Profession Deepening Module: IP & OS — Managing Copyright and Licensing for Reuse

Core Goal

Librarians will be equipped to act as first-line advisors in IP-OS implementation—capable of navigating copyright, licensing, and rights retention to ensure compliant and impactful dissemination of research outputs, as part of a multi-professional team.

Learning goals

By completing this unit, participants:

• Understand core Intellectual Property and Open Science interactions in publication workflows and beyond.
• Can explain the three minimal knowledge valorisation skills in their context.
• Identify one concrete institutional improvement for Open Access compliance that also aligns with knowledge valorisation goals.

The video IP & OS — Managing Copyright and Licensing for Reuse features European librarians Inge Van Nieuwerburgh (communications support, Ghent University library), Stephen Wyber (Stephen Wyber, Director, External Affairs, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions and IP4OS partner), Alex Felnon (Head of Copyright & Licensing, Libraries & Learning Resources, University of Birmingham), and Chris Morrison (Head of Copyright & Licensing, Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford) sharing their working realities on research outputs, (funders’) open access and commercialisation requirements, and cross-institutional collaboration on embargoes, sharing decisions, and secondary publishing rights. It emphasises the key role of librarians in guiding researchers through scholarly communication, promoting responsible data management and licensing, and supporting Open Access through measures such as the Secondary Publishing Rights.