Dear Allen, <br><br>MIT Faculty unanimous passed an Open Access policy on March 18, 2009: <br><br>"The Faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is committed to
disseminating the fruits of its research and scholarship as widely as
possible.
In keeping with that commitment, the Faculty adopts the following
policy: Each
Faculty member grants to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
nonexclusive
permission to make available his or her scholarly articles and to
exercise the
copyright in those articles for the purpose of open dissemination. In
legal
terms, each Faculty member grants to MIT a nonexclusive, irrevocable,
paid-up,
worldwide license to exercise any and all rights under copyright
relating to
each of his or her scholarly articles, in any medium, provided that the
articles
are not sold for a profit, and to authorize others to do the same. The
policy
will apply to all scholarly articles written while the person is a
member of
the
Faculty except for any articles completed before the adoption of this
policy
and
any articles for which the Faculty member entered into an incompatible
licensing
or assignment agreement before the adoption of this policy. The Provost
or
Provost's designate will waive application of the policy for a
particular
article upon written notification by the author, who informs MIT of the
reason.
<br> <br>
To assist the Institute in distributing the scholarly articles, as of
the date
of publication, each Faculty member will make available an electronic
copy of
his or her final version of the article at no charge to a designated
representative of the Provost's Office in appropriate formats (such as
PDF)
specified by the Provost's Office.
<br> <br>
The Provost's Office will make the scholarly article available to the
public
in
an open- access repository. The Office of the Provost, in consultation
with
the
Faculty Committee on the Library System will be responsible for
interpreting
this policy, resolving disputes concerning its interpretation and
application,
and recommending changes to the Faculty.
<br> <br>
The policy is to take effect immediately; it will be reviewed after five
years
by the Faculty Policy Committee, with a report presented to the Faculty.
<br> <br>
The Faculty calls upon the Faculty Committee on the Library System to
develop
and monitor a plan for a service or mechanism that would render
compliance
with
the policy as convenient for the faculty as possible."<br><br>(<a href="http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/policysignup/fullinfo.php?inst=Massachussetts%20Institute%20of%20Technology%20%28MIT%29">http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/policysignup/fullinfo.php?inst=Massachussetts%20Institute%20of%20Technology%20%28MIT%29</a>)<br>
<br>With best wishes,<br>Iryna Kuchma<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 1 May 2010 00:05, Allen Kleiman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:allenk@panix.com">allenk@panix.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font size="2" color="#0000ff" face="Arial">Unsigned:</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font size="2" color="#0000ff" face="Arial">Are you an attorney? Under the Fair Use and other
provisions of the US Copyright law I can send anything I want for use by
students. Furthermore my publishers have given me permission to send copies of
scholarly works whenever I have asked. I am going to attach one but do not know
if the Moderator will allow it. This whole agony over open access is just a
self-aggrandizing agenda of a few people. Why MIT with whom I am
affiliated, among others, makes so much in science and technology
available as to satisfy most inquisitors without any prompting by open access
organizations. Furthermore most of the scholarly work of any merit is kept
secret in order to obtain a competitive advantage either for tenure or other
financial gain.</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font size="2" color="#0000ff" face="Arial"></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font size="2" color="#0000ff" face="Arial">Good luck,</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font size="2" color="#0000ff" face="Arial"></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font size="2" color="#0000ff" face="Arial"></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font size="2" color="#0000ff" face="Arial"></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font size="2" color="#0000ff" face="Arial">Allen</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font size="2" color="#0000ff" face="Arial"></font></span> </div><br>
<div dir="ltr" align="left" lang="en-us">
<hr>
<font size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:boai-forum-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk" target="_blank">boai-forum-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:boai-forum-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk" target="_blank">boai-forum-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Carolina
Rossini<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 30, 2010 4:05 PM<div class="im"><br><b>To:</b>
<a href="mailto:boai-forum@ecs.soton.ac.uk" target="_blank">boai-forum@ecs.soton.ac.uk</a><br></div><b>Subject:</b> [BOAI] Re: Open Access Week 2010
declared for October 18 to 24--Researchers challenged to demonstrate the impact
ofOpenAccess on research and scholarship<br></font><br></div><div class="im">
<div></div>That is against copyright and library rules....plus what you do
fosters a club culture that does not solve the issue of lack of access from
