If you have published a book, book chapter or contributed to an edited collection in the traditional way, via a print book, many publishers will permit authors to deposit a copy of a chapter or part of the book that they have written or contributed to into an institutional repository under an embargo period. This is also known as the Green or self-archiving route to making your work Open Access (OA). At Derby, Green OA can be achieved using UDORA. See the UDORA tab of the OA LibGuide for further guidance.
Any given publisher may have different terms and conditions concerning author self-archiving so it is important to consider this before choosing a publisher to disseminate your work, particularly if you are in receipt of funding. That said, it is your work and publisher contracts are negotiable.
Examples of publisher self-archiving policies:
