On Fri, 31 Oct 2003, [identity deleted] wrote:
> I have noticed your recent postings on the liblicense listserv. I am
> the librarian at [name deleted] Hospital, and we are looking at
> archiving the papers published by our staff. I don't know how long we
> will do this as I am hopeful that eventually [deleted] University will
> embark on such a project but for the present they have no such plans.
> We currently have a staff publications database of [number deleted]
> papers. Our goal is to provide the full-text for as many of the papers
> as possible. I have noticed your postings encouraging
> everyone to self-archive. I have a couple of questions. First is, do
> you know of any resource either print or on the web which lists which
> publications/journals allow authors to post their own work?
Yes, see:
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ls/disresearch/romeo/Romeo%20Publisher%20Policies.htm
as well as
http://www.eprints.org/self-faq/#copyright1
> I am also interested in what distinction there may be with the hospital
> putting up these papers. Do you know if the publishers' intent is to
> allow the parent institution of the researcher this right?
The author's institution is the place where the author is entitled to
self-archive. This is to rule out 3rd-party institutions that could
re-sell or under-sell a publisher's content. Whether the researcher's
institution is a hospital or a university or both should not matter at
all, as long as the author is indeed employed by those institutions.
> I'm looking for additional information regarding any and all copyright
> information you may have regarding the self-archiving issue.
See these past copyright threads in the American Scientist Forum:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?Y2EB52666
Stevan Harnad
NOTE: Complete archive of the ongoing discussion of providing open
access to the peer-reviewed research literature online is available at
the American Scientist September Forum (98 & 99 & 00 & 01 & 02 & 03):
http://amsci-forum.amsci.org/archives/American-Scientist-Open-Access-Forum.html
http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/index.html
Posted discussion to: american-scientist-open-access-forum_at_amsci.org
Dual Open-Access Strategy:
BOAI-2: Publish your article in a suitable open-access journal
whenever one exists.
BOAI-1: Otherwise, publish your article in a suitable toll-access
journal and also self-archive it.
http://www.soros.org/openaccess/read.shtml
http://www.eprints.org/signup/sign.php
Received on Fri Oct 31 2003 - 18:18:11 GMT