Go through the following steps to find out which version of your article you can post to DSpace.
Is your conference paper chapter Open Access?
- If it was published Open Access, you can submit the Published Version.
- If it isn't OA...
Was the conference paper published in a journal or a book?
- Refer to this guide's pages on Journal Articles or Book and Book Chapters
- If the conference paper wasn't published in a journal or book...
Check the Conference Website
- Do they have a section with author information or self-archiving policies? Do they specify what you can post to an Institutional Repository?
- If self-archiving policies cannot be found on the conference website...
Refer to your Copyright Transfer Agreement
- This is the document you sign when you publish a paper.
- They may specify which version you can post online and/or to an Institutional Repository
- If you need help understanding your Copyright Transfer Agreement, contact copyright@aus.edu
- If the Copyright Transfer Agreement doesn't say which version you can post...
Email the Conference Organizers
- Ask them for permission to post your book or book chapter on our Institutional Repository. Make sure to ask
- Which version you can deposit
- If there's an embargo period
