The mission of the UAB Libraries Office of Scholarly Communication (OSC) is to support UAB faculty, staff, and students in navigating and understanding scholarly communication principles including copyright, long-term preservation of digital assets, data management, research dissemination, scholarly impact, and public access.

The OSC’s services include: 

• Copyright and other one-on-one consultations
• On-demand workshops on copyright and scholarly communication topics
• Email support for faculty, staff, and students
• Helping authors understand their publishing agreements
• Advising on copyright compliance for online courses
• Assisting in setting up ORCID iDs and SCOPUS iDs
• Supporting Open Education (OE) and Affordable Instructional Materials (AIM)

Information provided by the OSC is not legal advice and is not intended to replace the advice of qualified legal counsel.