UC’s open access policies provide a path for UC employees to make their scholarly articles openly available online, whether their article is open access or behind a paywall at the publisher’s site. Read more about how the policies work, what they cover, and how to participate in the policy by reading the FAQs below.

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What are the terms of the UC Open Access Policies and what do I have to do?

Who’s covered by the policies?

Do the UC OA policies cover every article I’ve ever written?

When it’s time to sign your publishing agreement…

What are waivers and embargoes?

My publisher charges $____ for open access. Do I have to pay that to comply with UC’s OA policies?

My publisher’s policy says _____________, which is different from UC’s OA policies.

My publisher didn’t require me to get a waiver or embargo (delayed access) for my article. Now what?

Do I have to get permission from my co-authors to comply with a UC OA policy?

What kinds of writings are covered?

What’s the easiest way to comply with the deposit requirement of the policies?

What if my article is already openly available?

How do I know if I’m depositing the right version?

Do the UC OA policies allow commercial use of faculty articles by eScholarship end users?

How will people find my article once it’s openly available?

Can UC authors make their work open access if it has copyrighted images in it?

Have a question that isn’t answered above? Contact OSC at osc@ucop.edu.

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