The University of Iowa Faculty Senate Approved the “Addendum to Publication Agreements for CIC Authors” at their October 23, 2007 meeting. This addendum is intended for authors to use to help them protect their intellectual property rights when publishing their work. Excerpt from the “Statement on Publishing Agreements”: Faculty authors should consider a number ofContinue reading “U of Iowa Faculty Senate Approves Author’s Addendum for Publishing Agreements”

September 2007 Issue 3.07 Welcome to the September issue of Transitions. The purpose of this irregular electronic newsletter is to bring to readers’ attention some of the many new projects and developments affecting the current system of scholarly communication, with emphasis on new products and programs, the open access movement and other alternative publishing models.Continue reading “Transitions: scholarly communications news for the UI community | September 2007”