ACRL/ARL/SPARC offer joint Webcast on author rights

["Kara Malenfant" <kmalenfant@ala.org>]

Registration is now open for a special joint Webcast "Author Rights."

Webcast Date: December 14, 2006

Webcast Time: noon to 1 p.m. Pacific, 1-2 p.m. Mountain, 2-3 p.m. 
Central, 3-4 p.m. Eastern

Length: 1 hour

ACRL and ARL, through the Institute on Scholarly Communication, 
along with SPARC are sponsoring a special joint Webcast on author 
rights. Julia Blixrud, Assistant Director for Public Programs of 
SPARC, and Trisha Davis, Rights Management Coordinator of The 
Ohio State University Libraries, will discuss ways authors can 
amend publisher copyright transfer agreements to keep key rights 
to journal articles. This Webcast will provide librarians with 
the basic information needed to educate faculty on campus before 
they transfer ownership of their intellectual output and help 
them understand the consequences and options. Increase your 
visibility on campus, your influence on the higher education and 
research environment, and become a respected local authority on 
this important scholarly communication issue.

Register:

Registration is limited to 75. The cost of the Webcast is being 
partially underwritten by the sponsors and offered for $35 to all 
participants. For complete information, including a link to 
registration, go to: 
http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlproftools/authorrights.htm

* Registration is by credit card only.
* ALA members and nonmembers with an existing account will need to use
   their login and password to register.
* New users will be asked to create a user account before registering.

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and interested individuals. ACRL is the only individual 
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products and services to meet the unique needs of academic and 
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