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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Recently we’ve had several patrons contact us after submitting articles to predatory publishers and trying to withdraw them. I’m working on a libguide about predatory publishing and would like to include template letters for article withdraw
and suggestions on if/when to involve General Counsel. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I understand that authors have more legal standing if they haven’t signed an agreement transferring copyright and I’ve found a couple of good template letters that authors can use in this case. I’d love to know if anyone else has assertive
template language that has been successful at getting articles withdrawn. Also, do you advise authors to work with General Counsel to pursue withdraw when rights haven’t been transferred and requests to the publisher don’t work?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I don’t think the same type of letter could be used for authors who signed something transferring their copyright to the publisher, though I’ve seen it is still advised that they write to the publisher/editors requesting withdraw and return
of rights. Does anyone have an assertive template letter for this scenario? Is your General Counsel willing to get involved in any way if an agreement has been signed?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I appreciate any suggestions and will of course provide attribution in my libguide for any recommendations that I use.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#864661">Kristin Sederstrom<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#864661">Electronic Resources Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#864661">A.R. Dykes Library of the Health Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#864661">University of Kansas Medical Center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#864661"><a href="mailto:kaz@kumc.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">kaz@kumc.edu</span></a>
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