A firsthand report from the 9th and last Scholarly Communication Institute, hosted by the University of Virginia. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) »
Writing
“User Posts Thousands of JSTOR Files Online”
...as a protest against what he considers a broken and unfair academic-publishing system and the indictment of hacktivist Aaron Swartz for allegedly making millions of unauthorized downloads from JSTOR's databases. Read More at Wired Campus (CHE) »
“British Research Libraries Say No to ‘Big Deal’ Serials Packages”
More on the movement among libraries to negotiate smaller, cheaper deals with journals publishers. Read More at Wired Campus (CHE) »
“2 Universities Under the Legal Gun”
As part of a package of stories on copyright and fair use, a colleague and I looked at a couple of court cases shaping the debate. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education »
“What You Don’t Know About Copyright, But Should”
I interviewed Nancy Sims, the copyright program librarian at the University of Minnesota, about what faculty members, students, and librarians need to know (but often don't) about copyright and fair use on campus. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education »
