The goal of Open Access Week is to broaden awareness and understanding of Open Access to research, including access policies from all types of research funders, within the international higher education community and the general public. To hear why researchers and students feel OA is important to them, to see how many University authors have published in Public Library of Science journals and what effect the National Institutes of Health's OA mandate has already had, and more, visit the U Libraries' Open Access Week site at http://www.lib.umn.edu/scholcom/openaccessweek.phtml.
The Feb. 16 workshop "Who Owns Your Scholarship? Copyright, Publication Agreements, and Good Policy," presented by Dr. Kenneth Crews, may be viewed at https://umconnect.umn.edu/p39015026/ (approx. 2 hours). Thanks to all who attended for the great questions brought up for discussion! (A description of the workshop is available at http://tinyurl.com/c5h6u6.)
A Workshop for Authors and Creators of Academic Works
Who Owns Your Scholarship? Copyright, Publication Agreements, and Good Policy
* Who owns the article or book you just published?
* Who owns your course syllabus and lecture notes?
* Who controls publishing in your discipline?
* How can you fairly use the work of others in your scholarship?
* How does the new University Copyright Policy affect you?
Attend this short workshop to discuss these questions with your colleagues and learn how to manage your copyrights while increasing the impact of your work by providing the greatest possible visibility and access.
Monday, February 16, 2009
2:30-4:30 p.m.
Great Hall, Coffman Memorial Union
Free to University of Minnesota community.
This event has been designated by the Office of the Vice President for Research to satisfy the Awareness/Discussion component of the Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) continuing education requirement.