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abernard102@gmail.com 2013-02-08

Summary:

"I have previously written about the opportunity I was presented with, when invited to include an article in the Journal of Library Administration's special issue on Digital Humanities. It was extraordinarily important for me to slowly walk through the process of publication. As the Scholarly Communication Librarian at Florida State University, I am constantly challenging and prodding faculty members to investigate their publishing practices and understand what is happening, especially in the Publication Agreement. So when I was presented with a similar agreement, I took it as an opportunity to practice what I preach.  Some quick details: 1. The journal is published by Taylor and Francis. In Nov. 2011, T&F adopted new author rights policies for all their Library and Information Science journals, basically changing from the standard Copyright Transfer to an Exclusive License to Publish. I think this is a great example of a publisher working diligently to meet the evolving requests of the scholar by adapting their way of doing things. So already, by publishing with this journal and this publisher, I was a step ahead of most faculty authors who are 'required' to sign full transfer of copyright to the publisher. So this was a contract negotiation rather than a negotiation for copyright.  2. I had the pleasure of working with an Editor and Guest Editor who were supportive of my many questions and went to bat for me over the rights negotiation with the publisher. I am sure the negotiation would have gone very differently if Damon Jaggers and Barbara Rockenbach had not done the leg work of translating between me and the publisher.  3. This was the first publishing contract negotiation I have ever done. I was more surprised than anyone when after writing an audacious email stating that I refuse to sign the contact as is, and sending around a 'Here are my demands Mr. Publisher' addendum to the contract, that Taylor and Francis responded, line by line, to my proposed amendments. Here's what they had to say, interspersed with my requests (in bold) corresponding to specific line items on the orginal contract..."

Link:

http://micahvandegrift.posterous.com/proof

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Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » abernard102@gmail.com

Tags:

oa.new oa.business_models oa.publishers oa.licensing oa.comment oa.copyright oa.libraries oa.librarians oa.prices oa.hybrid oa.fees oa.taylor&francis oa.digital_humanities os.publishing oa.libre oa.humanities oa.ssh

Date tagged:

02/08/2013, 12:36

Date published:

02/08/2013, 07:36