University of the West Indies Press - Books
The University of the West Indies Press’s mission is to be the premier scholarly book publisher in the Caribbean, to enhance and encourage research and publication of Caribbean scholarship, to promote the global reputation of the University of the West Indies by empowering the scholarly community it serves, and to disseminate Caribbean scholarship to the world within a cost-effective environment.
University of the West Indies Press Books
Mission
The University of the West Indies Press’s mission is to be the premier scholarly book publisher in the Caribbean, to enhance and encourage research and publication of Caribbean scholarship, to promote the global reputation of the University of the West Indies by empowering the scholarly community it serves, and to disseminate Caribbean scholarship to the world within a cost-effective environment.
About UWI Press
The University of the West Indies Press is a not-for-profit scholarly publisher of books and journals in sixteen academic disciplines. It is particularly well known for its work in Caribbean history, Caribbean cultural studies, Caribbean literature, gender studies, education and political science. Founded in 1992, the press has over 500 books and journals in print. Its journals and books are peer-reviewed and approved by an editorial committee composed of local and international scholars.
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Rights & Permissions
COPYRIGHT
Copyright is a property right which the law gives to creators of literary works (including scholarly and scientific papers and examination questions), dramatic, musical and artistic works, databases, photographs, computer programs, films, broadcasts, cable programmes and the typographic arrangement of published editions. For a work to enjoy copyright protection it must be original, in the sense that it should not be a mere copy of another work and, in addition, it must be recorded in a tangible form. Certain prescribed requirements must be satisfied relating to the nationality or habitual residence of the author or the place of first publication of the work. (UWI Intellectual Property Right Policy, 1998)
RIGHTS
The University of the West Indies Press recognizes and respects the copyright and intellectual property rights of all rights holders. The UWI Press has more than 400 titles available for licensing. Prior written consent is required if you wish to reproduce any of our books. Our content is available to publishers globally for the following purposes:
- Translations: purchase rights to translate our titles into other languages
- Reprint rights: publish our content in your country or territory
- Audio rights: license our content for audio recordings and broadcast
- Film and TV rights: Transform our content into films or television programmes
- Serial rights: publish extracts from our content in newspapers and magazines
For all other requests, please contact either of the undersigned:
Nadine D. Buckland, Rights and Permissions
The University of the West Indies Press
7a Gibraltar Hall Road, Kingston 7, Jamaica
Tel: (876) 977-2659/702-4082
Email: nadine.buckland@uwimona.edu.jm
USA AND CANADA
Jennifer Schaper, Rights Agent
JLS Literary Agency
jennifer@jlsliterary.com
PERMISSIONS BY UWI PRESS AUTHORS
Pre-publication
All UWI Press authors of books, course packs, e readers are required to secure permissions for all third-party content included in their manuscript that have been accepted for print and/or digital publication.
Post-publication
Authors, editors and contributors of UWI Press book content have the following reuse rights and are not required to seek formal permission from us. However, the reuse of content must meet the following conditions:
- the content for reuse is your own work and is published by UWI Press;
- the purpose of the reuse is for scholarly publication by a not-for-profit publisher;
- full acknowledgement is made of the original publication stating the specific material reused [pages, figure numbers, etc.], [Title] by/edited by [Author/editor], [year of publication], reproduced by permission of the University of the West Indies Press [including appropriate link to relevant subject matter and UWI Press website];
- it is the responsibility of the authors to obtain permission from co-authors of joint-authored work to be reused;
- the reuse on personal websites and institutional or subject-based repositories includes a link to the work as published on the UWI Press website or digital platform or online catalogue;
- the content is not distributed under any type of open-access licence (e.g. Creative Commons) which may compromise the licence between the author and UWI Press
PERMISSIONS – NON UWI PRESS AUTHORS
Requests to reuse content from the University of the West Indies Press are now being processed through Publishers Licensing Services Online Tool http://www.pls-permissions.com//publishers/ permissionsdirect.
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