eScholarship@Morgan: Help & guidelines

You MUST hold copyright for any work you contribute to eScholarship@Morgan. The librarians at the Earl S. Richardson Library will:

• check all submissions for copyright
• help locate copyright holders & request permission to use copyrighted materials when necessary
• consult you on copyright issues, author’s rights, Creative Commons licensing options, & publisher self-archiving policies

For questions relating to the eScholarship@Morgan repository, contact Chris Iweha at chris.Iweha@morgan.edu or (443) 885-3478.

For other questions, contact the Earl S. Richardson Library at (443) 885-3477 or the Reference Desk at morganreference@gmail.com.

Framework for analyzing copyright

• Adapted from Kevin Smith & Lisa Macklin (CC BY-SA 4.0) to help understant copyright
  

Copyright slider tool (requires Flash)

• Determine if copyright permission is needed

Creative Commons

• Share your works without losing your rights

Scholar's Copyright Addendum Engine

• Generate a PDF form that you can attach to a journal publisher's copyright agreement to ensure that you retain certain rights (by Science Commons)

SHERPA/RoMEO

• Provides information on publisher copyright and self-archiving policies

SPARC Author Addendum