News Archive
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- Donor support funds important collection acquisitions during 2006-2007
- February 15, 2007: Free-science movement gains a foothold at Berkeley.
Article by Barry Bergman in the Berkeleyan. - February 7, 2007: UC Executive Vice Provost Rory Hume issued a request for review of proposed University of California Open Access Policy to the Chancellors and Senate Chair John Oakley.
This policy proposal and related materials were prepared by an ad hoc working group appointed by Provost Hume in response to a proposal unanimously approved by the Academic Assembly and forwarded to President Dynes in May 2006 to adopt a policy — titled then as the "UC Faculty Scholarly Work Copyright Rights Policy" — which confirms UC faculty ownership of copyright of their scholarly work, but through which faculty would grant a limited and non-exclusive permission to the Regents to make work published in a scholarly journal or conference proceedings publicly accessible by posting it in an open, on-line repository of scholarly publications. - UC's Academic Council Special Committee on Scholarly Communication developed several white papers for discussion by UC, now underway.
- UC Berkeley Faculty Conference on Scholarly Publishing, March 31, 2005. Break-out sessions allowed faculty to discuss concrete actions the campus might take to change the dynamics of scholarly communication.
- UC Berkeley Academic Senate adopts a Statement of Principles on Scholarly Publishing, March 2005 (PDF).
- UC Systemwide Library and Scholarly Information Advisory Committee (SLASIAC) adopts Resolution I: The University's Role in Fostering Positive Change in Scholarly Communication.
- Letter from UL Tom Leonard to UCB Faculty (PDF) announces the launch of eScholarship's Postprint Service, February 7, 2005.
- Letter from Academic Council Chair George Blumenthal and the University Librarians to faculty regarding 2005 negotiations with commercial and society publishers, January 14, 2005 (PDF).
- Letter from Lawrence Pitts, Chair of the UC Academic Senate, and the University Librarians to UC faculty at the successful conclusion of negotiations with Elsevier, January 7, 2004 (PDF).
- Letter from Lawrence Pitts, Chair of the UC Academic Senate, to UC faculty setting out the critical problems faced in negotiations for access to electronic journals, October 15, 2003 (PDF).
- Letter from Chancellor Berdahl and the UC Berkeley Academic Senate Library Committee to UC Berkeley on Libraries, September 2003 (PDF).
- Press release from the UC Berkeley Graduate Assembly, September 2003.
- The Emerging Influence of Technology on Scholarly Communication and Publishing: Planning for a Decade of Change, UC Systemwide Library Planning, August 2003.
- Reshaping Scholarly Communication: a UC website setting forth the issues, facts, and strategic actions being undertaken at UC. Also includes news and events, and resources for reference.
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