graduate students as authors
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Publishing a thesis is your first entry into the world of scholarly publishing. Learn about your copy-rights and opportunities as a new author.TRANSCRIPT
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Graduate students as authors
Laurie Morrison, Head of Liaison ServicesElizabeth Yates, Liaison/Scholarly
Communication LibrarianJames A. Gibson Library
March 12, 2014
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Your research WILL have a digital life. You have the
opportunity to control that life.
-- Micah Vandegrift, Scholarly Communications Librarian @ Florida State University
Copyright: What is it? Why does it matter?
• a form of intellectual property• applies to all genres – books,
periodicals, charts, software, films, music, works of art
• Protects your rights as a creator:– to reproduce, publish, alter, sell, etc.
the work– copyright infringement > is
unauthorized copying or use of a work
Copyright & theses @ Brock
• Graduate Studies sets academic policies and requirements
• All theses submitted electronically• Library disseminates & preserves theses• Process:– Sign Brock University Thesis and Major
Research Paper Copyright Licence– Sign Library and Archives Canada (LAC) Non-
Exclusive License to Reproduce Theses– Submit a digital copy to Brock’s Digital
Repository
Brock University Thesis and Major Research Paper Copyright Licence
• https://brocku.ca/webfm_send/26503• authors retain copyright > copyright
notice displays on title page• Brock gets “non-exclusive, royalty-free,
perpetual, worldwide licence” to preserve work in digital repository, make work available to others via interlibrary loan, provide work to LAC Theses Canada, provide work to third-party theses databases
Library and Archives Canada (LAC) Non-Exclusive Licence to Reproduce Theses
• http://www.brocku.ca/webfm_send/16900
“This form is an agreement between you (the thesis author) and LAC that gives LAC permission to include your thesis in the Theses Canada program. Because the licence is non-exclusive you can pursue any other publishing venture that you wish. The licence clearly indicates that you retain ownership of the copyright and moral rights on your thesis.”
Brock Digital Repository
http://dr.library.brocku.ca/handle/10464/1147
• Your work is visible to the world• Indexed in Google Scholar, SuperSearch,
etc.• Statistics for views
OpenDOAR
opendoar.org
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After Brock:Protect your copyrights
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No. 1 > Read your copyright agreements!
-research your publication options-negotiate a better deal-use Creative Commons-publish with an Open Access platform
SHERPA/RoMEO
• searchable database of publishers’ policies regarding copyright and online archiving
• Why? -- research CR policies before you sign–web archiving = more citations– to comply with funding policies – http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/
SPARC Addendum• SPARC: Scholarly Publishing and
Academic Resources Coalition• www.sparc.arl.org/resources/authors/adde
ndum
• SPARC Author Addendum is a legal instrument that modifies the publisher’s agreement and allows you to keep key rights to your articles
SPARC addendum
• Key points:
– Addendum paramount– Author retains all rights for re-use;
journal gets credit– Author gets copy of final article
Consider CC licensing• Creative Commons licences:– Range of protections and permissions
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Publishing resources
• Your librarian
• Guidelines for evaluating a journal/publisher
• Checklist to ID reputable publishers
• Beall’s list of Predatory Publishers
Summing up
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Questions?Elizabeth – [email protected] – [email protected]