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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>Claire,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>I am delighted that OASPA is taking the lead on clarifying some of the confusion surrounding licensing OA journal articles. I see much confusion among the publishers I examine and analyze. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>The two biggest problems I see are 1). Contradictory licensing statements, such as the one shown below, and 2). Individual journal articles that lack any licensing information at all. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>I also see publishers that require authors to sign over copyright to the publisher but then license the articles with a CC BY license. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img width=838 height=364 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image004.jpg@01CE1986.5B3C65C0"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Consolas;color:#262626'>Jeffrey Beall, MA, MSLS, Associate Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Consolas;color:#262626'>Scholarly Initiatives Librarian<br>Auraria Library<br>University of Colorado Denver<br>1100 Lawrence St.<br>Denver, Colo. 80204 USA<br>(303) 556-5936</span><span style='font-family:Consolas;color:gray'><br></span><span style='font-family:Consolas;color:blue'><a href="jeffrey.beall@ucdenver.edu">jeffrey.beall@ucdenver.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=325 height=48 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image003.jpg@01CE1986.5B2B00A0" alt="Description: http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/departments/oiuc/brand/downloads/branddownloads/branddocuments/Logos-E-mail%20Signatures/emailSig_2campus.png"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> goal-bounces@eprints.org [mailto:goal-bounces@eprints.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Claire Redhead<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 05, 2013 8:12 AM<br><b>To:</b> goal@eprints.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [GOAL] OASPA Adds Licensing FAQs Page to Information Resources<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>During the review procedure for publishers applying to join OASPA, one of the key requirements is appropriate licensing of published material. This area can often be the source of the most confusion, particularly for smaller organisations. With this in mind, OASPA has posted this set of licensing FAQs to help publishing organisations and individuals find out more. See </span><a href="http://oaspa.org/information-resources/frequently-asked-questions/"><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>http://oaspa.org/information-resources/frequently-asked-questions/</span></a><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br>Claire Redhead<br>Membership & Communications Manager<br>Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association, OASPA<br><a href="http://www.oaspa.org">www.oaspa.org</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>