LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable

I apologize – I sent the wrong Zoom link! Here is the correct link for registering for the Dec 9 LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable meeting.

Sorry for the confusion!
Jill

Thanks to everyone who voted in the poll for the December meeting. There was a clear winner: Monday, December 9 at noon-1pm. Please register to receive the Zoom link.

As previously mentioned, the December meeting will be a structured discussion about the recent appeals court ruling in the Hachette v. Internet Archive case (i.e., the Internet…[Read more]

Reminder: The Scholarly Communications Roundtable’s October meeting will be Tuesday, October 15 at 4-5pm. (Thank you to all who voted, and sincere apologies to those for whom this time doesn’t work.)

Please register for the meeting into order to receive the Zoom link.

As a reminder, the tentative agenda for the meeting is:

– Elect roun…[Read more]

Update: The Scholarly Communications Roundtable’s October meeting will be Tuesday, October 15 at 4-5pm. (Thank you to all who voted, and sincere apologies to those for whom this time doesn’t work.)

Please register for the meeting into order to receive the Zoom link.

As a reminder, the tentative agenda for the meeting is:

– Elect roundtable…[Read more]

In my last message, I mentioned that the October meeting of the NYS Copyright First Responders group will be devoted to this ruling and its implications. It was just announced that the meeting will be open not just to members of the Copyright First Responders group but also to our institutional colleagues. So, if you’d like to attend, please send…[Read more]

Thank you for sharing those details, Julia — I didn’t realize there were any CUNY libraries pursuing CDL in Alma/Primo yet! For those of us who are members of the NYS Copyright First Responders group, the October meeting will be about the implications of this most recent Internet Archive ruling — I’m sure those of us who attend will have…[Read more]

Hi, I can share info about Kingsborough’s CDL program (now abruptly put on hold because of the law case, though according to Beth perhaps we can continue?). Our focus for this program was on textbooks which do NOT currently have an ebook available, which is what Beth mentions as well. We have funding for etextbooks and would prefer to purchase…[Read more]

Good points, Jill.

Pulling out the positives the AA sees in the ruling for a shorter read here:

1.The Court rejected the district court’s conclusion that IA was engaged in commercial use when looking at the first factor of fair use. The publishers argued IA’s lending of digitized books was commercial in nature because IA received a few thou…[Read more]

PS: I just read with interest this blog post from the Authors Alliance that mentions some bright spots in the Internet Archive ruling, as well as some issues not addressed by it.

I apologize for not replying until now, and I admit I still haven’t had a chance to read the most recent ruling in full. However, something I do remember is that the original lawsuit against the Internet Archive vigorously argued that the Internet Archive isn’t actually a library. (“Defendant bills its Website as ‘an accredited California State…[Read more]

Just sent to CULIBS but resending here for anyone who might not be on CULIBS:

Just a friendly reminder that all are welcome to attend the May 28 meeting of the LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable (1:00-2:30pm, on Zoom), which will feature lightning talks on various aspects of peer review. You’re welcome whether or not you’ve ever att…[Read more]