Author Rights

Author's Rights Video
From the Association of College & Research Libraries, the Association of Research Libraries, and SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition)
A short video that introduces the viewer to the concept of author rights and how to retain them with the SPARC author addendum.

Author's Rights Video
From the University of Minnesota Libraries
A brief presentation on scholarly publishing issues, the importance of retaining author rights, and how to handle challenges to author rights retention.

Kenneth Crews on Protecting Your Scholarship
From the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University
A presentation by Kenneth Crews on the relationships between scholars, copyright, access, and scholarship in the digital age. Kenneth Crews is the founding director of the Copyright Advisory Office at Columbia University.

Know Your Rights: Who Really Owns Your Scholarly Works?
From Columbia University Libraries
A panel discussion about authors' copyright management of their scholarly works. The panelists are Heather Joseph (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition), Michael Carroll (American University's Washington College of Law), and Kenneth Crews (Columbia University Copyright Advisory Office).

Understanding Author Rights Webcast
From the Association of College & Research Libraries, the Association of Research Libraries, and SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition)
Archive of a one-hour Webcast designed to help librarians become more prepared in order to work with faculty. Registration is required for accessing the archive of this free Webcast.

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