Author Rights Model License Language

"In early 2009, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) hosted a meeting to discuss policy development for open access repositories.  One idea from that meeting was that standardized language addressing the right of re-use and deposit for repositories could facilitate making scholarly content more widely available. An ad hoc working group came together in late 2009 to explore the feasibility of drafting standard language for author rights that could be included in library content licenses...."