Title: Publishing Agreements

Learning Objectives:

- Identify key elements of an academic publishing agreement
- Locate support regarding author's rights and publisher negotiations in a post-secondary context
- Understand the evolving terms scholarly communication ecosytem

Definition of "postprint"
“Postprint” or “Accepted Manuscript” is often defined as the article after peer-review revisions are made but before the publisher adds pagination and other formatting. Some publishers provide authors with a separate postprint PDF, some do not. Note that terminology and definitions can vary by publisher.

Q: The standard form publishing agreement is:
- Negotiable and should be carefully examined (correct)
- Negotiable only with an expensive, fancy lawyer
- Based on an equal partnership between the author and the publisher
- Written in stone

Q: Failure to comply with a granting agency’s open access policy may result in:
- It becoming more difficult to receive funding from that agency in the future (correct)
- An article not being published
- A lawsuit
- Increased teaching load

Q: When interpreting the language of an academic publishing agreement it is critical to review:
- The “Authors Rights Retained” section of the publishing agreement (correct)
- Your employment contract
- Every detail of the Copyright Act

Q: The changing world of scholarly communications is characterized by:
- The evolving nature of publishing agreements (correct)
- Libraries and taxpayers refusing to pay for articles
- Publishers embracing open access
- Governments no longer funding research

Q: Granting agencies often require:
- That authors ensure their articles are made open access (correct)
- That participants receive a copy of research articles
- A promise of a first born child
- That articles only be made available in print

Choose the correct statement.

Credits: Publishing Agreements; by University of Alberta; 2019; source https://youtu.be/1nA15vpwmEE; licence CC BY 4.0