From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 21:30:23 -0500 Maybe I misread the blog posting -- it seemed to me to say that one option for an author is to transfer partial copyright, rather than the full set of rights. We know that copyright can be divided, so one could theoretically transfer certain rights and retain the rest. This type of division of rights can be called a license, for sure -- but licenses can be identified for any given period of time. For an author's license to be a true "partial transfer of copyright," wouldn't it need to specify that it is for the entire duration of the applicable copyright period? Are authors' licenses to publishers generally written with this kind of specific language, in effect making them serve as a partial copyright transfer? In the case of Haworth below, a non-exclusive license can't possibly be a partial transfer of copyrights, can it? Or maybe I'm splitting hairs here. Or asking my question poorly. I suppose I'm saying that a partial copyright transfer and a license are not the same thing. Thoughts are welcomed. Ann On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 7:12 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > From: "Blobaum, Paul" <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 13:35:30 +0000 > > Sure, Look at the Journal of the Medical Library Association. This > was common with Haworth journals before Taylor and Francis bought it. > Authors retain copyright but give JMLA non exclusive license. > > Paul > > Paul Blobaum, M.A., M.S. > Follow my scholarship at: http://works.bepress.com/paul_blobaum > Full Professor > College of Health and Human Services Librarian Liaison > Scholarly Communications Librarian > Governors State University Library > University Park, IL 60484 708-534 4139 pblobaum at govst dot edu > ________________________________ > > From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask] > Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2015 21:26:15 -0500 > > Here's an interesting blog posting -- does anyone know of any > scholarly journals in which authors transfer copyright partially to > their publishers? In principle it could be done, but do any journals > do this? > > http://knowledgeisotopes.com/blog/open-access-and-copyright-the-changing-landscape-in-scholarly-publication/