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Category Archives: copyright
For those wanting more drama in their lives
Thanks to the scanning services of Penn’s Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text and Image (SCETI), and a loan of over a dozen volumes from Stanford University Libraries, we have now posted online records of copyright renewals for drama (and works … Continue reading
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What you’re asked to give away
If you’ve published an article in an Elsevier journal, you might have missed an interesting aspect of the contract you signed with them to get published. It goes something like this: I grant Elsevier the exclusive right to select and … Continue reading
Posted in copyright, crimes and misdemeanors, open access, publishing, serials
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Recent copyright news and comment (an extended mix)
I seem to have a certain degree of inertia over getting a blog post out, and there have been at least 4 interesting recent items related to copyright. Since I haven’t managed to post about each individually, I’ll get over … Continue reading
Posted in copyright, libraries
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Neil Gaiman wins Newbery medal; more Newbery honorees go online
I just got back from a whirlwind trip to Denver for ALA Midwinter. While I was there, they announced the winner of this year’s Newbery medal: Neil Gaiman‘s Graveyard Book. I’ve been hoping to get around to this book– but … Continue reading
Posted in awards, copyright, online books
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Public Domain Day 2009: Freeing the libraries
In many countries, January 1 isn’t just the start of a new year: it’s the time when a new year’s worth of works are welcomed into the public domain. As I noted in last year’s Public Domain Day post, countries … Continue reading
Posted in copyright, discovery, open access
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What are the marketers of EndNote afraid of?
If you write papers on a regular basis, you’ll find it worthwhile to keep track of sources you might cite. When I was in grad school, I manually edited a BibTeX file to keep track of the references for my … Continue reading
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