16.439 self-archiving

From: Humanist Discussion Group (by way of Willard McCarty willard.mccarty@kcl.ac.uk)
Date: Fri Jan 24 2003 - 03:03:38 EST

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[1] From: "David L. Hoover" <david.hoover@verizon.net> (21)
Subject: Re: 16.435 self-archiving

[2] From: Philip Cadigan <pcadigan@MIT.EDU> (21)
Subject: Re: 16.435 self-archiving

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         Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 07:45:01 +0000
         From: "David L. Hoover" <david.hoover@verizon.net>
         Subject: Re: 16.435 self-archiving

I have been following this thread with interest. My Law librarian friends
report
that the trend of looking only at on-line sources is very strong among law
students as well. Fortunately, law materials have the financial resources
behind
them to get most important sources quickly on line.

One question that arises, though, is the nasty issue of copyright. Can we
legally
self-archive published work. It would seem not, at least in the case of journal
articles for which we have assigned copyright to the journal. Am I just too
timid? Is this really not a problem?

-- David L. Hoover, Assoc. Chair & Webmaster NYU Eng. Dept., 212-998-8832 http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/english/

What he has now to say is a long wonder the world can bear & be. Once in a sycamore I was glad all at the top, and I sang. Hard on the land wears the strong sea and empty grows every bed. John Berryman, The Dream Songs, #1

--[2]------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 07:43:58 +0000 From: Philip Cadigan <pcadigan@MIT.EDU> Subject: Re: 16.435 self-archiving

Dear Willard,

I think there is an attractive (and legal) middle ground between self archiving and traditional scholarly publishing. The MIT Press Journals division allows our authors to web-publish/host their articles independently one year after publication. Our books division is a little more flexible than that. In our case the publisher still retains the rights, but the author gets the added bonus of increased distribution as well as the imprimatur of formal publication.

I know of other university presses that offer similar arrangements.

Thanks, Philip

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