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The NU Institutional Repository requires agreement to a non-exclusive distribution license. The deposit does NOT require the transfer of copyright, but you must have permission to grant the distribution license.  If your work has not been published elsewhere, you are good to go.

But your work has been published elsewhere, you will need to check your permissions ​​​​​​before submitting to the NU Institutional Repository- your licensing agreement with the publisher may not allow you to publicly/freely share the full text of your work. 

Here's how:

1. Find your license.
   1. Check your email for the original copyright agreement for your manuscript.
      • Review it to see whether there is language that specifies that you may make your work available via an institutional repository.
   2. OR use the Open Policy Finder list of publisher copyright policies and self-archiving (search for the journal title or publisher)
   3. OR Check the publisher's website for author licenses. For example, here is Taylor & Francis' policy. 
2. Confirm that you can publicly share your manuscript NU Institutional Repository:
   1. This may be described in many ways, including:
      1. Your "institutional/employer website"
      2. A specific repository, such as "your institutional repository" or a "repository designated by your grant funder" 
      3. "Any repository" or any "non-commercial repository." 
3. Check what version you are allowed to deposit:
   • Versions include:
     • Published manuscript = the published version (i.e., with the publisher's formatting and page numbers).
     • Accepted manuscript = includes revisions made through the peer/editorial review process, but it should not include publisher branding or final editing.
     • Pre-print/submitted =  the article draft as you first submitted it for publication. It does not include revisions made through the peer/editorial review process, nor include publisher branding or final editing.
4. Check if there is an embargo on your manuscript.
   • This is a period of time, post-publication, that you must wait before the publisher allows it to be publicly shared.

If you have any questions, please email ir@nu.edu with an APA citation of your work. Our team will work with you to verify your author rights