Scholarly Communication - Introduction
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Scholarly Communication - Introduction
It is incumbent upon faculty, campus administrators and librarians to ensure the free flow of scholarly information in fulfillment of our campus missions to advance public good through research and education. Toward this end, CIC institutions are committed to supporting a sustainable publication process and a healthy publishing industry. Suitable publishing partners for academic enterprises should be encouraging the widest possible dissemination of the academy’s work, and the management of copyright should be directed toward encouraging scholarly output rather than fettering its access and use. Protecting intellectual property rights is an important consideration, as many authors unwittingly sign away all control over their creative output. The CIC encourages contract language that ensures that academic authors retain certain rights that facilitate:
- archiving,
- instructional use, and
- sharing with colleagues to advance discourse and discovery.
Universities whose faculty governance have endorsed the
statement and addendum as of June 2008:
University of Illinois (Chicago and Urbana-Champaign); Indiana University;
University of Iowa; University of Michigan; Michigan State University;
University of Minnesota; Northwestern University; The Ohio State University; Purdue University; The Pennsylvania State University; University of
Wisconsin-Madison.