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Self-Archiving And The Copyright Transfer Agreements Of Isi-Ranked Library And Information Science Journals, Anita Coleman Jan 2007

Self-Archiving And The Copyright Transfer Agreements Of Isi-Ranked Library And Information Science Journals, Anita Coleman

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A study of Thomson-Scientific ISI ranked Library and Information Science (LIS) journals (n = 52) is reported. The study examined the stances of publishers as expressed in the Copyright Transfer Agreements (CTAs) of the journals toward self-archiving, the practice of depositing digital copies of one's works in an Open Archives Initiative (OAI)-compliant open access repository. Sixty-two percent (32) do not make their CTAs available on the open Web; 38% (20) do. Of the 38% that do make CTAs available, two are open access journals. Of the 62% that do not have a publicly available CTA, 40% are silent about self-archiving. …


Learning Advocacy For Creating Change Through An Immersion Program: Institute On Scholarly Communication Delivers Essential Training, Teresa Fishel Jan 2007

Learning Advocacy For Creating Change Through An Immersion Program: Institute On Scholarly Communication Delivers Essential Training, Teresa Fishel

Teresa A. Fishel

Article on experiences at first Institute on Scholarly Communication at UCLA, July 2006.