nbsp;http://www.arl.org/news/pr/spec310-1july…
Washington DC—The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published Author Addenda, SPEC Kit 310, which explores how ARL member libraries are promoting the use of author addenda by researchers at their institutions.
Recent developments in scholarly communication have raised the issue of author rights on academic campuses with increasing frequency. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) [...]
nbsp;http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/google-michiga…
On May 20, 2009, Google and the University of Michigan (Michigan) entered into
an amendment that expanded the 2004 agreement that allowed Google to scan books in
the Michigan library for inclusion in Google’s search database. The new agreement (the
Amendment) addresses the provisions of the proposed settlement agreement between
Google and the plaintiffs in the Google Book Search [...]
nbsp;http://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/docum…
Organisations across the UK’s public sector are responsible for the management of and provision of access to a huge range of content in many formats. These are likely to range from works with high commercial value, such as fine art and commercial films with attributable artists and/or rights holders and collecting societies, to works of [...]
nbsp;http://www.col.org/SiteCollectionDocumen…
The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) is an intergovernmental organisation created by Commonwealth Heads of Government to
encourage the development and sharing of open learning and distance education knowledge, resources and technologies.
© Julien Hofman and Commonwealth of Learning, 2009
http://www.bl.uk/ip/pdf/copyrightresearchreport.pdf
Golden Opportunity or Digital Black Hole?
“Copyright is at the heart of our successful knowledge economy. In the 21st Century,
access to technology, information and knowledge are the key to economic success
and are governed by our current copyright laws. Copyright has successfully maintained
a balance in the public interest for creators and researchers for 300 years. Yet copyright
is [...]
nbsp;http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/fil…
Timothy K. Armstrong, An Introduction to Publication Agreements for Authors, a hand-out for a workshop, May 6, 2009. Armstrong is a copyright specialists at the University of Cincinnati College of Law.
source: OAN
nbsp;http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/e…
Abstract: This ECAR research bulletin focuses on institutional intellectual property (IP) policy related to instructional products and systems generally and to e-learning specifically. It contrasts IP policies that apply in face-to-face instructional settings with those in e-learning environments, and it highlights the role that Web 2.0 applications play in those policies.
Available to UM staff [...]
March 13, 2009 – 10:19 am
nbsp;http://www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/pub144…
This report addresses the question of what libraries and archives are legally empowered to do to preserve and make accessible for research their holdings of unpublished pre-1972 sound recordings. The report’s author, June M. Besek, is executive director of the Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts at Columbia Law School.
Unpublished sound recordings are [...]
February 24, 2009 – 6:39 am
nbsp;http://www.ences.eu/index.php?id=42
Paul Ayris, The Future of Scholary Publication [pdf]
Hélène Bosc, Open Access to the Scientific Literature (text) [pdf]
Hélène Bosc, Open Acces to the Research Literature (slides) [pdf]
Séverine Dusollier, A Systematic Approach to Exceptions in the EU [pdf]
Lucie Guibault, A Framework for an Obligatory System of Exceptions and Limitations [pdf]
Stevan Harnad, Copyright Reform Should not be Made [...]
February 6, 2009 – 6:32 am
nbsp;http://www.serci.org/default.asp
Publisher: The Society for Economic Research on Copyright Issues
The Society for Economic Research on Copyright Issues (SERCI) was established during the year 2001, with the principal objective of providing a solid academic platform from which scientific debate concerning copyright, dealt with from an economic theory perspective, can be launched and defended.
SERCI aims to actively promote [...]
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