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H. R. 4241, To Establish The United States Copyright Office As An Independent Agency, And For Other Purposes [Discussion Draft], 114th Congress, 1st Session, Tom Marino, Judy Chu, Barbara Comstock

Copyright, Fair Use, Scholarly Communication, etc.

A bill put forth during the first Session of the 114th Congress to establish the United States Copyright Office as an independent agency, and for other purposes. This Act may be cited as the "Copyright Office for the Digital Economy Act."

Proposes enacting changes to Section 701 and Section 408 of Title 17 of the United States Code to remove the United States Copyright Office from the Legislative branch of the federal government and move it to the Executive branch of the federal government, along with proposals for associated transfer of administrative and technical functions.

List Of Circulating Music Libraries In France, Updated December 2015, Anita Breckbill

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

Following is an updated list of circulating music libraries in France spanning the period of their existence, 1765 to ca. 1950. The preliminary list was published as an appendix to the article by Anita Breckbill and Carole Goebes, “Music Circulating Libraries in France: An Overview and a Preliminary List” Notes 63:4 (June 2007), 761-797 < http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libraryscience/179/ >. Further work in the collection of publisher’s catalogs at the Bibliothèque national de France and in 18th-century periodicals have yielded ten more circulating libraries and an expansion of dates of operation for a further eleven libraries. Changes are indicated in red type.

Marketing Your Library: Thinking Outside The Box, Marcia L. Dority Baker, Sandra B. Placzek

Marvin and Virginia Schmid Law Library: Faculty Publications

“Marketing” is a ubiquitous term applied to almost anything. Market your brand. Market your name. Market your product. Market your library. “Market your library” sounds a bit odd – maybe because in academia we don’t think we need to market our library. We’re a firmly established part of the institution. We may change over time, but it’s unlikely we’ll disappear, and any “marketing” we do probably will not result in more funding from our parent institution. But marketing, even in academia, is important because it helps advertise the value we bring to our institutions. We’ve been talking about Marketing a …

Nebraska Libraries - Volume 3, Number 4 (November 2015)

Nebraska Libraries

Editor's Message

Featured Nebraska Library: NLC's Talking Book and Braille Service -- Rachel Kenny interviews Scott Scholz

Expanding the Walls of Your Library or Classroom with Virtual Field Trips: The Moon is the Limit -- Molly Aschoff

Making Unusual Connections: The Human Library at UNO Criss Library -- Claire Chamley

Our Libraries: An Intimate Insight into Nebraska Public Libraries as Crucial Resources to the Underserved Populace (Photograph Essay) -- Atiim Jones

Assistive Technology in Nebraska Public Libraries -- Mary Jo Ryan

Reaping Community Rewards -- MeMe Smith & Juan Sandoval

Extending Library Access to Distance Learners -- Tina Walker

NLA …

Open-Access Policies: Basics And Impact On Content Recruitment, Andrew Wesolek, Paul Royster

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

The allure of passing an institutional open-access (OA) policy as a strategy to populate an institutional repository is clear. After all, educating faculty to retain their rights to their scholarly publications through passage of such a policy, then requiring them to make those publications available through an IR seems a sure path to success. However, this approach of “if you pass it, they will comply” rings eerily similar to the early and decidedly misplaced optimism of populating institutional repositories through a “build it and they will come” proposition (Salo, 2007). The Registry of Open Access Repositories Mandatory Archiving Policies (ROARMAP) …

Nebraska Libraries - Volume 3, Number 3 (August 2015)

Nebraska Libraries

Editor’s Message

Featured Nebraska Library: Falls City Public Library and Arts Center — Rachel Kenny interviews Hope Schawang

Working Together for Student Success — Sherrie Dux-Ideus, Dee Johnson, Dixie Codner

Small Libraries, Big Grant Opportunities —Jessica Votipka

The Story of the Platte County Bookmobile — Drew Brookhart

Driving-Tests.org Partners with Nebraska Libraries to Help Patrons Become Safe Drivers — Jennifer Huebner Davidson

