These difficulties have highlighted the importance of having an institutional statement
of copyright, which supports and encourages authors to retain control over their work.
This was a recommendation made to the University’s Information Services
Committee in May 2006: this was generally supported and Mary Morley (University
Librarian) and Professor Charles Oppenheim (Department of Information Science)
were asked to draft a document for circulation to all members of staff. This paper
includes two main points: