ACRL/ARL/SPARC offer joint Webcast on author rights

Webcast Time: December 14

noon to 1 p.m. Pacific, 1-2 p.m. Mountain, 2-3 p.m.
Central, 3-4 p.m. Eastern

Length: 1 hour

ACRL and ARL, through the Institute on Scholarly Communication,
along with SPARC are sponsoring a special joint Webcast on author
rights. Julia Blixrud, Assistant Director for Public Programs of
SPARC, and Trisha Davis, Rights Management Coordinator of The
Ohio State University Libraries, will discuss ways authors can
amend publisher copyright transfer agreements to keep key rights
to journal articles. This Webcast will provide librarians with
the basic information needed to educate faculty on campus before
they transfer ownership of their intellectual output and help
them understand the consequences and options. Increase your
visibility on campus, your influence on the higher education and
research environment, and become a respected local authority on
this important scholarly communication issue.

Register:

Registration is limited to 75. The cost of the Webcast is being
partially underwritten by the sponsors and offered for $35 to all
participants. For complete information, including a link to
registration, go to:
http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlproftools/authorrights.htm

* Registration is by credit card only.
* ALA members and nonmembers with an existing account will need to use
their login and password to register.
* New users will be asked to create a user account before registering.

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ACRL is a division of the American Library Association (ALA),
representing more than 13,000 academic and research librarians
and interested individuals. ACRL is the only individual
membership organization in North America that develops programs,
products and services to meet the unique needs of academic and
research librarians. Its initiatives enable the higher education
community to understand the role that academic libraries play in
the teaching, learning and research environments.