The UT Libraries is pleased to announce the winners of the first Images of Research competition. 1st place: Isabel K. Dunn, A 78rpm Recording Brings Louis to Tears 2nd place: Athisha Piyapanee, An Unexpected Friend Please see the press release for more information.
Brown bag for May
For our May scholarly communication brown bag event, we’re going to be showing one of the keynote addresses from Electronic Resources & Libraries – Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects People and Undermines Democracy by Siva Vaidhyanathan. When: Tuesday, May 8th at 12:00pm Where: PCL 1.124 You can get a sense of the… read more
French Universities say goodbye to Springer
It looks like a national consortium of French academic institutions, Couperin.org, has decided to cancel their subscriptions to Springer Journals. They had been in negotiations with Springer for over a year, but were unable to come to an agreement on price. Couperin.org was advocating for a subscription price reduction due… read more
Funding for open textbooks
The omnibus bill that passed both the House & Senate last week and was signed into law included a $5 million provision for an open textbook grant program. This money will be awarded to higher education institutions as part of a competitive grant process. The call for proposals will likely… read more
OK Go and OER
If you’ve enjoyed the very creative OK Go videos, you’ll probably love this new resource they’ve put together in cooperation with the Playful Learning Lab at the University of St. Thomas: The OK Go Sandbox. The sandbox is designed to walk educators through the thought processes behind the OK Go… 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
