[ From another listserv]: The Chronicle of Higher Education is sponsoring an on-line discussion this week on the issues raised by a story about a debate at the California Institute of Technology over whether professors should try to retain the copyright on the articles they publish in journals. The provost at Caltech is pushing the plan as a way to deal with the rising costs of journals, but some faculty members fear that going along would hurt their chances of getting published. The story and and the on-line discussion can be found at: http://www.chronicle.com/colloquy/98/copyright/background.htm
________________________________________________________ A Provost Challenges His Faculty to Keep Copyright on Journal Articles He asks: Why should colleges pay publishers to gain access to work produced on the campus? By LISA GUERNSEY Steven E. Koonin, provost of the California Institute of Technology, has an idea about journals and copyright, an idea radical enough to change the way scholars share the results of their research. It has already intrigued his colleagues, prompted a rigorous debate among professors, and disturbed some of the biggest players in scholarly publishing. Go to: http://www.chronicle.com/free/v45/i04/04a02901.htm for more information. Joe ________________________________________________________________ Joseph R. Kraus Science Librarian Penrose Library Univ. of Denver 2150 E. Evans Denver, CO 80208 (303) 871-4586 jokr...@du.edu http://www.du.edu/~jokraus