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
Public domain
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
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter Digest January 1-15, 2022
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jan 7 Inside a hollow library book, a secret library – Capital Daily: capitaldaily.ca/news/secret-zi… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jan 7 Tools are costly and take up space. Tool libraries are popping up so people can share. wvnews.com/tools-are-cost… via @WVNews247 Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jan 7 Glass-walled library envisioned as a tree-filled forest newatlas.com/architecture/s… Texas… 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
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter Digest January 1-15, 2021
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jan 15 Archivists Are Mining Parler Metadata to Pinpoint Crimes at the Capitol vice.com/en/article/qjp… via @vice Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jan 15 Turning the Page: Emory’s leadership in digital publishing and open access expands the scope and reach of new humanities scholarship links.emory.edu/68 via @EmoryUniversity Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jan 15 A Big Science Publisher… read more
Public Domain for 2021
Happy New Year! January 1, 2021 marks the date that items published in the year 1925 enter the public domain in the United States. January 1st of any given year is the date that items typically fall into the public domain. This happens 70 years after the death of the author,… read more
PCL Maps
This Wednesday of OA Week, we’d like to highlight a longstanding online resource, the PCL Maps collection. The first maps were scanned and put online in 1994 and now there are about 70,000 maps online out of a total collection of over 250,000 maps. Most of the online maps in… read more
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter digest June 1-15, 2020
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jun 10 New Collections Highlighted in Updated Latin American Digital Initiatives Repository From University of Texas Libraries, More Than 60 Thousand Scanned Images Available infodocket.com/2020/06/09/new… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jun 10 Temporary National Emergency Library to close 2 weeks early, returning to traditional controlled digital lending blog.archive.org/2020/06/10/tem… via… read more
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter digest
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
Public Domain for 2020
From the U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8: “The Congress shall have Power…to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.” [emphasis mine] January 1, 2020 marks the date that items published… read more
