Open Access

When authors publish their work through commercial publishers, they typically sign a copyright transfer agreement (CTA) which gives the copyright to the publisher, meaning the author is limited in how they can share their work. The internet has made sharing information very easy, but despite the ease, sharing isn't as straightforward as thought. Many academics share their copyrighted work on scholarly collaboration networks such as Academia.Edu and others which may not follow the terms of their CTA, and the authors may receive takedown notices from their publisher as a result. This presentation provides suggested practices to share information while complying with copyright, and recommends Open Access publishing as a way to share work freely; OA licenses typically allow authors to maintain copyright and permissions to share their work.