# Open access and publishing rights: versions and repositories

Decision workbook and teaching example · 2026-10-06

The completed case is fictional. Its values and decisions are not actual findings; complete your project using relevant permissions, methods and requirements.

- Project: ____________________
- Researcher and role: ____________________
- Date and version: ____________________
- Data seen before the decision: ____________________
- Aim and scope: ____________________

## Completed example

| Stage/decision | Example | Check or action |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Version | AAM or VoR | Correctly labeled? |
| Cost | Current charge and waiver conditions | Checked with the publisher? |
| Licence | Reading versus reuse | Are permissions explicit? |
| Preprint | Clear review status | Not mislabeled peer-reviewed? |
| Deposit | Funder, agreement and repository | Are timing and permissions compatible? |

## Complete your own record

| Topic | Actual decision and reason | Evidence link and status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Version | __________ | __________ |
| Cost | __________ | __________ |
| Licence | __________ | __________ |
| Preprint | __________ | __________ |
| Deposit | __________ | __________ |

## Completion checks

- [ ] Create an access-route, cost, rights and version-status comparison.

## Changes and limitations

| Date | Change | Data known at decision time | Reason | Consequence for claim | Reviewer |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| __________ | __________ | __________ | __________ | __________ | __________ |

## Sources and further reading

- [Bodleian Libraries — Open access publishing](https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/open-research/open-access-publishing)
- [DOAJ — About the Directory of Open Access Journals](https://doaj.org/about/)
- [University of Cambridge — Apollo](https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/)
- [Think. Check. Submit. — Journal checklist](https://thinkchecksubmit.org/journals/)
- [University of Cape Town — OpenUCT](https://open.uct.ac.za/)

Related guide: https://didgar-research-site1.vercel.app/en/guides/open-access/