Another job opportunity: Contracts & Information Policy Administrator. This position will support contracting needs affecting collections and scholarship, like gifts and asset purchases, digitization, publishing, and more. Details: careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psc/ucb/EMPLOY… UC Berkeley Library

It’s almost #publicdomainday 2025! What will be in the US public domain Jan 1? Works from 1929 and sound recordings from 1924. Popeye, Tintin, a dozen Mickey cartoons, A Farewell to Arms, Bolero, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Singin’ in the Rain... web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdom…

🎉 Big news! KR21 secures a €5.5M grant extension from the Arcadia Fund, empowering us to push for knowledge rights for 5 more years. 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/news-story/kno…  #UnitedForKnowledgeRights #AccessToKnowledge #AccessToCulture

Useful reading on the non-antithetical intersection between supporting open access and training AI models for research and scholarship.

Check out the recording of our project update at the Coalition for Networked Information Fall 2024 meeting: "Supporting Computational Research Through Licensing: An A-Z Licensing Guidebook for Libraries" youtube.com/watch?v=q-RgFl… Rachael G. S. ARL Public Policy Katie Zimmerman UC Berkeley Library

Join a webinar launch of our new book, e-Resource Licensing Explained, published by Association of Research Libraries. We offer explanations and pragmatic strategies for preserving scholarly rights in the face of restrictive e-resource license terms. To register: arl.org/news/register-… UC Berkeley Library

Welcome to the Spring semester at UC Berkeley. Our office is here to help faculty, students, and researchers understand copyright and scholarly publishing with online resources, Zoom workshops, and consultations. update.lib.berkeley.edu/2025/01/21/spr… UC Berkeley Library

On Fri. 31 Jan., we will be presenting to National Assn of College & University Attorneys—an org of >5,000 attorney members—regarding challenges universities face in licensing content for researchers. We'll focus on contractual override, & preserving #fairuse rights to conduct computational rsch, including w/AI.

Had a wonderful time at the book launch for our new licensing book published by Association of Research Libraries. Check out the webinar recording on YouTube, or read the book below! "E-resource Licensing Explained" is open access CC-BY-NC. We hope it makes licensing lives easier! arl.org/resources/e-re…

Day Three of #FairUseWeek has a new fantastic post by Copyright Lady Sandra Aya Enimil of Yale University! Read and explore how #libraries can protect #fairuse in e-resource licenses. And learn how a fair use savings clause can help! sites.harvard.edu/fair-use-week/…

Curious about how to self-publish free digital books and educational materials? Register for our upcoming Pressbooks demo and workshop to learn more. March 11, 11a-12p, Zoom. update.lib.berkeley.edu/2025/02/26/wor… UC Berkeley Library

Wrapping up the 12th Anniversary of #FairUseWeek w/ a must-read post from Katherine Klosek & Samantha Teremi! They write how AI contract restrictions echo #library concerns from the DMCA Section 104 study & reveal differences in #copyright & contracts: sites.harvard.edu/fair-use-week/…

Coming up in 1 week: Publish Digital Books and Open Educational Resources with Pressbooks. Join us for a demo and kick the tires yourself. March 11, 11a-12p, Zoom. RSVP now: berkeley.zoom.us/meeting/regist… UC Berkeley Library

We're pleased to announce the release of our comprehensive Oral History Agreement Toolkit—a collection of templates, guidance documents, and resources designed to help transform how institutions approach oral history agreements. update.lib.berkeley.edu/2025/03/13/ann… UC Berkeley Library

An update on The Public Interest Corpus, a project that supports the creation of high-quality AI training data from memory organizations and their partners that advance the public interest: authorsalliance.org/2025/03/26/the…

Are you publishing research and want to share your work open access? Join our workshop April 8, 11a-12p on Zoom. We'll guide you on OA publishing options, funding sources, and strategies for maximizing research impact. update.lib.berkeley.edu/2025/03/31/wor… UC Berkeley Library