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RoMEO studies 7: creation of a controlled vocabulary to analyse copyright transfer agreements

Department of Information Science, Loughborough University

Charles Oppenheim

Department of Information Science, Loughborough University

Steve Probets

Department of Information Science, Loughborough University, s.g.probets{at}lboro.ac.uk

Bill Hubbard

SHERPA, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham

This paper describes the process of creating a controlled vocabulary which can be used to systematically analyse the copyright transfer agreements (CTAs) of journal publishers with regard to self-archiving. The analysis formed the basis of the newly created Copyright Knowledge Bank of publishers' self-archiving policies. Self-archiving terms appearing in publishers' CTAs were identified and classified, then simplified, merged, and discarded to form a definitive list. The controlled vocabulary consists of three categories describing `what' can be self-archived, the `conditions' and the `restrictions' of self-archiving. Condition terms include specifications such as `where' an article can be self-archived; restriction terms include specifications such as `when' the article can be self-archived. Additional information on any of these terms appears in `free-text' fields. Although this controlled vocabulary provides an effective way of analysing CTAs, it will need continual review and updating in light of any major new additions to the terms used in publishers' copyright and self-archiving policies.

Key Words: copyright • self-archiving

This version was published on June 1, 2008

Journal of Information Science, Vol. 34, No. 3, 290-307 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0165551507084141


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