January 2024

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Scholarly Communications

An update on publishing, our institutional repository, and the development of new open source research tools.

ORCID at BC

One of the underreported requirements of the 2022 Nelson Memo requiring federally-funded research to be published open access is the requirement that federally-funded researchers have a digital persistent identifier. Federal…

Public Domain – 2024

On January 1st of each year, different cultural artifacts entire the public domain due to the expiration of their copyright – and indeed, 2024 is no different – as books,…

The State of Scholarly Publishing

For folks interested in the current state of scholarly publishing, especially regarding Open Access, there are two recent reports that do a great job of summarizing publishing’s move toward OA.…

The New York Times v. OpenAI & Microsoft

Over the holiday break, the New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement. The lawsuit covers both using New York Times content for training, for reproducing the content…

Internet Archive v. Hachette: CDL case update

There has finally been some movement in the Internet Archive’s appeal of the Southern District of New York District Court summary judgment decision that it lost back in March. If…

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Scholarly Communications

Part of participating in an evolving society is the recognition that there indeed exists inequality between people on the basis of their identity. As certain groups are afforded more opportunities,…

cOAlition S Issues a New Proposal Towards Responsible Publishing

While October 31st can bring lots of scary sights and frights, researchers and scholars hoping to continue to seek out and create more equitable publishing models were given some food…

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