University Committee on Library and Scholarly Communication (UCOLASC) Reports

Reports

Retention of Author Rights in License to Publish Agreements, Academic Council Chair Cochran's transmittal to President Drake and Provost Newman of UCOLASC Chair Hildebrand's letter to the Project Transform Negotiating Team Co-Chairs, May 2023
- Response from President Drake and Provost Newman regarding Senate concerns about retention of author rights in license to publish agreements, July 2023
Statement of Concern about Possible Budget Cuts to the California Digital Library, from Academic Council Chair Gauvain to Provost Brown, January 2021
UCOLASC Letter on Unspent Subscription Funds, from UCOLASC Chair Ventry to Academic Council Chair Bhavnani, December 2019 )
UCOLASC Endorsement of Priorities for the CoUL Publisher Negotiation Task Force, from UCOLASC Chair Schneider to Publisher Negotiation Task Force Co-Chairs, May 2018
UCOLASC Endorsement of “Negotiating Journal Agreements at UC: A Call to Action,” from UCOLASC Chair Schneider to SLASIAC Chair Waugh, May 2018
Declaration of Rights and Principles to Transform Scholarly Communication, from UCOLASC Chair Schneider, April 2018
Support for the University's Open Access Mission, from Academic Council Chair Chalfant to President Napolitano, July 2017
Open Access Policy Implementation and Funding, from Academic Council Chair Gilly to Provost Dorr, March 2015
Open Access Policy, from Academic Council Chair Powell to Provost and Executive Vice President Dorr, August 2013
- Proposed Open Access Policy, from Academic Council Chair Powell to Provost Dorr, April 2013
UCOLASC Letter regarding the Google Book Search Settlement, from members of the Academic Council and UCOLASC Chair Armi to the Office of the Clerk, J. Michael McMahon, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (8/13/09). This letter was not approved or endorsed by Academic Council.
Letter to UC faculty on Scholarly Publications, from UCOLASC Chair Pitts and the University Librarians to UC Faculty, November 2003
UCOLASC Resolution on Information Literacy (June 9, 2003)

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