Open Access

Recent Presentation at NYLI: Open Access, Copyright, and Repositories

NYLI recently co-hosted a talk with LLAGNY on Open Access, Copyright, and Repositories. The presentation was given by Kyle K. Courtney, a lawyer and librarian. Kyle is the Copyright Advisor for Harvard University Library working in the Office for Scholarly Communication. He works closely with Harvard Library to establish a culture of shared understanding […]

By |November 16th, 2016|Announcements, Open Access|Comments Off on Recent Presentation at NYLI: Open Access, Copyright, and Repositories

Stanford University Opens Digital Civil Rights Photos Archive

Civil rights activist Cesar Chavez is one of the subjects featured in Stanford Libraries’ new Bob Fitch Photography Archive, a collection of images shining a spotlight on critical moments in the peace, social justice, and cultural movements of the 1960’s and 1970’s.  Currently only about 200 images are now online and available in the […]

Open Access Maps at the New York Public Library

The New York Public Library recently announced the release of 20,000 high-resolution digital maps available to download.  NYPL believes there are no US copyright restrictions on the use of the maps. To the extent that some jurisdictions grant NYPL an additional copyright in the digital reproductions of these maps, NYPL is distributing these images […]