Resources for Editors of Scholarly Journals: Launching a Journal: Memoranda of Agreement

Memoranda of Agreement (also known as Memoranda of Understanding) are contracts between publishers and journals that stipulate the rights and responsibilities of both parties.  The resources on this page can help journal publishers create effective Memoranda of Agreement that define the expectations and responsibilities of both the publisher and the governing bodies for each journal that they publish.

We suggest you start with the following.   A more extensive list of sample memoranda of agreement can be found at the bottom of the page.

• Corralling Hosted Journals with MOUs

  This blog at the University of Florida provides a great overview of the process of setting up MOUs, as well as links to several sources of sample Memoranda of Understanding (or Memoranda of Agreement).

   
• Univerisity of Michigan Publishing:  Sample Memoranda of Understanding

  The University of Michigan has sample Memoranda of Agreement available that can be modified for use by any scholarly publisher for a variety of situations.