As a former employee of a Black publishing company, I think this is amazing! I have to say though, I'm fascinated by the fact that there is no mention of copyright considerations.
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Interlibrary loan? E-reserves? Accessible books for the blind? PHOTOCOPYING??? MICROFILM???
How dare you! says the publishing industry.
Because books are for use, say the libraries--and the courts. Join @jziskina and @KyleKCourtney as they tell us why.
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As we celebrate Women’s History Month, learn more about the difference between sound recordings and musical works with one of our favorite examples, @DollyParton and Whitney Houston, in our new blog post “Find Music in Copyright.” blogs.loc.gov/copyright/2023…
ALT Multi-colored illustration of portraits of Dolly Parton and Whitney Houston
"Libraries want to buy more books. We want to get books into the hands of every one. If libraries could buy more, authors would make more money."
--Ellen Paul, executive director of the Connecticut Library Consortium /1
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ALT Poster with text reads: International Open Access Week Open for Climate Justice, October 24-30, 2022 #OpenforClimateJustice. Image also shows four scenes of environmental degradation overlaid with a graphic representation of an unlocked padlock.
ALT Poster with text reads: International Open Access Week Open for Climate Justice, October 24-30, 2022 #OpenforClimateJustice. Image also shows four scenes of environmental degradation overlaid with a graphic representation of an unlocked padlock.
You didn't think @lizzo played that antique flute on stage without practicing first, did you? She visited the Library Monday & played several of the flutes in our collection, which is the largest in the world. #LizzoAtLOC
See & hear more from her visit: blogs.loc.gov/loc/2022/09/it…
ALT Lizzo laughs while holding a crystal flute in the Library of Congress flute vault on Monday, September 26, 2022. Photo by Shawn Miller.
One of my last (cool) projects at OSU was supporting the libraries' participation in @openmonographs. The book projects funded by this project are amazing and I am so pleased to see Ryan Skinner's recent work featured: manifold.umn.edu/projects/af…
Have you ever wondered what led to librarians pursuing copyright? Are you curious what to do if you were unexpectedly assigned copyright duties at work? Check out our Special Issue edited by the fantastic @CopyrightLady!
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First up in our new issue is Sandra Aya Enimil who was our fantastic Guest Editor for the issue. She provides an introduction to the issue:
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ALT Quote from Sandra Aya Enimil’s publication with a photo and her affiliation information