Research, Funding, and Awards

  • Navigating the Publishing Landscape

    Navigating the Publishing Landscape: Author Agreements and Creative Commons Licenses

    In today’s rapidly changing academic landscape, researchers face challenges navigating publishing and meeting funder requirements about public access to research. This series of four workshops offers UConn and UConn Health researchers up-to-date and in-depth information and resources for figuring out where and how to publish their work.

    These workshops are suitable for researchers at all career stages who want to take proactive steps to learn about recent trends and challenges in scholarly publishing. They are online, and you can attend them individually or all of them. 

    Workshop 1: Author Agreements and Creative Commons Licenses – November 17

    • Negotiate terms of publishing
    • Use author addenda to protect an author's rights to their work
    • Select appropriate Creative Commons licenses

    Workshop 2: Article Processing Charges and Open Access – November 18

    • Define open access publishing models
    • Find support for Article Processing Charges (APCs)
    • Meet funder requirements for public access to research

    Workshop 3: Evaluating Journal Metrics and Identifying Trusted Publishers – November 19

    • Identify and avoid deceptive journals
    • Evaluate journal metrics

    Workshop 4: Discipline-Specific Publishing – November 20

    • Navigate discipline-specific publishing challenges
    • Work with a subject-specialist librarian to support the publishing process

    Register today at workshops.lib.uconn.edu 

    For more information, contact: Jennifer Schaefer at jennifer.schaefer@uconn.edu