Contributed by Organizations or Campuses; Articles, Papers, and Reports; Copyright; and Scholarly Communication
Scholarship and Academic Libraries (and their kin) in the World of Google
| Title: | Scholarship and Academic Libraries (and their kin) in the World of Google (ID: CSD4642) | | Author(s): | Paul N. Courant (University of Michigan-Ann Arbor) | | Origin: | Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (2006) | | Type: | Articles, Papers, and Reports | | Abstract: | The prospect of ubiquitous digitization will not change the fundamental relationships among scholarship, academic libraries, and publication. Collaboration across time and space, which is a principal mechanism of scholarship, ought to be enhanced. Reforms in copyright law will be required if the promise of digitization is to be realized; absent such reform, there is a serious risk that much academically valuable material will become invisible and unused. Ubiquitous digitization will change radically the economics that have supported university–based collections of published material. Scholars and scholarly institutions (including libraries and university presses) must assert vigorously claims of fair use and openness. | | View this resource: | |
Principles: balancing stakeholder interests in scholarship friendly copyright practices
| Title: | Principles: balancing stakeholder interests in scholarship friendly copyright practices (ID: CSD3194) | | Origin: | Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (2004) | | Type: | Articles, Papers, and Reports | | Abstract: | A working conference on copyright and universities took place in June 2001, Zwolle, the Netherlands. The conference theme emphasized copyright issues for universities with a particular focus on the management of intellectual property rather than on allocation of rights. An international delegation of participants agreed to collaborate on Copyright Management for Scholarship. A major outcome from the conference, was the agreement to develop a set of principles aimed at optimising access to scholarly information in all formats, explaining the underlying relationships of the stakeholders involved and providing a guide to good practice on copyright policies in universities. The principles are set within the framework laid out by the Tempe principles and the report 'Seizing the Moment - Scientists' Authorship Rights in the Digital Age' from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. | | View this resource: | |
Copyright Contradictions in Scholarly Publishing
| Title: | Copyright Contradictions in Scholarly Publishing (ID: CSD2676) | | Origin: | Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (2002) | | Type: | Articles, Papers, and Reports | | Abstract: | This paper examines contradictions in how copyright works with the publishing of scholarly journals. These contradictions have to do with the protection of the authors' interest and have become apparent with the rise of open access publishing as an alternative to the traditional commercial model of selling journal subscriptions. Authors may well be better served, as may the public which supports research, by open access journals because of its wider readership and early indications of greater scholarly impact. This paper reviews the specifics of publishers' contracts with editors and authors, as well as the larger spirit of copyright law in seeking to help scholars to better understand the consequences the choices they make between commercial and open access publishing models for the future of academic knowledge. | | View this resource: | |
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