Nancy Sims

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It’s all the same to me!: Copyright, contracts, and publisher self-archiving policies
(College & Research Libraries News, 2015-12) Sims, Nancy A.
This article explores how publisher polices that distinguish between differently-formatted versions of an article do not correlate with what copyright law considers to be separate "works". Under copyright law, only substantial differences in -creative expression- will create a separate work; a manuscript has the same copyright as the identical text formatted for printing. Regardless of publisher policies, If authors retain copyright ownership, they can archive any version of an article that they wish.
Library licensing and criminal law: The Aaron Swartz case
(College & Research Libraries News, 2011-10) Sims, Nancy, A
Reviews the ways that library licenses for subscription content contributed to criminal charges against activist Aaron Swartz, when he downloaded content from JSTOR on the MIT campus. (Author Note: This piece predates Swartz's death by suicide in 2013.)
My unpublished research was scooped?: Misconduct reveals one way copyright preserves academic values
(College & Research Libraries News, 2016-06) Sims, Nancy A.
Through the lens of a case of academic misconduct involving one research group publishing the findings of another, this article explores why U.S. copyright law does not protect data or ideas, and the related concepts of "idea-expression dichotomy" and the "merger doctrine". It also explains how this approach aligns with important values shared by most academics.
Rights, ethics, accuracy, and open licenses in online collections: What’s “ours” isn’t really ours
(College & Research Libraries News, 2017-02) Sims, Nancy A.
This article explores common practices of cultural organizations sharing collection items online, in which rights are claimed as belonging to the organization that do not, or in which the organization creates confusion for users around who owns or can authorize use of an item.