SPARC Author Rights Forum Established
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition has established a new mailing list: the SPARC Author Rights Forum.
Here's an excerpt from the press release:
SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) has introduced a new discussion forum on the topic of author rights. The SPARC Author Rights Forum provides a private and moderated venue for academic librarians to explore copyright and related issues in teaching and research—especially questions arising from the development of digital repositories and recent public access mandates.
The SPARC Author Rights Forum has been established to support educational outreach to authors on issues related to retaining their copy rights. Topics relevant to the list include, but are not limited to:
- Ensuring copyright compliance with public access policies, including the new National Institutes of Health mandate
- Rights of faculty under copyright and contract law
- Availability and use of author addenda
- Working with publishers to secure agreements to retain needed rights
- Experiences in developing institutional copyright policies and educational programs
The list will focus primarily on the U.S. and Canadian legal environments, though members of the international community are welcome to join. Educators, researchers, policy makers, librarians, legal counsel, and all who have an interest in responsible author copyright management are encouraged to contribute. The SPARC Author Rights Forum is moderated by Kevin Smith, J.D., Scholarly Communications Officer for Duke University Libraries.
List membership is subject to approval and posts are moderated for appropriate topical content. To request membership in the SPARC Author Rights Forum, send any message to sparc-arforum-feed@arl.org.
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