The Libraries offer many services that can help you to create both digital and print publishing projects. From consulting on contracts to publishing open access books, we're here to help. You'll find answers to some common questions below.

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Extend Your Publication's Reach

The Dartmouth Faculty Open Access Policy allows all faculty to post preprints of their scholarly articles in Dartmouth Digital Commons. Our institutional repository is a publishing platform and open archive for scholarly, research, and educational outputs of Dartmouth faculty, staff, and students.

Many publishers also allow authors to publish the accepted version of their manuscript on an institutional repository. Contact us [<-embed link] for more information on the Faculty Open Access policy and for help to parse publisher policies around sharing your work.

Managing Open Access Fees

Some of these fees are covered by publisher agreements between Dartmouth Libraries and the publisher. For those not covered, we recommend checking with your department or school to see if funding is available. If you're interested in the wider context around open access publication, you can view this brief presentation. 

Create Your Own Textbook

Resources like Authoring Open Textbooks and The Rebus Guide to Publishing Open Textbooks (So Far) provide detailed information on how to plan, license, and produce an open textbook. Open textbooks and other Open Educational Resources (OER) remove cost barriers to education and help faculty members tailor course materials to meet their needs.

OER are free for anyone to use and usually licensed through Creative Commons to allow adaptation and revised editions. There are numerous benefits to OER:

• Free (no cost barrier for students, the Libraries, or anyone else)
• Immediately available online (no waiting for shipping or other delays)
• Adaptable (can be revised to suit the needs of your class)

You can also modify existing OER to suit your needs. For guidance on adapting OER, check out Modifying an Open Textbook. You can distribute and discover OER through Open Textbook Library, OER Commons, and OASIS.