Publishers and Web 'Reprints'

[Chiara Fox]

Hello Everyone-

I work at a small scientific research library.  Many of our 
scientists want to have PDF versions of their papers on their lab's 
Web page.  Unfortuntaly, as everyone knows, each publisher has a 
different "Web reprint" policy.   We want to make sure that no one 
violates the copyright permission of a publisher by hosting a PDF 
when they shouldn't.

We are looking into making a Web page that lists the policies of the 
publishers our scientists use most.  I'm envisioning a page that 
lists the publisher (ie: ACS), generally what they allow (Can post 
title, abstract, tables and figures), and a link to the publisher's 
Web page for more detailed information, when available.

I have two main questions for the list:  Has anyone else done this, 
and if so, can I have a look?  I don't really want to reinvent the 
wheel.  Second, should I post the URL of the page to the list once 
I've created the page?  Is this something people are interested in?

Thanks for you help and I hope you are enjoying the holidays!

-Chiara Fox
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Technical Services Librarian
The Rowland Institute for Science
Cambridge, Massachusetts
617.497.4616
617.497.4627 (fax)
http://www.rowland.org/