RE: Author copyright issue (SLEEP)

["Sally Morris" <sally@morris-assocs.demon.co.uk>]

You might want to direct them to the findings of Cox & Cox

(http://www.alpsp.org/ngen_public/article.asp?id=200&did=47&aid=24781&st=&oaid=-1)

about the number of publishers/journals offering a licence to 
publish, either in the first instance or as an available 
alternative

In 2003, they found 83% of publishers requiring copyright 
transfer

In 2005, this figure had fallen to 61%, with 21% initially 
requesting (c) transfer but accepting a licence to publish on 
request, and a further 17% only requiring a licence to publish

By 2008, only 53% required copyright transfer;  19.6% would 
accept a licence to publish instead on request, and 21% only 
required a LTP

ALPSP has a model of an LTP which member (and other) publishers 
could safely adopt, on its website

(http://www.alpsp.org/ForceDownload.asp?id=220)

Sally Morris
South House, The Street, Clapham, Worthing, West Sussex, UK  BN13 3UU
Email:  sally@morris-assocs.demon.co.uk

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[mailto:owner-liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Stancliffe, Andrew
Sent: 14 January 2011 22:24
To: liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
Subject: Author copyright issue (SLEEP)

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