MIT Libraries News » Blog Archive » Updated MIT amendment to publication agreements released: incorporates new federal public access requirements
abernard102@gmail.com 2015-01-12
Summary:
There are two versions of the MIT amendment: one for faculty authorswhich also references rights related to the MIT Faculty Open Access Policy, and one for other MIT authors, which does not reference rights related to the faculty Policy. These new versions, as with prior versions, may be attached to a standard publication agreement, with an indication that the signature on the agreement is subject to the attached amendment, which is also signed by the author. The MIT amendment provides legally vetted language that retains key rights of interest to many MIT authors (such as the right to share their articles openly on the web) and rights required to meet the obligations of research funders, as well as those reflected in the faculty’s Open Access Policy ..."