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5 Things You Should Read about Copyright and Sharing Instructional Materials
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July 10, 2008
This ACRL publication serves to instruct and educate readers about topics relevant to library instruction, which are either timely or underdiscussed. The publication's emphasis is on current…
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A Review of the Open Educational Resources Movement: Achievement, Challenges and New Opportunities
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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 …
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Acquiring Copyright Permission to Digitize and Provide Open Access to Books
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January 1, 2005
What are the stumbling blocks to digitization? Is copyright law a major barrier? Is it easier to negotiate with some types of publishers than with others? To what extent does the age of the materia…
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Apple's Jobs Calls for DRM-free World
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January 1, 2007
"In a rare open letter from CEO Steve Jobs on Tuesday, Apple has urged record companies to abandon digital rights management technologies." &…
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Berners-Lee Gets Technical on The Hill
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January 1, 2007
Tim Berners-Lee recently went to Congress with a global view of the future of the Internet and was hit with a dose of here-and-now U.S. policy questions, including network neutrality, and digital r…
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British Library Calls for Digital Copyright Action
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January 1, 2006
The British Library has called for a wide-scale revision of existing copyright law, which, it said, inadequately addresses digital content, putting too much control into the hands of content produc…
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Cal State's Strong Push for Accessible Technology Gets Results
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December 12, 2010
Over the past five years, Cal State has waged one of higher education's most aggressive campaigns for accessible technology. It has adopted stringent standards for vendors and employees. Alo…
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CALEA: It doesn't apply to universities and libraries after all
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May 17, 2007
"Back in 2005-2006, when CALEA (the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act) was being expanded to cover broadband providers and VoIP companies, libraries and universities raised a…
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Central E-mail Archiving and Retention Services
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February 23, 2011
This North Carolina State University page explains employee class codes and which ones are required to archive their e-mail. This North Carolina …
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Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries
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February 1, 2012
This guide was published by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) as a clear and easy-to-use statement of fair and reasonable approaches to fair use developed by and for librarians who sup…

















