Scholarly Communication and Publishing

The Scholarly Communication and Publishing unit at the University of Illinois Library offers services and resources to support Illinois researchers and students as they pursue new avenues for producing scholarship in digital environments, and negotiate the diverse paths for sharing and disseminating their research.

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I am a researcher who wants to...

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Deposit my article or publication
Deposit my data
Learn about the University’s Open Access policy
Learn about Fair Use and how to use others’ work
Access or use a dissertation

I am an author who wants to...

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Learn about my author’s rights
Understand the University’s Open Access policy
Learn about digital publishing tools
Get guidance on copyright, permissions, and reproduction of others’ work
Archive my publication
Archive or publish data

I am a student or instructor who wants to...

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Distribute articles and excerpted chapters to my students
Share my instructional materials more widely
Quote or reproduce others’ work
Publish my research from coursework