ACRL and ARL, through the Institute on Scholarly Communication, along with SPARC, are sponsoring a special joint webcast on author rights. This Webcast will help librarians better engage disciplinary faculty and researchers on the topic of author rights. A journal article is often the culmination of years of study, research, and hard work. The more the article is read and cited, the greater its value. But if authors give exclusive control to the publisher in the copyright agreement, use may be limited. Many authors wonder:
Can I post my articles on a course Web site? What about in an institutional repository?
Can I give copies of my published article to my class or colleagues?
Is it okay to post articles in NIH's PubMed Central?
Can I include sections of my article in later works?
Authors of journal articles can modify publishers' copyright transfer agreements to keep key rights to their articles. Educate faculty on your campus before they transfer ownership of their intellectual output and help them understand the consequences and options. Increase your visibility on campus, your influence on the higher education and research environment, and become a respected local authority on this important scholarly communication issue....
[The presenters are] Julia Blixrud, Assistant Director for Public Programs, SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition), and Trisha Davis, Rights Management Coordinator, The Ohio State University Libraries....
The cost of the Webcast is being partially underwritten by the sponsors and offered for $35 to all participants. The Webcast is limited to 75. Registration opens November 14 and will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis....
Posted by
Peter Suber at 11/14/2006 11:14:00 AM.
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.
