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Library Staff Training
13. Does your library provide educational materials and/or training events to library staff about the
use of author addenda? Check all that apply. N=44
N Educational
Materials
Events
Yes 39 38 31
No 10 6 9
Selected Comments from Respondents
Educational materials: we plan to. Events: we will offer workshops, lectures, etc., when this topic will be
mentioned, but won’t be sole focus.
Educational Materials: Link to SPARC Web site from Health Sciences Library’s Web page, Copyright Committee’s
Web page. NIH Public Access Policy toolkit (materials) and accompanying workshops (events).
It’s hard to tease apart materials and events directly related to the addenda from ones that more generally cover
author rights. I haven’t actually found that the author addendum is all that effective — teaching faculty/graduate
students how to negotiate on their own terms has been much more effective.
Open Access Research Guide Participated in International Open Access Day.
The events have not been held specifically for library staff. They have been held for faculty and library staff have
been invited. There has not been a big educational campaign around author rights or addenda.
We are in the process of holding discussion sessions with faculty at their departments.
We are still developing education materials, but some are available.
We have conducted lunch brown bag events to provide education and training about author rights, use of
addenda, and other scholarly communication topics. We have held training sessions for liaison librarians on the
creation of Selected Works (Personal Researcher) pages.
We have done sessions about NIH Public Access Policy and how to comply and this includes mention of NIH
addendum and others but use of addenda is not the focus of the sessions.
We have held several public awareness conferences and meetings about scholarly communication issues over the
past decade and staff have participated.
Library Staff Training
13. Does your library provide educational materials and/or training events to library staff about the
use of author addenda? Check all that apply. N=44
N Educational
Materials
Events
Yes 39 38 31
No 10 6 9
Selected Comments from Respondents
Educational materials: we plan to. Events: we will offer workshops, lectures, etc., when this topic will be
mentioned, but won’t be sole focus.
Educational Materials: Link to SPARC Web site from Health Sciences Library’s Web page, Copyright Committee’s
Web page. NIH Public Access Policy toolkit (materials) and accompanying workshops (events).
It’s hard to tease apart materials and events directly related to the addenda from ones that more generally cover
author rights. I haven’t actually found that the author addendum is all that effective — teaching faculty/graduate
students how to negotiate on their own terms has been much more effective.
Open Access Research Guide Participated in International Open Access Day.
The events have not been held specifically for library staff. They have been held for faculty and library staff have
been invited. There has not been a big educational campaign around author rights or addenda.
We are in the process of holding discussion sessions with faculty at their departments.
We are still developing education materials, but some are available.
We have conducted lunch brown bag events to provide education and training about author rights, use of
addenda, and other scholarly communication topics. We have held training sessions for liaison librarians on the
creation of Selected Works (Personal Researcher) pages.
We have done sessions about NIH Public Access Policy and how to comply and this includes mention of NIH
addendum and others but use of addenda is not the focus of the sessions.
We have held several public awareness conferences and meetings about scholarly communication issues over the
past decade and staff have participated.
