Endorse the report of the task force on academic freedom and scholarly communication; and ask appropriate university units to implement the specific recommendations contained in the report, and
Strongly recommend that all UO faculty members attach an author's addendum to any copyright transfer they sign for their scholarly work.
Thanks to JQ Johnson (Director of Scholarly Communications and Instructional Support for the University of Oregon Libraries) for the alert and for this summary of the task force report endorsed by the Senate:
The implementation report contains a number of specific recommendations, including an expectation that the detailed rights faculty members need will vary by discipline but will typically include adequate rights to self-archive in the UO's institutional repository. The report also suggests that authors begin the process of negotiating with their publishers by using the Science Commons "delayed access" addendum.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 5/15/2008 05:05:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
