Filmmaker Richard Misek has created a short film composed of videos that are already part of the public domain. These videos lack copyright protection, but because there are few high quality copies, the companies that physically own those copies can charge high prices for access. One of Misek’s goals in… read more
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Fair Use Week
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is again celebrating Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week, scheduled for February 20th-24th, 2023. Fair Use Week is designed to celebrate the importance of fair use in the creation of new works – such as books, movies, journal articles, plays, music, art, and much more. ARL… read more
Public Domain for 2023
Happy New Year! January 1, 2023 marks the date that items published in the year 1927 enter the public domain in the United States. Items in the public domain are free from copyright protections and can be legally shared without needing to ask permission or pay fees. January 1st of… read more
Creative Commons Office Hours
The Creative Commons (CC) legal team is making themselves available for office hours on the third Friday of each month. The sessions will start off with some brief comments on current topics and then will open up the floor to anything you’d like to chat about. Note – the CC… read more
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter Digest July 1-15, 2022
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jul 13 A decade of open science: Milestones in achieving UNESCO’s open science recommendations eurekalert.org/news-releases/… via @EurekAlert @GigaScience Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jul 13 5 Open Science practices that improve reproducibility & support trust in science – goo.gl/alerts/3u2oe Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jul 8 How Will Open Access Research Help Tackle Future Pandemics? – News-Medical.Net… read more
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter Digest June 16-30, 2022
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jul 1 Marking A Win for Free Expression Online, Copyright Office Finds that New Forms of … – goo.gl/alerts/LQzAK #GoogleAlerts Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jun 28 OA research soars 70% at Cambridge University Press thebookseller.com/news/oa-resear… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jun 28 Proud Boys Showed Up To A Pride Month Library Event But Were Met With… read more
Public Domain for 2022
Happy New Year! January 1, 2022 marks the date that items published in the year 1926 enter the public domain in the United States. January 1st of any given year is the date that items typically enter into the public domain. This happens 70 years after the death of the… read more
Open Access Week 2021
Knowledge unfortunately isn’t free. Much of the research being conducted at universities, colleges, and institutes around the world is written up by professors, graduate students, and research associates and published in toll-access (subscription) journals. Anyone lacking a subscription to that journal will not be able to access the articles published there. This… read more
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter Digest October 1-15, 2021
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Oct 15 Terminology explained | Open access explained | Library | University of Leeds – goo.gl/alerts/uQrNE #GoogleAlerts Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Oct 12 Publishing paper in top journal costs about $1,000, says study timeshighereducation.com/news/publishin… via @timeshighered Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Oct 12 Why schools are failing female students for success in tech careers openaccessgovernment.org/why-schools-ar… Texas… read more
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter Digest March 16-31, 2021
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Mar 29 The Library of Congress will change its subject heading on the event kfor.com/news/local/lib… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Mar 26 Fugitive Libraries placesjournal.org/article/fugiti… via @PlacesJournal Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Mar 26 Google Scholar’s open-access move ‘sends a powerful message’ researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-world-… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Mar 26 From Fee to Free: The Move to an Open-Access Digital Publication:… read more
