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OA Week Authors’ Rights Event @ Brooklyn College, 10/27/11

You Know What You Write, But Do You Know Your Rights?
Understanding and Protecting Your Rights as an Author

Thursday, October 27, 2011
12:30 – 2:00 p.m.
Brooklyn College Library, Room 412C

Light lunch will be provided
Space is limited, so RSVP is required
RSVP to Professor Jill Cirasella, cirasella@brooklyn.cuny.edu
(Brooklyn College faculty have priority at this event, but other CUNY faculty are welcome to attend if there is space.  Email cirasella@brooklyn.cuny.edu to inquire.)

When you publish a journal article, you sign a copyright agreement. Do you know what you’re agreeing to when you sign it? Different journals have different policies:

  • Some journals require you to relinquish your copyright. (After you sign this kind of agreement, you have to ask permission or even pay to share your article with students and colleagues!)
  • Some journals allow you to retain some rights (e.g., the right to post the article online).
  • Some journals leave copyright in your hands. (You simply give the journal a non-exclusive license to publish the article.)

How can you find out a journal’s policy? How can you negotiate your contract to make the most of your rights as a scholar, researcher, and author? Come learn over lunch how to preserve your rights to reproduce, distribute, and display the work you create.

This workshop is being offered as a part of Open Access Week (October 24-30, 2011). For more information about the problems with traditional journal publishing and the promise of open access publishing, and to learn about Open Access Week events across CUNY, visit https://openaccess.commons.gc.cuny.edu/.

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ACRL Scholarly Communication 101 Road Show

CUNY will host the ACRL Scholarly Communication 101 Road Show on Friday, June 3, 2011 at Brooklyn College. As part of this event, two expert presenters will offer a presentation and workshop entitled “Scholarly Communication 101: Starting with the Basics,” which will focus on new methods of scholarly publishing and communication; copyright and intellectual property; economics; and open access. The program is targeted toward librarians and library staff who require a foundational understanding of these issues, including subject liaisons or those with new leadership assignments related to research and scholarly inquiry.

The two speakers for the workshop will be:

• Lee VanOrsdel, Dean of University Libraries, Grand Valley State University
• Joy Kirchner, Librarian, Collections, Licensing & Digital Scholarship, University of British Columbia Library

Following the ACRL workshop, afternoon break-out sessions will expand on issues raised by the presenters as well as related topics.

Please register at the following link:

http://cunyacrlroadshow2011.eventbrite.com/

If you have any questions about the event, please contact one of the planning committee co-chairs:

Bronwen Densmore
Instructional Design Librarian
Ursula C. Schwerin Library
New York City College of Technology
bdensmore@citytech.cuny.edu

John Carey
Head Librarian
Health Professions Library
Hunter College – Brookdale Campus
John.Carey@hunter.cuny.edu

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Open Access Week 2010

In October 2010 Brooklyn College and City Tech celebrated international Open Access Week, an annual, international event. Both libraries offered a full week of programming geared to CUNY faculty, researchers, students, and staff, including workshops, film screenings, presentations, and discussions.

Visit our site for more details about the events, as well as publicity resources you can feel free to adapt for your own Open Access Week programs.

https://oaweek2010.commons.gc.cuny.edu/