As the human who holds the copyright of your creative work--you get to decide how, when and who shares your work with the world!
When you simply retain the copyright, you are telling folks that this piece is yours and that they have to ask you for permission to do anything with your work. This is your right as the creator.
Each time you create something: either creatively or scholarly, you retain your rights as the creator or author! This is slightly different than anything you create something as part of your job, like meeting minutes or reports, then those fall under the ownership of the College.
As the holder of the rights to your work you can do a whole range of things! You can post it online, put it in a drawer to age like fine wine to decide later, or pursue a more traditional publishing or sharing method.
If you decide to do the last one, know that you will be working with publishers on their permissions/copyright expectations. In article publishing, many publishers allow you to share what is called an "author's accepted manuscript" which is what you created after it was accepted by the publisher but before they started any edits.
Please get in touch with the library team at library@snc.edu if you have any questions regarding your situation!
If your creative work is already published, we can work with you to find out what is available through your author's rights. If you shared your work already via a streaming service, we can work with you to have them also linked through digital commons.
Whatever your work is: a set of videos you made for a class, a published article, an art piece, or a podcast, please know that the digital common is always an option. Please reach out to Rochelle Van Erem, metadata specialist, at x3270 or rochelle.vanerem@snc.edu with any questions.