Publishing through UC’s eScholarship Insert Name/Title date The following slides are based on the work of the UCLA Library Scholarly Communications Steering Committee

Our Agenda What is eScholarship Benefits A Versatile eJournal Platform Key Contacts for Support

Disclaimer I am not an attorney, and cannot offer legal advice. The following information is presented to educate about copyright law and institutional policy in general terms. If you are unclear about your options when confronted with a specific legal issue related to copyright, you are urged to consult with an attorney with a background in copyright law.

Open access scholarly publishing services for the University of California A dynamic research platform for scholars worldwide What is eScholarship?

A Forward Looking Resource “ eScholarship is a profoundly forward- looking resource and instrument for global scholarship.” - Shirley Geok-Lin Lim, Professor, English UC Santa Barbara

Expanded Access “ Since we started uploading our research to eScholarship, the number of people accessing our publications has grown exponentially. ” - R. Bradley Sears, Executive Director The Williams Institute UCLA School of Law

A Call To Action “eScholarship can be seen as a call to action, challenging scholars to regain control over the distribution of their work.” -Keith Yamamoto, Professor Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology, UCSF

The Early History eScholarship as a Repository

The University as Publisher “The University faces continuing erosion of its ability to purchase the resources necessary to support its research and teaching enterprise and should take a direct approach to combating the problem. The University should play a greater role in publishing scholarly work…” -- “Publishing Needs and Opportunities at the University of California,” SLASIAC Task Force (2007)

The Present and Future eScholarship as a Publishing Platform

eScholarship 2009 Relaunch Contextualized publications Improved access (search and display) Refocused mission/message

Keep your copyright Reach more readers Publish when you want to Protect your work’s future …all with no fees Why Publish through eScholarship?

Faculty Researchers Graduate Students Departments Research Units Publishing Programs Who can use it?

eJournals Postprints Working Papers Paper/Seminar Series Conference Proceedings Books Typical Publications

eScholarship by the numbers Journals: 27 UC Research Units: 235 Publications: 30,917 Downloads: 8,980,000 As of October, 2009

Benefits of eScholarship Software makes publication and dissemination quick and efficient. Allows non-text content to be published with articles, including data, images, etc. Uses infrastructure provided by the university at no charge Provides statistics on downloads

Benefits of eScholarship Increased visibility Guaranteed permanence Offers an alternative form of scholarly communication

Benefits Author retention of copyright Increased citation rates MS & peer-review management Perpetual access & preservation Google search optimization Full-text search & display Comprehensive usage data Free setup, training & support

eScholarship for eJournals An online platform to host your journal A streamlined submission and editorial process A way to increase access to, visibility for, and readership of your journal

eScholarship Set-up

UC Publishing Services (UCPubS) UCPubS provides open access digital and print publishing tools for UC centers, institutes, and departments that produce scholarly books.

UC Publishing Services (UCPubS) Extend your publishing capacity with shared UC resources Use multiple publishing platforms to reach new audiences Place your research in a UC context and a global conversation

eScholarship and Your Journal Simple set-up Training on software provided Work with eScholarship library liaison at UCLA

About Authors “Under copyright law, the creator of the original expression in a work is its author. The author is also the owner of copyright unless there is a written agreement by which the author assigns the copyright to another person or organization, such as a publisher.” 17 U.S.C. 101 et seq, UC Policy on Copyright Ownership, section IV

The 1992 Policy Framework “Copyright ownership resides with the originator of the work if it is: –Scholarly/Aesthetic Work done by faculty and designated academic employees –Personal Work, which is a work developed by a university employee outside the scope of their university employment and without university resources –Student Work –Copyrighted Works created at the University of California” See

Joint Authors “Absent an agreement to the contrary, authors own the work jointly and equally. Each joint author, therefore, has the right to exercise any or all of the exclusive rights inherent in the joint work.”

What You CAN Do Retain Your Copyright Discuss Authors Rights with your colleagues Contribute to eScholarship! Support Open Access Journals

Contacts Copyright and Intellectual Property –Martin Brennan –Angela Riggio –Sharon Farb

Thank You! Acknowledgements The preceding slides are based on the work of the UCLA Library Scholarly Communications Steering Committee, and Elise Proulx of the California Digital Library