Re: Legal ways around copyright for one's own giveaway texts

[Stevan Harnad <harnad@ecs.soton.ac.uk>]

On Fri, 31 Oct 2003, [identity deleted] wrote:

> I have noticed your recent postings on the liblicense listserv.  I am
> the librarian at [name deleted] Hospital, and we are looking at
> archiving the papers published by our staff.  I don't know how long we
> will do this as I am hopeful that eventually [deleted] University will
> embark on such a project but for the present they have no such plans.
> We currently have a staff publications database of [number deleted]
> papers. Our goal is to provide the full-text for as many of the papers
> as possible. I have noticed your postings encouraging
> everyone to self-archive.  I have a couple of questions.  First is, do
> you know of any resource either print or on the web which lists which
> publications/journals allow authors to post their own work? 

Yes, see:
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ls/disresearch/romeo/Romeo%20Publisher%20Policies.htm
as well as
http://www.eprints.org/self-faq/#copyright1

> I am also interested in what distinction there may be with the hospital
> putting up these papers.  Do you know if the publishers' intent is to
> allow the parent institution of the researcher this right?  

The author's institution is the place where the author is entitled to
self-archive. This is to rule out 3rd-party institutions that could
re-sell or under-sell a publisher's content. Whether the researcher's
institution is a hospital or a university or both should not matter at
all, as long as the author is indeed employed by those institutions.

> I'm looking for additional information regarding any and all copyright
> information you may have regarding the self-archiving issue.

See these past copyright threads in the American Scientist Forum:

http://makeashorterlink.com/?Y2EB52666

Stevan Harnad