SPEC Kit 310: Author Addenda (July 2009)
This SPEC Kit explores how ARL member libraries are promoting the use of author addenda by researchers at their institutions.
Recent developments in scholarly communication have raised the issue of author rights on academic campuses with increasing frequency. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Public Access Policy, the expanding interest in and use of institutional repositories, the innovation of new models of publishing, and the growing number of universities mandating open access policies are changing the current environment of scholarly dissemination. Consequently, it is increasingly important to manage copyright in ways that serve author interests and those of the scholarly community.
The survey was distributed to the 123 ARL member libraries in February 2009. Respondents were asked to provide information on the use of author addenda at their institutions, which rights authors were encouraged to retain, and the methods by which libraries were conducting promotion and outreach efforts on the topic of author rights and addenda. Seventy libraries (57%) responded to the survey. Of those respondents, 35 (50%) indicated that authors at their institutions were using author addenda, and 33 libraries (47%) indicated that they “did not know.” Only two libraries indicated that authors at their institutions were not using author addenda.
This SPEC Kit includes documentation from respondents in the form of sample addenda, brochures, handouts, and author rights Web sites and slides from presentations to faculty and library staff.
Fischer, Karen. Author Addenda. SPEC Kit 310. Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries, July 2009.
Table of Contents
SPEC Kit 310: Author Addenda (July 2009)
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Author Addenda frontmatter
33
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Survey Results
99
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Representative Documents
4949
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Author Addenda
5151
- Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information 5252
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology 5454
- University of Michigan 5555
- Washington University in St. Louis 5858
- Wayne State University 6060
- Boston Library Consortium 6262
- Committee on Institutional Cooperation 6464
- SPARC 6666
- Science Commons 6767
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Brochures and Handouts
6969
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Presentations for Faculty
8181
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Presentations for Staff
101101
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Author Rights/Copyright Web Sites
139139
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Author Addenda
5151
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SELECTED RESOURCES
153153

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SPEC Kit 310: Author Addenda (July 2009)