On September 19, 2011, the Faculty approved an “open-access” policy that is intended to make the faculty’s scholarly articles, published in journals and conference proceedings, available to a wider public. Under this policy, faculty members grant to The Trustees of Princeton University a nonexclusive, irrevocable, worldwide license to exercise any and all copyrights in his or her scholarly articles published in any medium, whether now known or later invented, provided the articles are not sold by the University for a profit, and to authorize others to do the same. This grant applies to all scholarly articles that any person authors or co-authors while appointed as a member of the Faculty, except for any such articles authored or co-authored before the adoption of this policy or subject to a conflicting agreement formed before the adoption of this policy. More information please see https://dof.princeton.edu/governance/policies/open-access
What is an Open Access (OA) policy?
An “open-access” policy is intended to make the faculty’s scholarly articles, published in journals and conference proceedings, available as well to a wider public than can afford to pay for journal subscriptions. In addition, an open access policy permits the University to run an “open-access repository” where the faculty can conveniently make those articles available.
What do I have to do to comply with this policy?
The policy operates automatically to give Princeton a license in any scholarly articles faculty members complete after its adoption. You may use an addendum stating that the publishing agreement is subject to this prior license. Whether you use the addendum or not, the license to Princeton still will have force unless you waive it.
What kind of publications are covered by the policy?
Refereed journal and conference articles actually published; not books, book chapters, poetry, music, etc. We intend the term "scholarly articles" to be as explained by Professr Stuart Shieber of Harvard University in his annotated model open access policy.
Where, how and when do I submit a paper under this policy?
Please submit your work to Princeton University's Open Access Repository.
What if this policy is absolutely incompatible with publisher's policy, and the publisher won't budge on this, and won't let me publish?
You can obtain a waiver of the policy for any article from here. This waiver (which should be as easy to obtain as entering the bibliographic information into a web form) will then permit you, as before, to give away all the rights to your article.