More fundamentally, who owns the copyright of publicly funded research anyway? Is it one, or generally more than one, author or is it the the funder of the research, representing the public domain?
Leo Waaijers.
From: "Wallis, Lisa" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2018 16:37:46 -0600
This seems to come up fairly regularly in some of the ProQuest collections (e.g. Social Science Premium). In fact, we include a note in our link resolver menu that says "Some individual issues or articles may not be available online."
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Here is PQ's language from their support center.
On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 7:15 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: Susan Klein <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2018 15:02:37 +0000
I agree with Kevin's explanation for the possible occurrence.
Susan Raidy-Klein
Associate Librarian, Acquisitions & Collection Development
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
From: "Smith, Kevin L" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2018 15:18:50 +0000
Based on this limited information, this sounds like a failure of licensing, and should not be a common occurrence. There is no reason, in principle, why an article for which the author retains copyright should not appear in an aggregator database. The publisher, presumably, stands between the author and the aggregator; they negotiate with both the author and the aggregator. If an author wants to retain copyright, the publisher should be negotiating a license to publish with that author that takes account of their agreements with any aggregators. Perhaps the author was unwilling to allow republication in an aggregator, but it is hard to see why they would be. This seems like it is fundamentally the publisher’s responsibility, as the party to both agreements.
Kevin Smith
On Feb 26, 2018, at 6:51 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 11:29:50 -0500
Sarah Taylor has kindly permitted us to forward this message to liblicense-l readers. It's an interesting topic. And the journal referenced is: International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education.
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From: Taylor, Sarah <000011bdf47b6020-dmarc-[log in to unmask] >
Date: Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 10:43 AM
Subject: [lis-e-resources] Author assigned copyright = no access?
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Hi all,
Has anyone else come across a situation whereby an aggregator has not been able to provide full text access to a single article in a journal issue because the author has retained copyright? I honestly don’t think I have (until this morning!) and am slightly concerned that this might be a common occurrence.
Thanks.
Best wishes,
SarahSarah Taylor
Electronic Resources Librarian
The Peter Marsh Library
University of Bolton
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