Re: Author copyright issue (SLEEP)

[Kevin Smith <kevin.l.smith@duke.edu>]

No experience with this particular title, but it is listed in 
Sherpa Romeo as a "white" publisher, which does not allow author 
archiving of either a pre-print or a post-print.  But they do 
comply with the NIH public access mandate.

If your author wants to pursue this, I suggest she make two 
points.  First, that the journal would hold most of the 
copyright, with the author retaining only a limit license on the 
reproduction and distribution rights.  Second, that the author 
wants no more, and in fact less, than what they surrender for 
NIH-sponsored articles.

I suspect the key language in the journal's response was "I have 
never heard of this." it sounds like she was corresponding with 
someone pretty uninformed.  Some gentle re-education may be 
called for.

Kevin L. Smith, M.L.S., J.D.
Director of Scholarly Communications
Duke University
Perkins Library, Room 113
kevin.l.smith@duke.edu


On Jan 14, 2011, at 6:22 PM, "Stancliffe, Andrew"
<astancli@library.ucla.edu> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> The UCLA Library is working with a faculty member here who has 
> submitted an article to the journal Sleep.  We advised the 
> author to modify the author's agreement, using the SPARC 
> author's addendum, to retain copyright. The author received a 
> reply from Sleep, which rejected the change, stating "I have 
> never heard of any journal doing this.  Sleep would not publish 
> any paper it does not hold copyright to."
>
> We're curious to know if anyone on the list has negotiated with 
> Sleep in the past and what their experiences have been. 
> Thanks for any input you can give us.
>
> Andy Stancliffe
> Digital Acquisitions Coordinator
> UCLA Library