U.S. Rural Libraries in an Energy-Uncertain World — Eric Green

Candidates for 2015 NLA Election

College & University Section — Joyce Neujahr

Technical Services Round Table — Emily Dust Nimsakont

The Knee Bone’s Connected to the... — …

Unl Digital Commons For Ucare, Paul Royster

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Presentations

UCARE is the program for Undergraduate Creative Activity and Research at University of Nebraska–Lincoln. It gives college students the opportunity to be co-researchers and co-authors with university faculty. This presentation concerns the digital preservation and online distribution of those research products. It interprets the story of Noah's Ark, not as a historical fable, but as an existential one—an illustration of the digital flood constantly ongoing around us at every moment. Noah did not discriminate between "good" and "bad" animals; he included every species. When the time came, he released all the animals back into the world, having preserved them for …

A Phenomenological Study Exploring The Leadership Development Experiences Of Academic Research Library Leaders, Beth Mcneil

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

This phenomenological study describes the leadership development experiences of academic librarians currently working in leadership roles in academic research libraries to discover their experiences of being a library leader and to explore how they describe their own leadership development. Study participants identified as having experienced positive leadership development experiences during their careers as academic research library leaders and were, at the time of this study, employed and actively working in leadership positions reporting directly to the head of their academic research library. The goal of this exploration was to understand what the academic library leaders had experienced, with regard to …

United States Veteran's Affairs Agency (Va) Response To The Office Of Science And Technology Policy Memo, 2013: Public Access Plan (July 2015)

Copyright, Fair Use, Scholarly Communication, etc.

VA response to OSTP memo, 2013: Public Access Plan (July 2015)

The Once And Future Publishing Library, Ann Okerson, Alex Holzman

Copyright, Fair Use, Scholarly Communication, etc.

Once upon a time, the world was simpler. Publishers published and libraries collected a lot of what publishers published. Nothing is so simple any more. Now everybody’s a publisher—including librarians. Large-scale initiatives such as HighWire Press and Project Muse have had libraries in attendance at their births, and substantial continuing projects such as Euclid are still housed in libraries. A whirl of buzz and excitement surrounds a growing assumption that publishing is in some way and to some extent a critical function for the library of the future.

We have studied the topic of libraries as publishers, with investigations mainly …

Publishing And Public Access Ideas, Paul Royster

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Presentations

What’s happening in publishing … … since the arrival of digital?

Technologically, work has become • easier to produce • easier to share • easier to disseminate worldwide

Practically, however, work has become : • concentrated in hands of fewer publishers • harder to get (legally) • more expensive •less circulated

Therefore: The Open Access Movement

Disclaimer: • I am not an apostle for Open Access • I believe in public access, not necessarily OpenAccess

What’s the difference?
Open access* = license to re-use, re-post, re-distribute, re-combine, re-work, revise, etc. [*Budapest definition]
Public access = right to read, download, and …

Author's Rights And Predatory Publishers, Paul Royster

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Presentations

All publishers are predators. Even the ones who are reasonably honest and responsible. But some take it too far, and they use business practices that are extremely misleading and dishonest.

“People I don’t know keep contacting me online.” The DOAJ and Beall's List. How the scam works; a matter of degree. Troll publishers entice authors to sign over the rights.

Bad signs: You never heard of them, even though you have been doing research in the area for 5 years. Title is vague and overly broad. Physical location is obscure. No affiliation with school or society. Interest in receiving money …

Nebraska Libraries - Volume 3, Number 2 (May 2015)

Nebraska Libraries

No abstract provided.

Data Management Plan Example And Feedback, Deeann Allison, Kiyomi D. Deards, Jennifer L. Thoegersen

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Presentations

A good DMP plan was concise and easy to follow. Writers should not be afraid to take up the maximum allowed space when necessary to explain things so that the reviewers don’t have to think hard/look something up. Below are examples of feedback a consultant might give when reviewing a data management plan. These examples may be used and altered as necessary to fit a variety of situations. The feedback has been divided into three categories: Defining Terms, Details, Data, and Human Research Subject Data.