developing countries. <br><br>
</div><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 8:25 AM, Allen Kleiman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:allenk@panix.com" target="_blank">allenk@panix.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="padding-left: 1ex; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);">
<div><div class="im">
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font size="2" color="#0000ff" face="Arial">What I try
to do, upon request, is to e-mail any of my papers to other countries
and any others I have available from my library.Of course what you are
describing is not entirely or even partly due to the open access project -- it
is because your libraries are not funded properly. I am not qualified to
discuss that problem however.</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font size="2" color="#0000ff" face="Arial"></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font size="2" color="#0000ff" face="Arial">Allen</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font size="2" color="#0000ff" face="Arial"></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font size="2" color="#0000ff" face="Arial"></font></span> </div><br>
</div><div dir="ltr" align="left" lang="en-us">
<hr>
<font size="2" face="Tahoma"><div class="im"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:boai-forum-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk" target="_blank">boai-forum-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:boai-forum-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk" target="_blank">boai-forum-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk</a>] <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Françoise Salager-Meyer<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 29, 2010 9:50
AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:boai-forum@ecs.soton.ac.uk" target="_blank">boai-forum@ecs.soton.ac.uk</a><br></div><b>Subject:</b> [BOAI] Re:
Open Access Week 2010 declared for October 18 to 24 --Researchers challenged
to demonstrate the impact of OpenAccess on research and
scholarship<br><b>Importance:</b> High<br></font><br></div><div><div></div><div class="h5">
<div>
<div></div>
<div>
<div></div>
<blockquote type="cite"><font size="-1" color="#0000ff" face="Arial">Not so in
developing countries, Mr. Kleiman, where it is extremely difficult to have
access to the materials we need to conduct our research because our
libraries are almost empty (only subscribe to a few journals and not the
top-notch ones ... and no books).</font></blockquote>
<div><font color="#0000ff">Françoise Salager-Meyer</font></div>
<div><font color="#0000ff">(Universidad de Los Andes. Mérida.
Venezuela)</font></div>
<div><br></div>
<div>********</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><br><br><br></div>
<blockquote type="cite"><font size="-1" color="#0000ff" face="Arial">Most research
and scholarly publications are read by 'insiders' who for the most part have
open access through libraries and Fair Use. I am a researcher and scholar
and have access to anything published in the world. So what's the
point?</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite"> </blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite"><font size="-1" color="#0000ff" face="Arial">Second your
practice of moderating e-mails is contrary to your stated goal of open
access.</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite"> </blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite"><font size="-1" color="#0000ff" face="Arial">Allen
Kleiman</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite"> </blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote>
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</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite"><font size="-1" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:boai-forum-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk" target="_blank">boai-forum-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:boai-forum-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk" target="_blank">boai-forum-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk</a>]<b> On Behalf Of</b>
Iryna Kuchma<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 29, 2010 3:22 AM<br><b>To:</b>
boai-forum<br><b>Subject:</b> [BOAI] Open Access Week 2010 declared for
October 18 to 24 --Researchers challenged to demonstrate the impact of
OpenAccess on research and scholarship</font><br><font size="-1" face="Tahoma"></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite">[Forwarded message from<b> Jennifer
McLennan</b>]<br></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite"><br>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br>April 28,
2010<br><br>For more information, contact:<br>Jennifer McLennan<br>(202)
296-2296 ext. 121<br>jennifer [at] arl [dot] org<br><br>Open Access Week
2010 declared for October 18 to 24<br>Researchers challenged to demonstrate
the impact of Open Access on research and scholarship<br><br>(Washington,
DC) Open Access Week, the global event to promote free, immediate, online
access to research now entering its fourth year, has been declared for
October 18 to 24, 2010. Open Access Week is an opportunity for the worldwide
academic and research community to continue to learn about the potential
benefits of Open Access (OA), to share what they've learned with colleagues,
and to inspire wider participation in helping to make Open Access a new norm
in scholarship and research.<br><br>"Open Access Week has evolved from a
