Ready, Set, Publish: Copyright & Open Access for Researchers

Session Description

In today’s rapidly changing academic publishing environment, researchers and authors face new challenges and opportunities related to copyright management and open access publishing. This webinar aims to equip participants with the knowledge and tools necessary to navigate this complex landscape effectively.

This webinar is designed for researchers and authors who wish to deepen their understanding of copyright issues and open access publishing. Participants will gain practical insights to make informed decisions about their rights and options as authors publishing the results of their research in an increasingly complex publishing environment.

This webinar is aimed at participants who have some experience with publishing. While it is not an introductory session, this session will provide valuable resources and tools to facilitate author agency for researchers at all stages of their publishing careers.

This workshop consists of two parts. Participants may attend one or both sessions. The workshop will be recorded and shared with all registrants. Supplementary material will also be made available.

Part 1: Copyright for Researchers – 2:00 PM

Part 1 will outline author rights and other copyright concerns related to publishing research. It will aim to equip researchers with the knowledge and tools to think strategically about their own copyrights.

This session will also discuss GenAI and its implications for scholarly authors and their rights to control their works. Part 1 will frame the conservation about Open Access in Part 2.

Part 2: Open Access Publishing – 3:00 PM

Part 2 will discuss the major upcoming changes in the research funding landscape in Canada related to the expected future requirement that Tri-Agency authors will be mandated to make the published results of their research openly available immediately, upon publication.

This section will highlight open access funding agreements and discounts available to authors through the University of Toronto Libraries when publishing with select publishers.

This section will also explore other pathways and resources to open access publishing offered by the library such as the new open access journal search tool and assisted deposit to our institutional repository, TSpace.

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This will be a synchronous workshop delivered in a webinar format. If you have accessibility needs, please contact scholarly.communications@library.utoronto.ca

Presenters:

Graeme Slaght, Scholarly Communications & Copyright Outreach Librarian

Shelby Thaysen, Scholarly Publishing Librarian