Open Access Resources

GW LAI has a legal expert to support staff, faculty, and students on copyright issues, whether it's to go over fair use, or to take a look at a publishing agreements or answer licensing questions.

Copyright and compliance consultation

Repositories

• GW Scholarspace - GW's institutional repository provides free, public access, broad visibility, and long-term preservation for the research and scholarly works created by GW’s faculty, staff and students, including electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs).

• Directory of Open Access Journals

Licensing/Copyright

• Open Source Initiative (OSI)

• Choose a license

• GW LAI copyright information

Authors Rights

• SPARC author rights guide 

• GW LAI information