guides and resources
- Predatory publishers guide
- Learn how to recognize and avoid questionable or disreputable publishers and journals.
Contact
Book a consultation with your subject librarian, the copyright coordinator, or the open scholarship librarian.