20 · Survey Results: Survey Questions And Responses
Background
1. To your knowledge, are any authors at your institution using an author’s addendum to retain
rights to their creative work? N=70
Yes 35 50%
No 2 3%
I don’t know 33 47%
If yes, is the library collecting information on authors’ use of addenda? N=35
Yes 8 23%
No 27 77%
Selected Comment from Respondents
Answered Yes
CISTI is the library of the National Research Council of Canada (NRC). NRC authors do not use an author’s
addendum because all NRC authors must use the NRC Licence to Publish form. Because elements of the ARL and
CARL author addenda were incorporated into the NRC Licence to Publish form in January 2009, the survey is
being answered as if NRC authors used an author’s addendum. NRC has always used a Licence to Publish form
because NRC authors are employees of the Canadian federal government and all works by NRC employees are
covered by Crown Copyright. Crown Copyright cannot be assigned. NRC authors are directed to sign the NRC
Licence to Publish form and not to use any licence to publisher forms of publishers. NRC established a policy
making it mandatory, starting in January 2009, for NRC institutes to deposit copies of all peer-reviewed, NRC-
authored publications and technical reports in their institutional repository (NRC Publications Archive, NPArC). The
NRC Licence to Publish (Crown Copyright) has been updated to declare the NRC’s intent to deposit the full-text of
NRC-authored publications in NPArC and to retain specific rights. The ARL and CARL author’s addenda were used
as models for the wording of these specific rights. On the submission form for NPArC, authors (or delegates) must
indicate that they have used the NRC Licence to Publish form and any changes made to the form.
The library only collects information on authors who contact the library in regard to using the addendum.
We are not formally collecting information on authors’ use of addenda, but when we consult with authors about
the addendum we request that they report back to us on their success or failure. Sometimes they do, but only
rarely.
We are not systematically tracking it’s mostly just anecdotal at this point.
We collect information when we hear from authors about use which is not very often and has only been when the
addendum has been rejected. We hear much more often questions about general copyright transfer.
Background
1. To your knowledge, are any authors at your institution using an author’s addendum to retain
rights to their creative work? N=70
Yes 35 50%
No 2 3%
I don’t know 33 47%
If yes, is the library collecting information on authors’ use of addenda? N=35
Yes 8 23%
No 27 77%
Selected Comment from Respondents
Answered Yes
CISTI is the library of the National Research Council of Canada (NRC). NRC authors do not use an author’s
addendum because all NRC authors must use the NRC Licence to Publish form. Because elements of the ARL and
CARL author addenda were incorporated into the NRC Licence to Publish form in January 2009, the survey is
being answered as if NRC authors used an author’s addendum. NRC has always used a Licence to Publish form
because NRC authors are employees of the Canadian federal government and all works by NRC employees are
covered by Crown Copyright. Crown Copyright cannot be assigned. NRC authors are directed to sign the NRC
Licence to Publish form and not to use any licence to publisher forms of publishers. NRC established a policy
making it mandatory, starting in January 2009, for NRC institutes to deposit copies of all peer-reviewed, NRC-
authored publications and technical reports in their institutional repository (NRC Publications Archive, NPArC). The
NRC Licence to Publish (Crown Copyright) has been updated to declare the NRC’s intent to deposit the full-text of
NRC-authored publications in NPArC and to retain specific rights. The ARL and CARL author’s addenda were used
as models for the wording of these specific rights. On the submission form for NPArC, authors (or delegates) must
indicate that they have used the NRC Licence to Publish form and any changes made to the form.
The library only collects information on authors who contact the library in regard to using the addendum.
We are not formally collecting information on authors’ use of addenda, but when we consult with authors about
the addendum we request that they report back to us on their success or failure. Sometimes they do, but only
rarely.
We are not systematically tracking it’s mostly just anecdotal at this point.
We collect information when we hear from authors about use which is not very often and has only been when the
addendum has been rejected. We hear much more often questions about general copyright transfer.