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This article underwent fully-anonymous peer review in accordance with JLSC's peer review policy.

In the last round of author sharing policy revisions, Elsevier created a labyrinthine title-by-title embargo structure requiring embargoes from 12-48 months for author sharing via institutional repository (IR), while permitting immediate sharing via author's personal website or blog. At the same time, all pre-publication versions are to bear a Creative Commons-Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) license. At the time this policy was announced, it was rightly criticized by many in the scholarly communication community as overly complicated and unnecessary. However, this CC licensing requirement creates an avenue for subverting the embargo in the IR to achieve quicker open distribution of the author's accepted manuscript. In short, authors may post an appropriately licensed copy on their personal site, at which point we may deposit without embargo in the IR, not through the license granted in the publication agreement, but through the CC license on the author's version, which the sharing policy mandates. This poster outlines this issue, our experimentation with application, and engages viewers in questions regarding its potential risks, benefits, and workflows.For more information, including supplementary notes, see http://hdl.handle.net/1808/24107 .

The distinguished legacy of libraries is connecting people with resources, at no charge: "Free to All." As libraries increasingly assume the role of publisher, we must honor that legacy, acting as "library publishers" rather than "publishing libraries." The core library value of access supports the great opportunity to share knowledge and push innovation, thus driving our entry into publishing. This evolution is complementary to established publishing structures. We argue herein that as libraries invest more in this space, we must uphold our values and principles of access and discoverability. This evolution is not an indictment of traditional publishers and university presses, who will remain important in the emergent 21st century publishing environment. Publishing

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