APC Fund for Authors
The Libraries have created a fund to help Carnegie Mellon authors pay Article Processing Charges (APC) to publish in open access journals – offering up to $1,500 per article, with a cap of $3,000 per author per fiscal year. Ideally, the corresponding author’s department will also contribute to paying the APC.
Copyright & Fair Use – New Resources
Copyright and Plagiarism covers Using Other People’s Copyrighted Work and Managing Your Own Copyrighted Work.
CMU’s succinct updated Fair Use Policy (April 2013) recommends balancing fair use factors ‘in the light of purposes of copyright’ and describes academic best practices for fair use.
A Personal Note on Oklahoma
A note from Gloriana St. Clair’s college roommate, Theresa Jaye, in Oklahoma:
I woke to the sound of thunder at 5:13 am – no one in okieland today could go back to sleep hearing that rumbling. as i rose, i could see sharp, white lightning splitting the clouds, and the bob seger line went with me as i found the morning weather report: “woke last night to the sound of thunder, how far off, i sat and wonder, starting humming a tune from 1962″
Sorrells Library closed for renovations
Sorrells E&S Library in Wean Hall is closed from May 15-Aug. 10 for major renovations. Plans to minimize disruption of the closure are being publicized directly to Sorrells Library constituencies.
Please contact Head of Science Libraries Matt Marsteller at matthewm@andrew.cmu.edu or 412-268-7212 if you have questions or concerns.
Featured Database
Documents and databases on economics, energy, education, health, environment, employment, patents, R&D, finance, governance, agriculture, industry, science, trade, transportation, and more. Global coverage from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. (IEA Databases not included.) More information.
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