Your research, your control.
University of Toronto Libraries maintains this guide to offer information to faculty, researchers, and students on the issues surrounding the dessemination and communication of scholarly information, including:
- understanding the rights you have as an author
- developing an awareness of open access publishing methods
- exploring public access policies of funding agencies
- clarifying copyright
It is our hope that you will find this site useful, depend on it for current information and feel free to comment or ask questions you might have regarding scholarly communication issues.
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What is SPARC?
SPARC®, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, is an international alliance of academic and research libraries working to correct imbalances in the scholarly publishing system.
Action by SPARC in collaboration with stakeholders – including authors, publishers, and libraries – builds on the unprecedented opportunities created by the networked digital environment to advance the conduct of scholarship.
More information on SPARC can be found at:
Quicklinks for Authors
See the Author Rights Page for more information...
- T-SpaceUniversity of Toronto's Open Access Repository
- SPARC Canada Author's AddendumAuto-generate an author's addendum that you can attach to a journal publisher's copyright agreement to ensure that you retain certain rights. Click here for PDF addendum
- Sample addendum - Arizona State U (pdf)An example of an addendum allowing an author to adapt a contract to keep certain rights in the US.
- SHERPA/RoMEOSearch this database to find journals' default policies. Remember, changes or exceptions can often be negotiated by authors using the Addendums above!
Scholarly Communication Life Cycle
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