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E-books: Developments and Policy Considerations: October 29, 2012

"Books are undergoing a massive transformation from being a physical object to something electronic, or an "e-book". And while e-book sales still make up only a small proportion of…
The Direction of Fair Use for Education: New Law and New Possibilities: July 12, 2012

Copyright and fair use has long been a critical element of innovative technologies. On campus, we steadily create new works and use existing ones—and nearly all of them are automatically pr…
Free Digital Textbooks, More For-Profit Accountability Coming to California: September 28, 2012

As reported by Inside Higher Ed , new laws enacted in California will have significant impacts on higher education in the state. The Los Angeles Times reports that two companion pi…
What's at Stake in the HathiTrust Lawsuit?: October 28, 2011

On September 12, the Authors Guild, the Australian Society of Authors, the Union Des Écrivaines et des Écrivains Québécois (UNEQ), and eight individual authors filed suit against HathiTrust, …
Digital Books and Your Rights: A Checklist for Readers: February 24, 2010

After several years of false starts, the universe of digital books seems at last poised to expand dramatically. Readers should view this expansion with both excitement and wariness. Excitement be…
Why Lakoff still matters: Framing the debate on copyright law and digital publishing: June 1, 2009

In 2004, linguist and cognitive scientist George Lakoff popularized the idea of using metaphors and “frames” to promote progressive political issues. Although his theories have since been cri…
A Review of the Open Educational Resources Movement: Achievement, Challenges and New Opportunities: February 27, 2007

This report examines The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation’s past investments in Open Educational Resources, the emerging impact and explores future opportunities. Central to the report …
JSTOR Amicus Brief: October 18, 2007

EDUCAUSE joined a broad coalition in filing an amicus, or friend of the court, brief on behalf of the National Geographic Society which seeks permission to reproduce a print collective work in el…
Advancing Scholarship and Intellectual Productivity:: January 1, 2006

© 2006 Clifford A. Lynch and Brian L. Hawkins EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 41, no. 3 (May/June 2006): 44–56. Advancing Scholarship and Intellectual Productivity: An Interview with Cliffor…
Developing Legal and Policy Frameworks to Sustain Digital Scholarship: October 19, 2005 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2005 Annual Conference
Scholars producing complex born-digital scholarship need new models of institutional support, including different distribution channels for finished projects. Libraries are thus expanding their rol…

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