For Your Publishing

Copyright

If you have questions about using copyrighted materials in the classroom or in your own publications, book a consultation with us. We also can help if you have questions about your rights as an author.

Open Access (OA) Publishing

You can use ScholarWorks, the university’s repository and publishing platform, to promote your scholarly publications, publish an open access journal, and host BGSU-affiliated conference proceedings. Contact Emily Gattozzi, Scholarly Communication Strategist, at emilydg@bgsu.edu to get started.

We also can help you find open access (OA) materials for your courses or learn more about publishing your work OA through OhioLINK agreements.

OhioLINK Agreements

OhioLINK has negotiated agreements with Cambridge, Elsevier, IOP, Springer, and Wiley that allow BGSU-affiliated authors to publish open access at no cost to the authors and no additional cost to the university. Visit OhioLINK’s Open Access for Authors page to read more about each agreement.

To learn more about BGSU's participation in these agreements, visit the University Libraries OhioLINK OA Agreements data dashboard.

University Libraries Open Access Community Partnerships 

The University Libraries provides support that helps publishers make scholarly content open access. The following is a list of the University Libraries' open access community partnerships:

• Demography
• Directory of Open Access Journals
  
• Open Book Publishers
  

Open Educational Resources (OER)

If you’re interested in adopting open educational resources (OER) for use in your courses or developing your own open alternatives to commercial textbooks, check out the University Libraries’ workshop and grant opportunities for faculty.