Copyright, Impact and Open Access
The Office of Scholarly Publishing at Texas Tech University Libraries supports faculty, students, and staff concerning new models of making scholarship available or communicating in respective fields. This can mean anything from federal agency policies, peer review processes, alternative impact metrics or academic social media platforms.
Open Education Resources
Help finding and integrating open textbooks and other resources in courses to increase
access, retention, and participation. For more information visit the Open Educational Resources guide or ask a librarian.
Workshops
The Office of Scholarly Publishing will provide instruction sessions tailored to a
particular department, class or meeting upon request. Our general workshops are offered
in the library every semester. For more information or to arrange a consultation,
please contact the Office of Scholarly Publishing.
Research Impact
Demonstrations and consultations on citation analysis, tools (ORCID, PlumX) and how
to list metrics on your CV, dossier or grant applications. For more information, visit
the Impact and Visibility and Altmetrics guides or ask a librarian.
Copyright Questions
Assistance with questions on a variety of copyright issues, including fair use, classroom
guidelines, multimedia, theses, dissertations and how to obtain permissions for copyrighted
material. Visit the copyright guide for more information. Please send questions to
libraries.copyright@ttu.edu
Publisher Assessment
Our Team offers help with assessing whether a journal, conference or other scholarly
outlet is high quality, low quality or potentially predatory. For resources on this
visit the Assessing Publishers guide or register for the workshop.
Author Agreements & Book Contracts
Assistance with author agreements, retaining copyright, and ensuring compliance with
the Public Access Policies for peer-reviewed articles resulting from NIH, NSF or other
grant-funded research.
Policy Analysis
Help with publisher policies for copyright and deposit into ThinkTech. Answer questions
about Texas Tech operating procedures for intellectual property, research, theses,
dissertations, teaching, etc.
*The Scholarly Publishing Office provides information about copyright and scholarly communications. However, the office does not provide legal advice. For legal advice, please consult the Office of General Counsel. Questions about patents and the commercialization of intellectual property, please consult the Office of Research Commercialization.
Below are guides with more information:
COPYRIGHT, IMPACT, AND OPEN ACCESS
AFFORDABLE COURSE MATERIALS
DIGITAL SERVICES
CREATE YOUR ORCID
CONTACT US
General Questions: libraries.publishing@ttu.edu
Heidi Winkler
Digital Services Librarian
Phone: (806) 834-1304
Email: heidi.winkler@ttu.edu
Brian Quinn
Research, Instruction, and Outreach Librarian
Phone: (806) 834-2148
Email: brian.quinn@ttu.edu
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