Managing The Life-Cycle Of Data, Deeann Allison

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

Prepared as part of an ACRL Course "What You Need to Know about Writing Data Management Plans" this document provides an overview of the components for managing data. Data management includes four areas: discovery, preservation, access, and security.

The Future Perfect Repository: An Unsuccessful Proposal, Paul Royster

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Presentations

Some day, in 5 or 25 years, someone probably attending the Open Repositories 2015 meeting will have participated in developing the future perfect or near-perfect repository. Spoiler alert: It will not be me. I am far too technically challenged, having last studied computer science in 1970, when we programmed on punch cards in the newest language—Fortran IV. Still, I believe I can comment productively on what the future perfect repository will look like and how it will behave. I have managed a successful institutional repository for more than 10 years, and I have visited, browsed, searched, downloaded from, and crash-landed …

Shaping The Repository, Paul Royster

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Presentations

Repositories play 2 critical roles: collection and dissemination. How Nebraska's repository has progressed despite not taking common expert advice. Remarks on the current state of publishing. Opportunities for library publishing and disruptive innovation. A call for scholarship to "come out of Babylon"--the commercial marketplace that inhibits the free creation and sharing of knowledge. A call for librarians to take leadership in the evolution of new roles and relationships with our faculty colleagues. Sturm und Drang, hyperbole, irony, and passion.

Note: Download button links to pdf version. PowerPoint slides (~30mb) attached below as related file.

Streaming video is available at http://scholarship.law.wm.edu/lawrepositories/2015/lr2015/1/

The 4th Amendment To The U.S. Constitution, Article 3 Of The Ala Code Of Ethics, And Section 215 Of The Usa Patriot Act: Squaring The Triangle, Sue Ann Gardner

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Presentations

Librarians in the United States have many professional guideposts to inform their work. A patron's right to privacy is one tenet that tends to be upheld tenaciously, and is informed first by the 4th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, among other Amendments, as well as Article III of the American Library Association Code of Ethics. Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act, the so-called "library provision," contradicts both the 4th Amendment and Article III of the ALA Code of Ethics, making it a weak third leg of a triangle of guideposts. The speaker explains how Section 215 allows for confiscation …

10 Things You Should Know About...Scholarly Communication, Molly Keener, Joy Kirchner, Sarah Shreeves, Lee Van Orsdel

Copyright, Fair Use, Scholarly Communication, etc.

For its general concept, the authors are deeply indebted to the EDUCAUSE “Seven Things You Need to Know About…” reports.

Developing An Image-Based Classifier For Detecting Poetic Content In Historic Newspaper Collections, Elizabeth M. Lorang, Leen-Kiat Soh, Maanas Varma Datla, Spencer Kulwicki

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

"Developing an Image-Based Classifier for Detecting Poetic Content in Historic Newspaper Collections" details and analyzes the first stage of work of the Image Analysis for Archival Discovery project team. Our team is is investigating the use of image analysis to identify poetic content in historic newspapers. The project seeks both to augment the study of literary history by drawing attention to the magnitude of poetry published in newspapers and by making the poetry more readily available for study, as well as to advance work on the use of digital images in facilitating discovery in digital libraries and other digitized collections. …

The Stm Report: An Overview Of Scientific And Scholarly Journal Publishing, Mark Ware, Michael Mabe

Copyright, Fair Use, Scholarly Communication, etc.

Contents

Executive summary ● Scholarly communication ● The research cycle ● Types of scholarly communication ● Changes in scholarly communication system ● The journal ● What is a journal? ● The journals publishing cycle ● Sales channels and models ● Journal economics and market size ● Journal and articles numbers and trends ● Global trends in scientific output ● Authors and readers ● Publishers ● Peer review. ● Reading patterns ● Disciplinary differences ● Citations and the Impact Factor ● Costs of journal publishing ● Authors’ behaviour, perceptions and attitudes ● Publishing ethics ● Copyright and licensing ● Long term …

United States National Science Foundation (Nsf) Response To The Office Of Science And Technology Policy Memo, 2013: Public Access Plan (March 2015)

Copyright, Fair Use, Scholarly Communication, etc.

