Starting this month, we will create a digest every 2 weeks of the tweets we have sent out via Texas ScholarWorks and share it here. We try to find any interesting news pertaining to Open Access, archives, and libraries, in general. Remember, you can also follow us on Twitter here:… read more
Fair Use Workshop Feb. 27th
Fair Use Week takes place from February 25-March 1. It’s an opportunity to celebrate one of the most important, and yet frequently misunderstood, parts of U.S. copyright law. UT Libraries will be celebrating with a workshop about fair use on Wednesday, Feb. 27th from 12:00-1:00pm in PCL Learning Lab 2.… read more
"Yes, We're Celebrating Open Education!" Exhibit
In recognition of Open Education week (March 5-9), the Libraries have created a display to highlight the value of open educational resources at a time when the cost of a college education is at a premium. “Yes, We’re Celebrating Open Education!” will be hosted at the Scholars Commons in the… read more
Fair Use Wrap Up
Thank you for celebrating Fair Use Week 2018 with us! I hope you’ve found the resources we’ve shared to be helpful, and I hope you’ve had an opportunity to check out the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag #fairuseweek. I want to share a few more helpful resources that have… read more
Evaluating Fair Use
Fair Use Week day four! Hopefully you’ve enjoyed some of the fair use resources we’ve shared this week. If you are ready to look at a specific use to determine if it would be considered fair, there are lots of resources available to help you walk through that process. The… read more
Fair Use Best Practices
It’s Fair Use Week day three and here’s another resource for your consideration. One of my favorite fair use resources is the Center for Media & Social Impact’s collection of Codes of Best Practices. These codes of best practice provide information about the scope of fair use in different disciplines.… read more
Fair Use for Nonfiction Authors
The Authors Alliance has created a resource to help nonfiction writers get a better sense of what fair use is and how it can be used. Fair Use for Nonfiction Authors presents common scenarios that a writer may encounter. They’ve split the book up into sections based on situations regularly… read more
It's Fair Use Week!
Happy Fair Use Week everyone! Fair Use Week is an opportunity to celebrate and spread awareness about a critically important right in copyright law. It’s the right that allows us to reuse copyrighted work in new and different ways; a right that is fundamental to so much of the teaching, research, … read more
Happy Early Fair Use Week!
Fair Use Week starts early at UT Austin. Join us this afternoon for a discussion about fair use in the classroom. We’ll frame the discussion around classroom activities, but the principles are applicable to any fair use evaluation. We’ll also touch on other areas of copyright law that are relevant to instructors. Hope… read more
The Flora of Forfarshire: A publication of historical and botanical value available in modern collections and public platforms.
During the spring semester 2017, UT Libraries and the Billie L. Turner Plant Resources Center worked together to digitize the Flora of Forfarshire and make it available to the public through the Texas ScholarWorks repository. The Flora of Forfarshire is an emblematic botanical work by the Scottish botanist, William Gardiner… read more
