Example wording for use by authors to request the publisher's/copyright holder's permission to include an item in ORA
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Book Chapter
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am the author of the following book chapter and would like permission to include this chapter in the Oxford University Research Archive (ORA).
[Citation here]
The Oxford University Research Archive (http://ora.ox.ac.uk/) is a repository for research publications and other research output produced by members of the University of Oxford. Please note that the full content of items submitted to the archive will be available free of charge on the Internet, non-commercial use only.
I should like to include the bibliographic details and a [scanned version of the published chapter OR my personal final version of the chapter] in the archive. The copyright holder will be acknowledged and a link to the publisher’s website provided [where available]. The inclusion of this chapter in ORA is likely to provide extra publicity for the book.
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Yours sincerely,
Journal Article
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am the author of the following article[s] and would like permission to include it/them in the Oxford University Research Archive (ORA).
[citation/s here]
The Oxford University Research Archive (http://ora.ox.ac.uk/) is a repository for research publications and other research output produced by members of the University of Oxford. Please note that articles submitted to ORA will be available free of charge for non-commercial use only.
I should like to include the bibliographic details, abstract, and either a scanned version of the published article[s] or my personal final version[s] of the article in ORA, and make it/them freely available via the internet. The copyright holder will be acknowledged on the record page, and if you can provide me with the URL, a link will be added to the journal’s homepage.
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Yours sincerely,
Material for inclusion in a thesis
Articles and other 3rd party content that you want to include in your thesis