one-day student event on a dozen campuses to a truly global phenomenon,"
said Jennifer McLennan, Open Access Week program director at SPARC (the
Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition). "We've seen
participation expand to include hundreds of university and college campuses,
research institutes, funding agencies, libraries, and think tanks - all
connecting the fast-growing global momentum toward openness with the
advancement of policy changes on the local level." In 2009, Open Access Week
spurred the announcement of actions including expanded open-access
publication funds, the adoption of institution-wide open-access policies,
and the release of new reports on the societal and economic benefits of
OA.<br><br>This year's OA Week preparations kick off with a challenge to
researchers from Dr. Philip E. Bourne, Professor of Pharmacy and
Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of California San Diego and
Founding Editor-in-Chief of PLoS Computational Biology. In a video posted to
the OA Week Web site, Bourne calls upon scholars to think beyond free and
ready access to the literature - made possible by Open Access - and consider
how technology may be deployed to advance research, to truly mine the
increasing amount of available literature.<br><br>He says, "What I think
ultimately will be the main success of Open Access, is that you have the
full text of the literature in an XML format that can be analyzed and used
by computer. The idea that we'll be able to keep up with [the volume of
literature being published] is just untenable. To actually make full use of
the literature, we're going to require tools to help us." He challenges his
peers in the research community to surface efforts like SciVee (a new type
of learning experience that mashes up journal articles with rich media) and
UCSD's BioLit (an initiative to integrate database identifiers and rich
meta-data from open-access articles with biological databases) - both of
which "would not be possible without unbridled and free access to the
literature."</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite"><br>Challenges like Dr. Bourne's, and responses to
them - experiences and projects that demonstrate the power of Open Access to
enable the Web and advance discovery - will be highlighted across global
efforts in conjunction with the Week. Details may be posted or linked on the
Open Access Week Web site by October 10, 2010.<br><br>The new Open Access
Week Web site, at <a href="http://www.openaccessweek.org" target="_blank">http://www.openaccessweek.org</a>, details how participants
across sectors - from research funders and producers to students and
libraries - have taken advantage of the event to advance Open Access, and
offers ideas for 2010.<br><br>"There are a multitude of ways to participate
in OA Week," said Alma Swan, program adviser. "It can be as simple as
wearing a bright orange shirt or as complex as introducing a new OA policy.
OA Week may also be the chance to let your imagination have full rein and
come up with something ambitious, wacky, or fun."<br><br>Organizations and
individuals planning to participate or interested in more information about
Open Access Week 2010 should register now on the Web site for access to
regional and global contacts and resources.<br><br>Open Access Week is
organized by SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources
Coalition), with expert guidance from an international panel of Open Access
leaders. Program advisers include: Subbiah Arunachalam (Centre for Internet
and Society, Bangalore), Leslie Chan (University of Toronto, Scarborough,
OASIS), Melissa Hagemann (Open Society Institute), Thomas Hickerson
(University of Calgary), Heather Joseph (SPARC), Iryna Kuchma (eIFL.net), Li
Lin (National Science Library, CAS), Donna Okubo (Public Library of
Science), Robin Peek (Open Access Directory, Simmons College), Carolina
Rossini (Berkman Center), Nick Shockey (Right to Research Coalition), Peter
Suber (Berkman Center, Earlham College, SPARC), Alma Swan (Key Perspectives
Ltd, OASIS), Ikuko Tsuchide (Digital Repository Federation, Japan), Xiaolin
Zhang (National Science Library, CAS).<br><br>For more information, visit
the Open Access Week Web site at <a href="http://www.openaccessweek.org" target="_blank">http://www.openaccessweek.org</a>.<br><br>##<br><br>SPARC
(Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition), with SPARC Europe
and SPARC Japan, is an international alliance of more than 800 academic and
research libraries working to create a more open system of scholarly
communication. SPARC's advocacy, educational, and publisher partnership
programs encourage expanded dissemination of research. SPARC is on the Web
at <a href="http://www.arl.org/sparc" target="_blank">http://www.arl.org/sparc</a>.<br><br>-------------------------------------<br>Jennifer
McLennan<br>Director of Programs & Operations<br>SPARC<br><a href="mailto:jennifer@arl.org" target="_blank">jennifer@arl.org</a><br>(202)
296-2296 x121<br>Fax: (202)
872-0884<br>*******************************<br>SPARC 2010 Digital
Repositories Meeting<br>November 8 & 9 - Baltimore, MD<br><a href="http://www.arl.org/sparc/media/09-0223.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.arl.org/sparc/media/09-0223.shtml</a><br>*******************************<br>
Open
Access Week 2010<br>October 18 - 24. Everywhere.<br><a href="http://www.openaccessweek.org" target="_blank">http://www.openaccessweek.org</a><br>*******************************<br><a href="http://www.arl.org/sparc" target="_blank"><br>
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