[With many thanks to Professor Hal Abelson for the
information]
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OA Self-Archiving Policy: Massachussetts Institute of Technology
(MIT)
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MASSACHUSSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MIT)
(US* INSTITUTIONAL-MANDATE)
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Institution's/Department's OA Self-Archiving Policy
MIT Faculty Open-Access Policy
Passed by Unanimous of the Faculty, March 18, 2009
The Faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is
committed to disseminating the fruits of its research and
scholarship as widely as possible. In keeping with that commitment,
the Faculty adopts the following policy: Each Faculty member grants
to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology nonexclusive
permission to make available his or her scholarly articles and to
exercise the copyright in those articles for the purpose of open
dissemination. In legal terms, each Faculty member grants to MIT a
nonexclusive, irrevocable, paid-up, worldwide license to exercise
any and all rights under copyright relating to each of his or her
scholarly articles, in any medium, provided that the articles are
not sold for a profit, and to authorize others to do the same. The
policy will apply to all scholarly articles written while the
person is a member of the Faculty except for any articles completed
before the adoption of this policy and any articles for which the
Faculty member entered into an incompatible licensing or assignment
agreement before the adoption of this policy. The Provost or
Provost's designate will waive application of the policy for a
particular article upon written notification by the author, who
informs MIT of the reason.
To assist the Institute in distributing the scholarly articles, as
of the date of publication, each Faculty member will make available
an electronic copy of his or her final version of the article at no
charge to a designated representative of the Provost's Office in
appropriate formats (such as PDF) specified by the Provost's
Office.
The Provost's Office will make the scholarly article available to
the public in an open- access repository. The Office of the
Provost, in consultation with the Faculty Committee on the Library
System will be responsible for interpreting this policy, resolving
disputes concerning its interpretation and application, and
recommending changes to the Faculty.
The policy is to take effect immediately; it will be reviewed after
five years by the Faculty Policy Committee, with a report presented
to the Faculty.
The Faculty calls upon the Faculty Committee on the Library System
to develop and monitor a plan for a service or mechanism that would
render compliance with the policy as convenient for the faculty as
possible.
Received on Thu Mar 19 2009 - 09:45:17 GMT