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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 – eyates@brocku.caLaurie – lmorrison@brocku.ca