The University of Northern Colorado Libraries, in association with the University of Northern Colorado Graduate School, is bringing to campus Kevin Smith, Scholarly Communications Officer at Duke University, to talk about the rights of authors related to copyright in the digital environment.

o When – Tuesday, April 21, 1-2 p.m.

o Where – Panorama Room in the University Center, University of Northern Colorado

o Title – Who will control faculty scholarship, or , will your book be in Google?

o Speaker   -
Kevin Smith has been the Scholarly Communications Officer at Duke since June, 2006.  He began his academic career with graduate work in theology and literature at Yale and the University of Chicago, then obtained a library degree from Kent State University in 1995.  He has worked as an academic librarian in both liberal arts colleges and specialized theological libraries.  He completed a law degree while serving as the library director at Defiance College in Ohio, where he also taught Constitutional law.  His legal studies were the culmination of a long-standing interest in intellectual property issues and their relationship to broader legal concerns in higher education.  As Duke's first Scholarly Communications Officer, Kevin's principal role is to teach and advise faculty, administration and students about copyright, intellectual property licensing and scholarly publishing; he also serves on the University's Intellectual Property Board and gives numerous presentations for faculty and librarians both at Duke and around the country.  His highly-regarded blog on scholarly communications issues is found at http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/

Author rights related to copyright are becoming especially important as we move into the digital environment.  Faculty authors have traditionally transferred the copyright of their journal articles to publishers.  Now technology makes it possible for authors to make their journal articles available in electronic format on their webpages and in digital repositories.  With the development of the Alliance Digital Repository, local repository initiatives, and the NIH mandate that researchers funded by NIH deposit in PubMed Central their peer-reviewed manuscripts upon acceptance for publication, it is particularly important that  faculty and graduate students, among others, understand their rights as authors and options for retaining at least some rights to their work.

Please consider attending and share this information with your colleagues.  Thank you.

Metered parking is available in the parking lot on the north side of the University Center, or a $3.00 daily parking pass can be purchased from a dispenser for parking on the north or south sides of the University Center. Street parking around the University Center is free.

Joan Lamborn

Co-chair , University Libraries Scholarly Communication Committee

University of Northern Colorado