26 · Survey Results: Survey Questions And Responses
5. Was a press release issued following endorsement of an addendum? N=41
Yes 9 22%
No 32 78%
6. Has there been a systematic effort by your institution to contact individual publishers about the
endorsement? N=43
Yes 4 9%
No 39 91%
Selected Comments from Respondents
A letter was sent to the top publishers of university authors when the addendum was released.
A recent agreement with Springer during purchase negotiations has resulted in a pilot project in which articles
are published under a Creative Commons compatible license (see: http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/
article/19335).
BC Libraries’ adoption of the addendum of both SPARC and the BLC was communicated to faculty by means of an
e-mail, by a blog posting, by a presentation at a Council of Deans meeting. It is also posted on a Library Web page.
Efforts are done on an ad hoc basis. The word ‘systematic’ is too strong to describe current efforts.
Our general counsel office did review the addendum but I wouldn’t consider that an endorsement.
We are in the process of promoting the SPARC addendum on a department-by-department basis.
We have just started working with publishers. If required, we will create customized NRC Licence to Publish forms
for specific publishers.
5. Was a press release issued following endorsement of an addendum? N=41
Yes 9 22%
No 32 78%
6. Has there been a systematic effort by your institution to contact individual publishers about the
endorsement? N=43
Yes 4 9%
No 39 91%
Selected Comments from Respondents
A letter was sent to the top publishers of university authors when the addendum was released.
A recent agreement with Springer during purchase negotiations has resulted in a pilot project in which articles
are published under a Creative Commons compatible license (see: http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/
article/19335).
BC Libraries’ adoption of the addendum of both SPARC and the BLC was communicated to faculty by means of an
e-mail, by a blog posting, by a presentation at a Council of Deans meeting. It is also posted on a Library Web page.
Efforts are done on an ad hoc basis. The word ‘systematic’ is too strong to describe current efforts.
Our general counsel office did review the addendum but I wouldn’t consider that an endorsement.
We are in the process of promoting the SPARC addendum on a department-by-department basis.
We have just started working with publishers. If required, we will create customized NRC Licence to Publish forms
for specific publishers.
