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Scholarly Communication & Copyright

Scholarly Communications Program

UC Davis Library program providing information on all aspects of Scholarly Communication including the transformative agreements being signed by the University of California libraries with the major scholarly literature publishers.

UC-Publisher Relations

From the University of California, Office in Scholarly Communication (OSC).  On the left column:  See the Press Room for the latest agreements.  Lists the transformative journal agreements signed with major publishers such as Elsevier, Cambridge University Press, Public Library of Science, Springer-Nature, Royal Society and more.

Copyright & Teaching

“Copyrighted work is an essential part of day-to-day life on campus. Research, scholarship, instructional materials, software, and—in some cases—datasets are all examples of copyrighted work the campus community regularly creates, uses, and builds upon.”

Open Access Publishing at UC Davis

“The UC Davis Library promotes broad public access to the scholarly work of the Davis campus community, and encourages Davis authors to participate in the wider dissemination, higher visibility, and accelerated discovery of knowledge that open access publishing offers.

For any questions related to publishing agreements, open access discounts and to open access publishing in general, please contact the UC Davis Library’s Scholarly Communications Officer Michael Ladisch, mladisch@ucdavis.edu

Open Educational Resources

Open Educational Resources are free teaching materials that are licensed to allow for revision and reuse. 

This guide includes basic information about Open Educational Resources (OER), highlighting platforms, collections, and repositories that host openly licensed educational materials to help you discover OER content.