SPARC enews archives are online athttp://www.arl.org/sparc/publications/enews
Published monthly
*SAVE THE DATES*
Open Access Week 2009
October 19 - 23, 2009
SPARC Digital Repositories Meeting 2010
November 8 - 9, 2010
Baltimore, MD, USA
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Please see the SPARC Web site for a complete list of news from SPARC partners.
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Please see the Open Access News Blog for more on these and other industry developments from the past month.
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Available via SPARC podcast, this forum offers perspectives on copyright from a librarian, publisher, and an attorney - and is a great introduction to the topic of author rights. Michael Carroll's talk from the attorney perspective, for example, makes clear that "as soon as the author's finished typing, federal law showers down upon the author a set of exclusive rights...the author does not transfer any exclusive rights until the author signs a document."
More SPARC Resources for Authors.
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SPARC and ACRL have released interviews and analysis exploring in depth the views of three major open access publishers on the challenges of sustainability. The materials were produced in conjunction with the 15th SPARC-ACRL Forum on Emerging Issues in Scholarly Communication, which took place on June 23, 2007. The Forum offered participants the opportunity to engage in conversation with top executives from the three organizations. Speakers included Mark Patterson, director of publishing for the Public Library of Science; Bryan Vickery, deputy publisher for BioMed Central and Editorial Director for Chemistry Central; and Paul Peters, director of business development for Hindawi Publishing Corporation. Alma Swan of Key Perspectives Ltd., moderated the session. Podcasts and slides from the event are now available at http://www.arl.org/sparc/meetings/ala07. The new materials offer a deeper level of insight into the three publishers' business models.
More SPARC guides, tools, and links for publishers are available on the SPARC Web site.
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Read more on the SPARC-sponsored, Baker-authored Open Students Blog.
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SAVE THE DATES:
Open Access Week 2009
October 19 - 23, 2009
SPARC Digital Repositories Meeting 2010
November 8 - 9, 2010
Baltimore, MD, USA
These and other important events can be found on the SPARC Activities Calendar.
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