The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) recently released a new, short video to help librarians effectively engage disciplinary faculty and researchers on the topic of author rights.
The two-minute video presentation is available at http://blip.tv/file/743274. It explains in simple, graphic terms the potential for wider exposure of scholarly articles when authors retain key rights. Inspired by the SPARC Author Rights initiative, the presentation offers three steps to effective rights management. These include scrutinising publication agreement, negotiating with the publisher and retaining the rights.
Author addenda, such as the SPARC Author Addendum, are recommended as tools. The video was produced in conjunction with the ARL/ACRL joint Institute on Scholarly Communication. Libraries are invited to download the video as is or to adapt and customise for their needs, using the video source files at http://www.arl.org/sc/institute/instres.shtml.
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