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Hello friends of NYPL Labs!
I’m writing to share news of an upcoming talk & workshop, “Write to be
Read: Publication and Rights Management Strategies For Maximizing Impact,”
with the founding members of the Authors Alliance, Pamela Samuelson and
Michael Wolfe. They are fantastic speakers, and I think it would be of
interest to this community. We’d appreciate your help in getting the word
out.
Full event details are below, and here is the link to the program
(http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2015/11/03/write-be-read-publication-and-rights-management-strategies-maximizing)
on
our site.
-Greg
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Location: Margaret Liebman Berger Forum (Room 227) | New York Public
Library | 5th Avenue at 42nd Street
Date: November 3, 2015, 6:00 pm
Authors of scholarly and creative works regularly confront questions about
how best to disseminate their work and communicate their ideas.
Join Authors Alliance’s Pamela Samuelson and Michael Wolfe for a workshop
at The New York Public Library that will explore how authors can manage
their legal rights and choose publication outlets with an eye on securing
long-term impact and availability.
Among the questions to be discussed:
– What are terms to look for in publication contracts?
– How and when does open access benefit authors?
– What can be done to increase the availability of out-of-print and
backlist titles?
– What resources can authors who write to be read use in managing their
own rights?
Audience members are strongly encouraged to submit questions in advance to
info@authorsalliance.org.
This event is free and open to the public. RSVP at
http://www.authorsalliance.org/nypl/.
*Pamela Samuelson* is a co-founder of Authors Alliance and the Richard M.
Sherman ’74 Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California at
Berkeley. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, a
past Fellow of the John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and an
Honorary Professor of the University of Amsterdam.
*Michael Wolfe* is the Executive Director of Authors Alliance and a
Copyright Research Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, School
of Law.
*About Authors Alliance:* Authors Alliance is membership-driven nonprofit
organization dedicated to advocating for and empowering authors who write
to be read. Recent Authors Alliance initiatives include efforts to
demystify and simplify publishing contracts, voicing official positions on
copyright reform and litigation, and producing guides on legal issues
authors are likely to encounter. Authors of all kinds and of all
nationalities are welcome to join Authors Alliance. Membership is free and
details can be found at https://www.authorsalliance.org/join/. For more
information, see http://authorsalliance.org.
*About The New York Public Library:* The New York Public Library is a free
provider of education and information for the people of New York and
beyond. With 92 locations—including research and branch
libraries—throughout the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island, the Library
offers free materials, computer access, classes, exhibitions, programming
and more to everyone from toddlers to scholars, and has seen record numbers
of attendance and circulation in recent years. NYPL serves more than 18
million patrons who come through its doors annually and millions more
around the globe who use its resources at http://nypl.org.
With thanks to the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for funding for this event.
