On June 5, 2012, the journals of the Modern Language Association (MLA) adopted new author agreements that allow the authors to deposit their journal articles in open-access repositories, and to post on personal and departmental websites.
The Inside Higher Ed article, MLA Shift on Copyright, notes that
The new MLA policy appears to move beyond those of other humanities organizations.
AAA members should rest assured that such an agreement is not new to publishing; in fact AAA journal authors have enjoyed this practice for quite a while. In the author agreement for AAA journals, the author reserves the right (among other rights) to post his/her article on the author’s personal or institutional website, and to post the article on free, discipline-specific public servers. Because of these clauses, AAA’s author agreement is rated green by SHERPA/RoMEO, a project designed to help facilitate green open access. Such status has been enjoyed by AAA and its journal authors since January, 2009.
Learn more about the additional steps AAA has taken to facilitate access to its publications in order to widely disseminate the works of its members and to further the discipline of anthropology.
Filed under: Publications, Resources | Tagged: AAA journals, AAA Publications FAQ, author rights and permissions, Inside Higher Ed, Modern Language Association, SHERPA/RoMEO | 4 Comments »
Anthropology: the major, the career
During this week there has been quite the conversation about adjuncts and their working conditions in the press. These articles have lead to further conversation in the blogosphere in regards anthropology adjuncts and anthropology in academia in general. Here is a round up of the conversations:
Articles:
The Adjunct Scramble by Kaustuv Basu in Inside Higher Ed
How Universities Treat Adjuncts Limits Their Effectiveness in the Classroom, Report Says by Audrey Williams June in The Chronicle of Higher Education
The Closing of American Academia by Sarah Kendzior in Al Jazeera
Blog posts:
Less Than Zero Anthropology by Eliza Jane Darling on Zero Anthropology
Anthropology is the worst college major for being a corporate tool, best major to change your life by Jason Antrosio on Living Anthropologically
Anthropology minus one and counting and Academia, closed by Ryan Anderson on Savage Minds
From the conversations, there seems to two camps. One with a negative future on academia in general and the success of students pursuing a career in academia. The other with a positive outlook on the field of anthropology due to its versatility and broad scope of skills the discipline can provide; however, also recognizing that adjunct positions are challenging.
Is academia “less than zero” like Darling suggests? Is academia what we make of it as Anderson suggests? Is academia in need of change in order to meet the needs of underemployed graduates as Antrosio suggests? Or perhaps a bit of them all?
Filed under: Anthro in the Media, Commentary | Tagged: Al Jazeera, anthropology in academia, Audrey Williams, Eliza Jane Darling, Inside Higher Ed, Jason Antrosio, Kaustuv Basu, Living Anthropologically, Ryan Anderson, Sarah Kendzior, Savage Minds, The Chronicle of Higher Education, underemployment, Zero Anthropology | 11 Comments »