Author self-archiving: Copyright
Publishers’ policies: many allow post publication e-prints to be deposited in e-archives by authors
If they do not, there is an alternative known as the Harnad/Oppenheim strategy
Notes:
Many journals (even Nature) allow pre-prints to be deposited on servers without compromising (publishers’) copyright.
Elsevier's CEO, Derk Haank, gave an interview in the April 2002 Information Today: "You can put your paper on your own Web site if you want. The only thing we insist on is that if we publish your article you don't publish it in a Springer or Wiley journal, too. In fact, I believe we have the most liberal copyright policy available."
Many allow post publication e-prints to be deposited in this way.
If they do not, there is an alternative known as the Harnad/Oppenheim strategy:
This allows authors to make available on the Internet a pre-print (pre-refereed version) of their article plus an appended list of the changes made in response to referees’ comments. This version can be made freely available without breaking the terms of most copyright agreements.
(Links to publishers’ statements on copyright and self-archiving are in the handout.)