At the LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable meeting this week, attendees agreed to meet every other month this academic year:

• December: structured discussion about controlled digital lending and the Internet Archive court ruling
• February: lightning talks (theme TBD)
• April: structured discussion (topic TBD)
• June: lightning talks (theme TBD)

Please help us pick a time for the December meeting by voting in this Doodle poll. (We’re going to try to schedule every meeting this year well in advance, to give as many folks as possible a chance to attend.)

Thank you!
Jill

PS: Monica Berger (City Tech) and I were elected co-chairs for 2024-25. We look forward to an engaging year for the roundtable!

At the LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable meeting this week, attendees agreed to meet every other month this academic year:

• December: structured discussion about controlled digital lending and the Internet Archive court ruling
• February: lightning talks (theme TBD)
• April: structured discussion (topic TBD)
• June: lightning talks (theme TBD)

Please help us pick a time for the December meeting by voting in this Doodle poll. (We’re going to try to schedule every meeting this year well in advance, to give as many folks as possible a chance to attend.)

Thank you!
Jill

PS: Monica Berger (City Tech) and I were elected co-chairs for 2024-25. We look forward to an engaging year for the roundtable!

[Jill Cirasella (she/her)]

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 Archive controlled digital lending case). Monica and I hope to identify some good readings to recommend in advance of the meeting — stay tuned for those, and please be in touch if you have any readings to suggest!

In the meantime, here are some links to articles about the case previously shared in this group: 1) the original white paper about controlled digital lending, by Dave Hansen and Kyle Courtney; 2) Publishers Weekly’s overview of the ruling; 3) some analysis by the Authors Alliance; 4) Kyle Courtney’s blog post rounding up the “good, bad, and ugly” in the ruling; and 5) for those who prefer to listen, a Slate Culture Gabfest episode about the ruling.

Thanks!
Jill (and Monica)

 

[Jill Cirasella (she/her)]

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