NSF response to OSTP memo, 2013: Public Access Plan (March 2015)

Fair Use Fundamentals, Association Of Research Libraries, Yippa

Copyright, Fair Use, Scholarly Communication, etc.

Copyright law is a carefully balanced system meant to encourage creativity as well as cultural and scientific progress. The law encourages authors by giving them limited control over certain uses of their works, and it encourages everyone (including authors) to use existing cultural and scientific material without permission, under certain circumstances, to engage in a wide variety of vital activities. Many parts of the law favor the freedom to use culture, but by far and away the most flexible, powerful, and universal user’s right is fair use. As you’ll see below: fair use is a right, fair use is vitally …

Nebraska Libraries - Volume 3, Number 1 (February 2015)

Nebraska Libraries

No abstract provided.

Rli 285: Research Library Issues: A Report From Arl, Cni, And Sparc 2015 -- Special Issue On Copyright, Prudence Adler, Brandon Butler, Jonathan Band, Krista Cox

Copyright, Fair Use, Scholarly Communication, etc.

In “Fair Use Rising: Full-Text Access and Repurposing in Recent Case Law,” Brandon Butler, practitioner-in-residence at the American University Washington College of Law, reviews six recent fair use decisions that cut across many socially important and beneficial purposes. He highlights the trend of courts finding in favor of allowing “the broad redistribution of unaltered, full-text documents for new purposes.” Butler explains how this trend presents new opportunities for research libraries to use and re-purpose the full text of copyrighted works in their collections.

Exploring the implications of one critically important case for research libraries, Jonathan Band, legal counsel to the …

The New Library: An Integrated Service Model, Lorna M. Dawes

Discipline-Based Education Research Group Speaker Series

The constantly evolving digital technologies have introduced exciting possibilities for library services while introducing new challenges for libraries in our contemporary academic environment. The UNL library system has sought to keep up with the demands of new technology, while retaining some of the core values of library services that have always valued focused and specific attention to the needs of its users. This presentation will explore some of the dynamic service possibilities that are becoming parts of our integrated model of service to scholars at our university. These include the Digital Commons, the new data Management Services, the Federal Depository …

United States National Oceanographic And Atmospheric Administration Plan For Increasing Public Access To Research Results: A Response To The White House Office Of Science And Technology Policy Memorandum 'Increasing Access To The Results Of Federal Funded Scientific Research,' Issued February 22, 2013

Copyright, Fair Use, Scholarly Communication, etc.

NOAA plan for increasing public access to research results : a response to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy memorandum 'Increasing access to the results of Federal funded scientific research' issued February 22, 2013

United States Department Of Defense (Dod) Response To The Office Of Science And Technology Policy Memo, 2013: Public Access Plan (February 2015)

Copyright, Fair Use, Scholarly Communication, etc.

DOD response to OSTP memo, 2013: Public Access Plan (February 2015)

Access To Scientific Data In The 21st Century: Rationale And Illustrative Usage Rights Review, James Campbell

Copyright, Fair Use, Scholarly Communication, etc.

Making scientific data openly accessible and available for re-use is desirable to encourage validation of research results and/or economic development. Understanding what users may, or may not, do with data in online data repositories is key to maximizing the benefits of scientific data re-use. Many online repositories that allow access to scientific data indicate that data is “open,” yet specific usage conditions reviewed on 40 “open” sites suggest that there is no agreed upon understanding of what “open” means with respect to data. This inconsistency can be an impediment to data re-use by researchers and the public.

Sci Pop Talks! Presenter Guidelines, Kiyomi D. Deards, Raychelle Burks

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

Presenter guidelines for the nUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) Sci Pop! Talks series.