Implementing the Durham Statement

Best Practices for Open Access Law Journals

Friday, October 22, 2010 (all day)

The Durham Statement on Open Access to Legal Scholarship has generated much discussion in legal education because of its call for law schools to move toward electronic publication of their student-edited journals. This workshop was a follow-up to the Durham Statement, aimed primarily at student law review editors, and at law librarians, law review advisers, publishers, and all others who are interested in open access and legal publishing.

The program covered issues and best practices for law journals to consider as they move into electronic publishing. Morning Session speakers included experts on open access in law and in law review publishing. Afternoon panels included developers of electronic journal publishing platforms and technologists knowledgeable regarding access and preservation issues for legal scholarship.

The workshop was webcast live on Duke University's Ustream channel and the Law School home page (see archived links at right; RealPlayer required for viewing). Webcast viewers were able to send questions via email or post questions on Twitter with the hashtag #durhamOA; throughout the day, moderators shared some of these remote questions with workshop participants.

The workshop was co-sponsored by Duke Law School's J. Michael Goodson Law Library and the Center for the Study of the Public Domain, and the Harvard Law School Library. Michelle Pearse, Librarian for Open Access Initiatives and Scholarly Communication at Harvard, and Richard Danner, Rufty Research Professor of Law and Senior Associate Dean for Information Services at Duke, organized the event.

Agenda

Registration: 9:30 am

Morning Session: 10:00 - noon (archived webcast)

Welcome

Richard Danner: Rufty Research Professor of Law and Senior Associate Dean for Information Services
Duke Law School

Michelle Pearse: Librarian for Open Access Initiatives and Scholarly Communication
Harvard Law School Library

Open Access in the Law School Journal Environment

Richard Danner
Duke Law School

Traditional and Open Access Business Models for Law Journals

Phil Rubin: Editor-in-Chief, Duke Law Journal
Duke Law School
Discussion Leader

Respondents: Anthony Arguijo, Texas Law Review; Rocky Collis, Georgetown Law Journal; Stephanie Kissel, Northwestern University Law Review

Copyright and Author Agreements for Open Access Law Journals (view slides)

Benjamin J. Keele: Reference Librarian
Wolf Law Library, William & Mary Law School

Lunch: noon - 1:00 pm

Afternoon Session: 1:00 - 3:30 pm (archived webcast)

Publishing Platforms: Vendor-Supplied or Build Your Own

Paolo Mangiafico: Director of Digital Information Strategy
Duke University
Speaker and Discussion Leader

Formatting and other Issues for Access and Discovery

Wayne V. Miller: Assistant Dean for Academic Technologies
Duke Law School
Speaker and Discussion Leader

Archiving and Preservation for Future Scholars

Stephen Chapman, Project Manager, Digital Lab, Harvard Law School Library
Speaker and Discussion Leader

Respondents for Afternoon Sessions

Jean-Gabriel Bankier, Patti French: Berkeley Electronic Press
Brian Christensen, Gayle Smith: Joe Christensen, Inc.
Jeffrey Dunn: Harvard Law School
James MacGregor: Public Knowledge Project (PKP)
Shannon Hein, Kevin M. Marmion: William S. Hein Company

Wrap-Up: 3:30 - 4:00 pm

Workshop Speakers and other Participants, joined via video conference from Harvard by:
John G. Palfrey: Henry N. Ess III Professor of Law and Vice Dean, Library and Information Resources
Harvard Law School

Peter Suber: Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University and Senior Researcher at SPARC