Copyright Services provides the following services for current faculty, staff, and students:

• Research and clearance services
  for third-party copyrighted materials for use in a variety of projects and endeavors, including:
  • Teaching and learning
  • Presentations and poster sessions
  • Publication in books, dissertations, journal articles, multimedia, and other projects
• Instructional sessions 
  for faculty, staff, and students.
• Informational responses
  to copyright and licensing questions.

Help is also available for other questions related to copyright and scholarly communication, including:

• Open Access (OA)
  • Information on Open Access including support for article processing charges (APCs)
  • Avoiding predatory publishers
• Licenses and licensing
  • Creative Commons Licenses 
  • other open licenses
  • publication contracts and rights retention
• Subject and Institutional repositories
  • including Open Access Kent State (OAKS)

More information can be found in the Copyright and Intellectual Property Gateway.

Please note that information and links provided do not substitute for the advice of an attorney.