Presentation Topic
Copyright and licensing
Description
As marketing efforts have improved, more faculty from more disciplines are interested in depositing their publications into our repository, ScholarWorks@Georgia State University. We don’t allow self-submission, so requests all come to me.
Many faculty are shocked when I tell them I can’t post the publisher version of their works (and that they shouldn’t be posting them on Academica.edu and ResearchGate)! Very few can locate their “Publication Agreements,” and even fewer realize that those agreements are usually intended to transfer their copyrights.
Conversations with faculty start with defining copyright, move to copyright transfers and the rights some publishers grant back, and finally end with author addenda and open access. Fears of not getting published, promotion and tenure priority, and concern about sharing postprints weave throughout these conversations.
This presentation will talk about methods of reaching faculty to discuss copyright, common issues, and successes, and will encourage audience input.
Start Date and Time
5-6-2015 2:00 PM
End Date and Time
5-1-2015 3:00 PM
Recommended Citation
Burtle, Laura, "Faculty and Copyright: a Repository Challenge" (2015). Digital Commons Southeastern User Group. 7.
https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/dcseug/2015/schedule/7
Faculty and Copyright: a Repository Challenge
As marketing efforts have improved, more faculty from more disciplines are interested in depositing their publications into our repository, ScholarWorks@Georgia State University. We don’t allow self-submission, so requests all come to me.
Many faculty are shocked when I tell them I can’t post the publisher version of their works (and that they shouldn’t be posting them on Academica.edu and ResearchGate)! Very few can locate their “Publication Agreements,” and even fewer realize that those agreements are usually intended to transfer their copyrights.
Conversations with faculty start with defining copyright, move to copyright transfers and the rights some publishers grant back, and finally end with author addenda and open access. Fears of not getting published, promotion and tenure priority, and concern about sharing postprints weave throughout these conversations.
This presentation will talk about methods of reaching faculty to discuss copyright, common issues, and successes, and will encourage audience input.
