From: Ari Belenkiy <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 18:33:30 -0800 What's happened with the subscriptions to this journal? Or were they secured in advance as a part of a "big deal"? Ari Belenkiy SFU Canada On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 4:34 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > From: "Oosman, Aalia" <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 15:51:53 +0000 > > Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, has been running a Library & > Information Science Author Rights pilot scheme that allows authors to > post their peer-reviewed Author Accepted Manuscript (AAM) to an > institutional repository immediately after publication. The two year > pilot scheme, first introduced in 2011, has now been extended for at > least a further year to enable Routledge to consider alternative > approaches to copyright and to find sustainable ways of extending > author rights. > > As part of the pilot, a survey was conducted by Routledge to canvas > opinions on the Library & Information Science Author Rights initiative > and also investigated author and researcher behaviour and views on > author rights policies, embargos and posting work to repositories. > The survey, eliciting over 500 responses, offers a fascinating insight > into the current thinking of authors & researchers globally across the > discipline of Library & Information Science. Having the option to > upload their work to a repository directly after publication is very > important to these authors: more than 2/3 of respondents rated the > ability to upload their work to repositories at 8, 9, or 10 out of 10, > with the vast majority saying they feel strongly that authors should > have this right. > > The implementation of the author rights pilot saw the number of > respondents who would recommend Routledge as a publishing outlet > increase by 34% while the average willingness to publish with > Routledge on a scale of 1 to 10 increased from 6.6 to 8.3. The shift > in response from Library and Information Science professionals towards > Routledge’s publishing program before and after the launch of this > initiative practically demonstrates the enthusiasm for immediate > upload of non-embargoed content within the library community. > Routledge is dedicated to developing publishing models that suit the > needs of the Library & Information Science community. > > Tracy Roberts, Editorial Director comments “It is clear that the > ability to upload articles to a repository directly after publication > is a key concern for LIS authors. We are delighted to announce that we > have now extended this pilot to the end of 2014 supporting research > within this discipline, as well as affording us additional time to > monitor the effects of this pilot study.” > > For further details on the pilot program, visit: > http://journalauthors.tandf.co.uk/preparation/lisrights.asp > > For more information, please contact: > > Stacy Sieck, Associate Editor, Taylor & Francis Group > email: [log in to unmask]