Policies for Faculty Books

Scope

Faculty Books only publishes works prepared by faculty of the American University in Cairo. All material submitted here must meet certain criteria in order to qualify for inclusion in Faculty Books.

  • The author must remtain the necessary rights to publish the material online.
  • The material complies with all policies and procedures established by the University, its schools and departments. Authors may be required to upload proof of such compliance during the submission process./li>
  • The material complies with and does not violate any of the terms of the submission agreement.
Documents that do not meet these criteria may be rejected or removed. For additional information, please contact fountadmin@aucegypt.edu.

Rights and Permissions

Submission to Faculty Books does not entail a transfer of rights: Authors retain full copyright to their material, and may publish their research with a commercial publisher. However, authors will be required to agree to the terms of the Submission Agreement, and grant a public license which enables AUC to publish the material online. As part of the Submission Agreement, authors must warrant that they have the necessary rights to do so.

If the material uses third party materials (e.g. images, tables, maps, ...), authors must secure the necessary permissions for all of these materials before uploading.