<font size="2"><font face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif">[Forwarding from (and kudos to) Molly Keener. --Peter Suber.]<br></font></font><br><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt">WINSTON-SALEM, NC - Wake Forest
University ZSR Library Faculty Adopt Open Access Policy<br>
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On February 1, 2010, the faculty of the Z. Smith Reynolds Library, Wake Forest
University, unanimously adopted an open access policy to guide deposit of the
author's final version of scholarly works in the University's institutional
repository. The policy states:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in">Recognizing that academic
scholarship hinges upon the ability to access and utilize research output, the
Library Faculty of the Z. Smith Reynolds Library, Wake Forest University (WFU),
hereby adopt an open access policy to achieve the widest possible access to and
long-term preservation of their scholarly works.<br>
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Each faculty member grants Wake Forest University the right to archive and make
publicly available the full text of the author’s final version of scholarly
works via the University’s open access institutional repository. This provides
the University the nonexclusive, worldwide, irrevocable, royalty-free license
to preserve and redistribute the work. When publisher agreements do not
automatically grant permission to archive the author’s final version, the
faculty commit to negotiating for such rights. Faculty members will submit an
electronic version of the author’s final version in an appropriate format as
soon as possible, respecting some publishers’ requests for embargo.<br>
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Furthermore, the faculty endeavor to publish their scholarship in open access
venues when possible, or alternately to seek the right to archive the final
published version in lieu of the author's final version.<br>
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This policy will apply to all scholarship created while a member of the WFU
faculty, excluding works previously accepted for publication and works for
which authors entered into incompatible licensing or assignment agreements
prior to the adoption of this policy, and excepting books and book chapters as
necessary. The Dean of the Library will waive the application of the policy for
future scholarship upon written notification from the author, who informs the
Dean of the reason.</p>
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Since 2007, the Wake Forest University Libraries have encouraged broader engagement
with and understanding of scholarly communication issues across the Wake Forest
community through the creation of a Scholarly Communication Committee, the
pilot launch of an institutional repository, the creation of an Open Access
Fund, the hiring of a Scholarly Communication Librarian, and multiple education
initiatives for librarians, faculty, students, and staff. The adoption of this
policy by the Z. Smith Reynolds (ZSR) Library faculty is an important milestone
that will serve as precedent in our future engagement across the University.<br>
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For their influence and inspiration, the ZSR Library faculty acknowledge the
pioneering policies and resolutions previously adopted by the library faculties
at Oregon State University, the University of Oregon, Gustavus Adolphus
College, the University of Calgary, York University, and the University of
Northern Colorado. We also gratefully acknowledge the advice of colleagues from
Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.<br>
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The full text of the policy and associated FAQ may be found at the <a href="http://zsr.wfu.edu/assembly/" title="Librarians' Assembly" target="_blank">Librarians'
Assembly</a> page of the ZSR Library website. For further information, please contact
Molly Keener, Scholarly Communication Librarian, at <a href="mailto:keenerm@wfu.edu" title="keenerm@wfu.edu" target="_blank">keenerm@wfu.edu</a>
or 336-758-5829.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Molly Keener</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Scholarly Communication Librarian</p><p class="MsoNormal">Z. Smith Reynolds Library</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Wake Forest University</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">PO Box 7777</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Winston-Salem, NC 27109</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">336.758.5829</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:keenerm@wfu.edu" target="_blank">keenerm@wfu.edu</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://zsr.wfu.edu/" target="_blank">http://zsr.wfu.edu</a> </p>
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