To: All Faculty <everybody@illinois.edu> 
    From: "Provost" <provost@uiuc.edu>
Reply-To: provost@uiuc.edu

 Subject: MASSMAIL - Addendum to Publication Agreements for CIC Authors

Dear Colleague,

New opportunities created by electronic publishing and archiving are 
changing the business of scholarly publication.  Because traditional 
publication agreements transfer copyrights to publishers and restrict 
electronic distribution by the author and their institution, publishers 
appear to have captured much of the benefit of these changes.

In November 2006, faculty governance leaders from CIC universities 
discussed these issues that affect scholarly communication and called for 
a concrete strategy that would help faculty retain more control over their 
published intellectual property.  Subsequently, the CIC provosts issued a 
Statement on Publishing Agreements and an Addendum to Publication 
Agreements for CIC Authors.  
(http://www.cic.uiuc.edu/programs/CenterForLibraryInitiatives/Archive/Repor
t/CICAuthRtsFINAL16May07.pdf)   The Addendum is intended to be used by 
faculty entering into publication agreements with journal publishers or 
presses.  It supports authors rights to use their own published work in 
teaching and research, to post a publication on a personal website, or to 
deposit it in a repository maintained by their institution or a 
professional association.  IDEALS (www.ideals.uiuc.edu) is the University 
of Illinois institutional repository.

Late this Spring, the U of I Senate endorsed the principles expressed in 
the CIC Provosts Statement and Addendum; encouraged faculty to consider 
using it as well as other publication agreement addenda that increase 
their rights in reproducing, distributing, and archiving their own work; 
and asked the CIC Provosts to provide leadership in negotiating with 
publishers to develop new publication agreements that provide CIC authors 
and institutions greater rights for use, distribution and archiving their 
published scholarly works.

It is our responsibility as scholars to ensure that our work is available 
as widely as possible to maximize its scholarly impact, accessibility, and 
educational use. I encourage you to use the Addendum and to deposit your 
research and scholarship in IDEALS, which provides reliable and persistent 
access to its holdings.

Linda Katehi
Provost

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