Juggling Copyright and Open Access in the 21st Century: A South African Case Study [abstract and article]
Abstract
When establishing an institutional repository (IR), one of the first questions an organization should ask is: ‘How can we promote open access (OA) and still adhere to the restrictions
of copyright?’ The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in South Africa has also had to deal with this duality. The main purpose of this paper is to share the processes
and systems that ensure that CSIR adheres to legal requirements while providing OA to research publications.
For copyright clearance, we make extensive use of SHERPA
RoMEO. However, the most important mechanism in our copyright management process is a comprehensive document management workflow system. The system manages the reporting of all our explicit intellectual outputs—OA and proprietary. This paper aims to highlight how publications archived in an IR can be shared and disseminated without legal infringements, and highlights some of the global initiatives to ensure a better flow of information to and from developing countries. It also provides clear evidence that traditional copyright processes and OA can exist together harmoniously.
of copyright?’ The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in South Africa has also had to deal with this duality. The main purpose of this paper is to share the processes
and systems that ensure that CSIR adheres to legal requirements while providing OA to research publications.
For copyright clearance, we make extensive use of SHERPA
RoMEO. However, the most important mechanism in our copyright management process is a comprehensive document management workflow system. The system manages the reporting of all our explicit intellectual outputs—OA and proprietary. This paper aims to highlight how publications archived in an IR can be shared and disseminated without legal infringements, and highlights some of the global initiatives to ensure a better flow of information to and from developing countries. It also provides clear evidence that traditional copyright processes and OA can exist together harmoniously.
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