Race and Policing Research Library LIVE
Update 2016-07-17 10:49
We are working on making #RxPRL a repository that authors can opt-into to share their manuscripts. For now, we have made the bibliography available via a CSV file, an ENDNOTE library, and a Zotero library. We have also made PDFs of manuscripts available from authors who have opted-into the library (now, repository) that were received in one of the formats approved for self-distribution. What an author can self-distribute varies by journal and publisher. See the guidelines set forth by SHERPA/RoMEO. If you are interested in posting content you created to the Repository (#RxPRR), please post a comment on the "Opt-In-To-Posting.docx" document on the base folder of the library that indicates: 1) the link to where you have self-distributed the document; and 2) whether the publication is a peer-reviewed scholarly article, non-peer-reviewed scholarly article, policy statement, report, or blog post. These represent the only documents we are considering right now for the Race and Policing Research Repository.
The Race and Policing Research Library is LIVE again and publicly accessible, providing free content on research at the intersections of race and policing.
NATURE OF UPDATE
This is an update on the types of documents that can be shared in the Race and Policing Research Library. This update supersedes previous updates made regarding the Race and Policing Research Library on the accessibility of shared manuscripts.
We have faced resistance to making research on race and policing available to the general public for the purposes of achieving justice. This is understandable given the bureaucratization of higher education and academic publishing, but we are committed to getting manuscripts to the public for FREE. Previously, I made these materials available via a password-protected link to my personal Dropbox folder. This may be a viable option that does not violate fair use precedent; however, until I obtain official legal representation (in the works), I have taken this material offload. That is the most disappointing news I have to share with you today: It gets better! Read on!
ON WHAT MATERIALS CAN BE SHARED WITHOUT COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
I have gathered enough legal counsel to know that we will no longer be able to accept manuscripts that are copyrighted by journals or distribution services into the library. For those of you who have contributed copyrighted materials to myself or members of the Editorial Board personally, you will not be able to access this material until we are sure that we can do so, legally and ethically.
Still, for the moment, we can accept the following materials:
1) a hyperlink to the copyrighted manuscript
2) a citation reference to the copyrighted manuscript
3) a bibliographic citation file with a link to the published manuscript. We prefer Zotero, Endnote, and RIS files.
4) pre-Prints of the manuscript -- these are versions of the article from before peer-review and revisions
5) post-Prints of the manuscript if they have already been published to the authors' personal websites or in the authors' institutional repository. Post-Prints are the final version the authors submitted to the journal.
6) open-access manuscripts in their final published form.
Please continue to contribute by sending me a personal email at my Emory website.
ON RACE AND POLICING RESEARCH LIBRARY WORKING GROUP
Given this insight, we are in the process of converting all copyrighted material in the Library to one of the above-mentioned forms. It is not available as of 2016-07-15 02:14. However, a CSV file with information about the content that is in this file is available at the Dropbox folder for FREE. Once the conversion process is completed, the Race and Policing Research Library will be made available to the general public without password-protection.
For latest updates on the development of this issue of access, please see the original post at Voice of Consciousness introducing the Library to the community.
Thanks for your understanding,
Abigail A. Sewell
We are working on making #RxPRL a repository that authors can opt-into to share their manuscripts. For now, we have made the bibliography available via a CSV file, an ENDNOTE library, and a Zotero library. We have also made PDFs of manuscripts available from authors who have opted-into the library (now, repository) that were received in one of the formats approved for self-distribution. What an author can self-distribute varies by journal and publisher. See the guidelines set forth by SHERPA/RoMEO. If you are interested in posting content you created to the Repository (#RxPRR), please post a comment on the "Opt-In-To-Posting.docx" document on the base folder of the library that indicates: 1) the link to where you have self-distributed the document; and 2) whether the publication is a peer-reviewed scholarly article, non-peer-reviewed scholarly article, policy statement, report, or blog post. These represent the only documents we are considering right now for the Race and Policing Research Repository.
The Race and Policing Research Library is LIVE again and publicly accessible, providing free content on research at the intersections of race and policing.
NATURE OF UPDATE
This is an update on the types of documents that can be shared in the Race and Policing Research Library. This update supersedes previous updates made regarding the Race and Policing Research Library on the accessibility of shared manuscripts.
We have faced resistance to making research on race and policing available to the general public for the purposes of achieving justice. This is understandable given the bureaucratization of higher education and academic publishing, but we are committed to getting manuscripts to the public for FREE. Previously, I made these materials available via a password-protected link to my personal Dropbox folder. This may be a viable option that does not violate fair use precedent; however, until I obtain official legal representation (in the works), I have taken this material offload. That is the most disappointing news I have to share with you today: It gets better! Read on!
ON WHAT MATERIALS CAN BE SHARED WITHOUT COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
I have gathered enough legal counsel to know that we will no longer be able to accept manuscripts that are copyrighted by journals or distribution services into the library. For those of you who have contributed copyrighted materials to myself or members of the Editorial Board personally, you will not be able to access this material until we are sure that we can do so, legally and ethically.
Still, for the moment, we can accept the following materials:
1) a hyperlink to the copyrighted manuscript
2) a citation reference to the copyrighted manuscript
3) a bibliographic citation file with a link to the published manuscript. We prefer Zotero, Endnote, and RIS files.
4) pre-Prints of the manuscript -- these are versions of the article from before peer-review and revisions
5) post-Prints of the manuscript if they have already been published to the authors' personal websites or in the authors' institutional repository. Post-Prints are the final version the authors submitted to the journal.
6) open-access manuscripts in their final published form.
Please continue to contribute by sending me a personal email at my Emory website.
ON RACE AND POLICING RESEARCH LIBRARY WORKING GROUP
Given this insight, we are in the process of converting all copyrighted material in the Library to one of the above-mentioned forms. It is not available as of 2016-07-15 02:14. However, a CSV file with information about the content that is in this file is available at the Dropbox folder for FREE. Once the conversion process is completed, the Race and Policing Research Library will be made available to the general public without password-protection.
For latest updates on the development of this issue of access, please see the original post at Voice of Consciousness introducing the Library to the community.
Thanks for your understanding,
Abigail A. Sewell
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