Publication checklist

Before your open textbook is published, we review the content to ensure there are no technical, copyright or accessibility-related issues.

Book information

Additional pages 

Copyright

Find out about using Copyright and Creative Commons licensed material in your work.

  • Material has Creative Commons licence applied correctly
  • Creative Commons licenced content complies with your chosen licence
  • Written permission has been granted to use copyrighted material and material
  • Content is correctly attributed or referenced, including third-party content (copyrighted material used with permission).

Accessibility

The accessibility checklist provides an overview of accessibility requirements for your book.

  • ​​Headings are used sequentially.
  • ​​Images have alt-text (if necessary).
  • ​​Lightbox is enabled for images (if needed).
  • ​​Links are descriptive.
  • Tables are formatted for accessibility.
  • ​​Video and audio have captions and/or a transcript available.

Export versions

  • Make Export versions available to download.
  • Check the PDF versions for any issues.

We also check to ensure that all publisher responsibilities have been fulfilled.

Licence

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UQ Open Textbooks Author Guide Copyright © by UQ Library is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.