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This Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made by and between __________ (the “Authorized Author(s)”), on behalf of all Authors (as identified below) and __________ (the Journal) (individually a “Party” or collectively, the “Parties”).

Author Agreement

By submitting this scholarly, educational, or research article or manuscript entitled “_____________” ('Article') to the Journal published by the J. Murrey Atkins Library at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, the Authorized Author(s) certify that:

I. Warranties

A. Authorized Author __________ (name) is legally authorized and possesses full power and authority on behalf of my co-authors [list names] (collectively, “Authors”) to enter into this Agreement.

B. Authorized Author warrants, on behalf of all article Authors, that:

1. The Article is the original work of Authors with respect to the preparation of the Article, and all contributors who have been involved in such research or preparation have been appropriately identified;
2. Any third party quotations or figures have been appropriately noted in the Article and fully identified in the references, and in the case of illustrations in particular the Authors have obtained full permission (distribution rights in all media and in all territories) from the illustrator or their agent for re-publication in the Article. The same permissions process would be required for any re-use of any substantial third party text elements;
3. All institutional approvals and protocols have been obtained and followed in conjunction with the research and the preparation of the Article and submission to the Journal. Similarly, any related requirements of relevant research funding agencies have been followed. Any funding agencies providing support for the underlying research have been identified
4. The Article has not been formally published in any other peer-reviewed journal and is not under consideration for publication by any other journal;
5. The Article does not infringe any existing copyright or any other third party rights;
6. The Authors are the sole author(s) of the article. Any co-author not signing this Agreement personally has granted full authority to [named author in I.A.] to enter into this agreement on his/her behalf and to grant the following rights to the Journal set forth below.
7. Nothing in the Article is defamatory, libelous, or otherwise unlawful, violates any right of privacy, or infringes any duty of confidentiality which the Author(s) may owe to another party or violates any contract, express or implied, that the Author(s) may have entered into; and
8. Authors will cooperate with the Publisher concerning the enforcement of copyright interests and if necessary will execute such documents and take other steps as the Publisher deems reasonably necessary for such enforcement. 

II. Copyright

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

A. Author(s) shall retain copyright to the article but grant the Journal right of first publication (subject to the institutional repository deposit requirement in II.B. below), and the irrevocable right to perpetually disseminate and distribute the Article as part of the Journal, subject to the Creative Commons Attribution License, which allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in the Journal. This license includes the right to distribute and make available, create derivative works or use new distribution technologies, enforce such rights as against third parties, and the right to grant or sublicense other entities for some or all of these rights.

B. Upon publication of the Article, Author agrees to deposit a copy of the published version of the Article in J. Murrey Atkins Library’s institutional repository, Niner Commons.

III. Indemnification

A. Author shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Journal from any and all claims, liabilities, damages, expenses, including attorneys fees and expert costs, penalties, fees, if any arising from enforcement of this Agreement and/or related to claims of infringement of copyrights or proprietary rights allegedly contained in the Article, or resulting from a claim of defamation, obscenity, or invasion of privacy based upon or arising out of the publication of the Article or any other breach of warranty as set forth in No. 1.

IV. Miscellaneous 

A. The Parties agree that the Journal’s contractual obligations in this Agreement with respect to its efforts in the consideration, review, editing, publication and/or promotion of the Article are good and valuable consideration for the rights granted and obligations undertaken by the Authors under this Agreement. The Parties expressly agree that no royalty, remuneration, license fee, costs or other monies whatsoever shall be payable to the Authors.

B. The Authors understand and agree that certain personal information about them, including contact information and institutional affiliation will be collected by the Journal and Authors consent to such the Journal’s use of such personal information.

C. The Parties agree that the laws of the State of North Carolina will govern the interpretation of this Agreement and that, without giving effect to the principles of conflict of laws thereof, they consent to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of North Carolina in any action arising under this Agreement. This Agreement, together with any referenced policy documents, constitutes the entire understanding of the Parties concerning the publication of the Article, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements or proposals concerning the Article.

D. The Authors have chosen to publish the Article in an open access format, meaning that any member of the public with access to the Journal’s online site will have free (unfettered) access to the Article and the Journal shall not be responsible for the access, actions or use of the Article by any third party.

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