Many academic authors believe it is necessary to transfer their copyright to the publisher when they publish a scientific article. This however, is not the case. Copyright is something that lies with the author, and that he can dispose of as he sees fit. He can choose to transfer his copyright to the publisher, but this often leads to him not being able to do what he wants with his work. He does not have to do this. An author can also authorize the publisher to publish his work by using a licence. With this licence a publisher can publish as usual and if necessary still take measures against illegal copy making. For the author a licence means that he retains the right to publish his work somewhere else, for example freely accessible on the internet, or on a department’s website, or an improved version in a different medium.
SURFdirect, SURF’s digital rights expert community, has produced a short film on Author rights, your rights.
UCD Library News
Friday, November 21, 2008
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Dublin City University officially launched its institutional repository, DORAS
Dublin City University officially launched its institutional repository, DORAS (DCU Online Research Access Service). From the announcement:
The [DCU] Library held a special event on Tuesday 4th November to launch DORAS....
DORAS provides access to DCU’s research publications through a single interface which showcases its scholarship on a global scale. Professor Eugene Kennedy, Vice President for Research, spoke about the importance of DORAS in terms of increasing the visibility and impact of DCU’s research output. He noted that amongst the top ten downloads from DORAS in September 2008, were a number of PhD theses and remarked on the importance of the research commons as a dedicated space for PhD students to work on their theses and the opportunity the space afforded for cross-disciplinary networking and collaboration. He strongly encouraged all those in attendance to deposit their research papers in DORAS.
The [DCU] Library held a special event on Tuesday 4th November to launch DORAS....
DORAS provides access to DCU’s research publications through a single interface which showcases its scholarship on a global scale. Professor Eugene Kennedy, Vice President for Research, spoke about the importance of DORAS in terms of increasing the visibility and impact of DCU’s research output. He noted that amongst the top ten downloads from DORAS in September 2008, were a number of PhD theses and remarked on the importance of the research commons as a dedicated space for PhD students to work on their theses and the opportunity the space afforded for cross-disciplinary networking and collaboration. He strongly encouraged all those in attendance to deposit their research papers in DORAS.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
BMJ converts to OA
The BMJ [formerly, the British Medical Journal] reiterates its commitment to open access publishing on the first international Open Access Day.
BMJ is now officially an Open Access journal
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
UCD Institutional Repository reaches a milestone
Just in time for Open Access day Tuesday, October 14, Research_online@UCD, the UCD library institutional repository, has archived its 500th item. The collection consists of peer reviewed journal articles, scholarly working papers, books and book chapters, technical reports, conferences items and government publications. The project is currently focused on the life's work of UCD economists and looks forward to providing access to a growing body of full text scholarly research.
Congratulations and thanks to all who have helped achieve this milestone. Take a look at http://irserver.ucd.ie/dspace/browse-title
Congratulations and thanks to all who have helped achieve this milestone. Take a look at http://irserver.ucd.ie/dspace/browse-title
Today is Open Access Day!
Take a look at the web page we have prepared to mark this first OA Day. Or if you are in the James Joyce Library this week then we have some information boards and take-away leaflets for you.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
University of Glasgow introduces Open Access MANDATE
University of Glasgow announces new Publications Policy
The University of Glasgow is proud to announce a new Publications Policy which will require authors to deposit the full text of peer reviewed journal articles and conference proceedings in the University's institutional repository Enlighten (http://www.gla.ac.uk/enlighten) where publisher agreements permit this.
The University has been at the forefront of repository developments since 2002 when the internationally recognised DAEDALUS Project, funded by JISC, was founded. Glasgow is an internationally renowned research intensive University producing thousands of research publications each year. In joining major institutions and funding bodies worldwide the University recognises the importance of free and unrestricted access to scholarly literature in the furtherance of research; and the importance to researchers of maximising the impact of their research across the world.
Professor Steven Beaumont, OBE CEng FRSE Vice-Principal Research and Enterprise said 'The University of Glasgow generates over 3,000 research papers per year. Since we began to put these into Enlighten on a voluntary basis there have been over 1 million downloads. Enlighten really does help the University to showcase its research and to increase the impact of that it has on society. This new policy will make that impact even greater. I very much appreciate the support of Senate in adopting this move.'
Details of the policy, which was approved by the University Senate, are available at http://www.lib.gla.ac.uk/enlighten/publicationspolicy/index.html. The policy came into effect at the beginning of the 2008/2009 academic year.
The University of Glasgow is proud to announce a new Publications Policy which will require authors to deposit the full text of peer reviewed journal articles and conference proceedings in the University's institutional repository Enlighten (http://www.gla.ac.uk/enlighten) where publisher agreements permit this.
The University has been at the forefront of repository developments since 2002 when the internationally recognised DAEDALUS Project, funded by JISC, was founded. Glasgow is an internationally renowned research intensive University producing thousands of research publications each year. In joining major institutions and funding bodies worldwide the University recognises the importance of free and unrestricted access to scholarly literature in the furtherance of research; and the importance to researchers of maximising the impact of their research across the world.
Professor Steven Beaumont, OBE CEng FRSE Vice-Principal Research and Enterprise said 'The University of Glasgow generates over 3,000 research papers per year. Since we began to put these into Enlighten on a voluntary basis there have been over 1 million downloads. Enlighten really does help the University to showcase its research and to increase the impact of that it has on society. This new policy will make that impact even greater. I very much appreciate the support of Senate in adopting this move.'
Details of the policy, which was approved by the University Senate, are available at http://www.lib.gla.ac.uk/enlighten/publicationspolicy/index.html. The policy came into effect at the beginning of the 2008/2009 academic year.
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Open Access citation effect illusory
Journal articles made freely available online are accessed more than articles with a subscription cost but are not cited more. This is the controversial early finding of what will be a four-year study at Cornell University. The open access (OA) lobby has slammed the publication of the preliminary report as premature.
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