Forwarded from the NINCH list. >>> NINCH-ANNOUNCE <[log in to unmask]> 9/18/02 11:59:27 AM >>> NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT News on Networking Cultural Heritage Resources from across the Community September 18, 2002 American Association for the Advancement of Science Report on Electronic Publishing Urges More Control for Authors <http://www.aaas.org/spp/sfrl/projects/epub/epub.htm> This report from AAAS on scientific scholarly publishing has important ramifications for the scholarly publishing debate in the humanities as well. David Green =========== >From: Adrian Alexander <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] >Subject: Intellectual Property Report from AAAS >Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 15:59:53 EDT >Reply-To: [log in to unmask] > >Although the report below is dated July 12, I don't recall seeing it >posted anywhere previously. It was sent to me by a colleague this morning. >Apologies if this has already been posted here, as well as for any >cross-posting. > >Adrian Alexander >GWLA (www.gwla.org) >BioOne, Inc. (www.bioone.org) ********************************************************************************** Report on Electronic Publishing Urges More Control for Authors American Association for the Advancement of Science 12 July 2002 A committee comprised of a distinguished group of scientists, attorneys, legal scholars, and publishers, and convened by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), issued today a report on intellectual property rights in the information age. The report, Seizing the Moment: Scientists' Authorship Rights in the Digital Age, reflects the ongoing and highly complex scholarly debate regarding intellectual property law, while calling electronic publishing, "a new and exciting prospect for science and its patrons." But it also notes that the current legal structure may set up roadblocks against the fulfillment of its promise. Rather than calling for changes in copyright law, characterized as a daunting prospect that would take many years, the report recommends a more immediate step. It calls for authors to use their leverage as creators of a work to negotiate licensing agreements with scientific publishers that will maximize access to and dissemination of their work. Specifically, the report suggests the following guidelines to scientists in working out licensing agreements with scientific publishers: * Authors should receive attribution whenever their work is reproduced, redistributed or displayed publicly. If there are no pre-existing restrictions, they should be allowed to disseminate and use their work at no or nominal cost in ways that maximize access to it by others for educational and research purposes. * Agreements should provide for long-term affordable access to scientific work, while giving publishers the right to receive reasonable return on their investment for any efforts made to add value to the original work. * Users covered by the licensing agreement should have no barriers to reading, printing, displaying or downloading published work. * Users not covered by the license should have access to materials on terms compatible with copyright law, including fair use. The report was produced with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF). A complete copy is available at <http://www.aaas.org/spp/sfrl/projects/epub/epub.htm> *************************************************** Adrian W. Alexander, Executive Director Greater Western Library Alliance http://www.gwla.org Treasurer, BioOne, Inc. http://www.bioone.org EMAIL: [log in to unmask] "You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test." - George W. Bush (Feb. 21, 2001) **************************************************** -- ============================================================== NINCH-Announce is an announcement listserv, produced by the National Initiative for a Networked Cultural Heritage (NINCH). The subjects of announcements are not the projects of NINCH, unless otherwise noted; neither does NINCH necessarily endorse the subjects of announcements. We attempt to credit all re-distributed news and announcements and appreciate reciprocal credit. For questions, comments or requests to un-subscribe, contact the editor: <mailto:[log in to unmask]> ============================================================== See and search back issues of NINCH-ANNOUNCE at <http://www.cni.org/Hforums/ninch-announce/>. ============================================================== __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org//membership.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner (Kerri Scannell) at: [log in to unmask]