1. Author Rights in a Digital World Hilde Colenbrander, UBC Inba Kehoe, UVic Scholarly Communications Workshop June 11 and 12, 2007

2. What is Copyright?  Promotes the creation of and access to artistic, literary, musical, dramatic and other creative productions  Right to authorize or to prevent copying  Life of the author + 50 years From Canadian Copyright Law, at Creative Commons Canada: http://creativecommons.ca/index.php?p=cacopyright http://creativecommons.ca/index.php?p=cacopyright

3. Rights of Creators/Authors Exclusive rights to: produce or reproduce a work perform a work publish an unpublished work translate, convert, or adapt a work communicate the work by telecommunication to the public exhibit a work (artistic) rent a computer program or sound recording authorize someone else to do any of the above

4. Rights of Creators/Authors Moral rights: The right of attribution The right of integrity The right of association *Cannot be reassigned, but can be waived

5. Why Should Authors Care?  Re-use materials, 2 nd editions, etc.  Publisher monopolies  Preservation of online journals

6. A Bundle of Rights  Transferred in whole or in part  Exclusively or non-exclusively  For specific time periods, or indefinitely  With or without royalty fees

7. Copyright Transfer Agreements  What rights do authors assign to publishers?  What rights do authors retain?  Why?

8. Managing Author Rights What rights does the publisher need? Exclusive right to first publication What rights does the author keep? Republication in a different format, medium, place, or language Posting a copy to one or more web sites Sending copies to colleagues or students Creating a derivative work Etc.

9. Options for Creators/Authors Option 1: Traditional Practice Transfer ownership of copyright to publishers, in exchange for publication

10. Options for Creators/Authors Option 2: Transfer ownership BUT reserve some specific rights for the author

11. Options for Creators/Authors Option 3: Retain Ownership And give the publisher an exclusive license for first publication

12. Tools: RoMEO Publisher Copyright Policies & Self-Archiving: Green Publishers Blue Publishers Yellow Publishers White Publishers SHERPA/RoMEO Project http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo.php

13. Tools: Author Addenda  SPARC SPARC  MIT MIT  Creative Commons/Science Commons  Scholar’s Copyright Addendum Engine Scholar’s Copyright Addendum Engine  JISC/SURF Copyright Toolbox JISC/SURF

14. Tools: Creative Commons Licensing Creative Commons: http://creativecommons.org/ Science Commons: http://sciencecommons.org/ Creative Commons Canada: http://creativecommons.ca/ Example: Public Library of SciencePublic Library of Science

15. The Library’s Role? Actively support copyright management: Understand faculty attitudes & behaviour Educate faculty Create a place where faculty can exercise their retained rights (i.e. a repository) See John Ober’s article: http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/crlnews/backissues2006/ april06/facilitatingopenaccess.htm

16. In an openly accessible world …  Authors retain copyright  Copyright is creatively shared  Libraries provide the support needed to make open sharing possible