Webcast on author rights to self-archive

ARL, ACRL, and SPARC are sponsoring a Joint Webcast on Author Rights on December 14, 2006.  From the announcement:

ACRL and ARL, through the Institute on Scholarly Communication, along with SPARC, are sponsoring a special joint webcast on author rights. This Webcast will help librarians better engage disciplinary faculty and researchers on the topic of author rights. A journal article is often the culmination of years of study, research, and hard work. The more the article is read and cited, the greater its value. But if authors give exclusive control to the publisher in the copyright agreement, use may be limited. Many authors wonder:

• Can I post my articles on a course Web site? What about in an institutional repository?
• Can I give copies of my published article to my class or colleagues?
• Is it okay to post articles in NIH's PubMed Central?
• Can I include sections of my article in later works?

Authors of journal articles can modify publishers' copyright transfer agreements to keep key rights to their articles. Educate faculty on your campus before they transfer ownership of their intellectual output and help them understand the consequences and options. Increase your visibility on campus, your influence on the higher education and research environment, and become a respected local authority on this important scholarly communication issue....

[The presenters are] Julia Blixrud, Assistant Director for Public Programs, SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition), and Trisha Davis, Rights Management Coordinator, The Ohio State University Libraries....

The cost of the Webcast is being partially underwritten by the sponsors and offered for $35 to all participants.  The Webcast is limited to 75. Registration opens November 14 and will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis....