Academic Journal Authors

[We hope you'll take a look at the opinion piece referenced below and call it to the attention of colleagues who might be interested, either directly or via appropriate e-mail lists and bulletin boards.]

Alexandra Owens
<asja[_at_]compuserve.com>

JOURNAL AUTHORS:
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LANDLORDS
OR MIGRANT WORKERS? Contributors to scientific, medical, technical, and academic journals of all kinds routinely sign over copyright to their publishers. But is it fair? Is it right? Is it smart for the authors?

Those timely questions are explored in an article on academic authors' property rights by Dan Carlinsky, vice president for contracts of the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA). They're questions being asked in organizations like the Association of American Universities and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; at places like Cal Tech, the University of Kansas, and Yale; and in the pages of such publications as Science and The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Find it and read it at http://www.asja.org/academic.htm or request a copy in an e-mail message to the American Society of Journalists and Authors (asja[_at_]compuserve.com). Received on Mon Mar 15 1999 - 23:42:43 GMT