Claire Tatro is an intern this summer with the Copyright Office here at Michigan Publishing. Claire is a student at the University of Michigan School of Information (M.A. 2014). She is working on a series of highlights about books in the public domain in HathiTrust. The Danvers Jewels, a mystery novel written in 1898 by Mary Cholmondeley, is a riveting tale of murders and theft surrounding the Danvers jewels. The author, Miss Cholmondeley, lived a…
The Schools in Wartime; London, H.M. Stationery off., 1941; 26 p. illus. 22 1/2cm (http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015030531597) Envision a school day disrupted by bombing alerts, children sent away to the country, and tension at home from the war. All these conditions made it difficult for British children to have a solid education during World War II. This book entitled The Schools in Wartime presents a series of short vignettes illustrating how the Board of Education adapted British…
Claire Tatro is an intern this summer with the Copyright Office here at Michigan Publishing. Claire is a student at the University of Michigan School of Information (M.A. 2014). She is working on a series of highlights about books in the public domain in HathiTrust. Punch and Judy, with twenty-four illustrations designed and engraved by George Cruikshank. And other plates accompanied by the dialogue of the puppet-show, and account of its origin, and of puppet…
Claire Tatro is an intern this summer with the Copyright Office here at Michigan Publishing. Claire is a student at the University of Michigan School of Information (M.A. 2014). She is working on a series of highlights about books in the public domain in HathiTrust. My Strange Pets (1905) If you leave your vent open in the winter, your monkeys will freeze. This was a hard lesson learned by Mr. Richard Bell while caring for tropical…
Claire Tatro is an intern this summer with the Copyright Office here at Michigan Publishing. Claire is a student at the University of Michigan School of Information (M.A. 2014). She is working on a series of highlights about books in the public domain in HathiTrust with her mentor, Kristina Eden from the Copyright Office. This is Claire’s first post. Ethel St. Clair Grimwood (a pseudonym for Ethel Brabazon Grimwood) was the wife of a political…
NB: Written by our Associate University Librarian for Publishing, John Wilkin, this post is the first in a series that will discuss our ongoing commitment to creating the future of scholarly communication. Future writings will discuss our various imprints, as well as authors’ perspectives on the changing nature of academic publishing. Michigan Publishing is pleased to announce a new author contract that signals important changes in the way that we engage with our authors and…
I recently gave a talk on Copyright Essentials on campus to a group of faculty and students. It was a pleasure to find the group for this particular Copyright Essentials to be lively, informed, and inquisitive. One participant offered some interesting observations from his experiences. Michael Hortsch, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology from the University of Michigan, Medical School remarked that copyright is best considered at the outset of a project. Keeping…
Copyright is endlessly interesting, intriguing, and debatable – but only at Copyright Camp is copyright fun! Join us on June 20 from 1 to 5 pm. Registration is free – register here. This event fills quickly, and we want to be sure to have enough bunks – I mean chairs – for everyone. Our theme this year is about copyright and data. We’ll kick off with a keynote from Michael Carroll, Professor of Law and…
Yes, that’s pi as in 3.14. One of the frequent questions that comes up in my work involves confusion over whether facts and data are subject to US Copyright: they are not. Original expressions or arrangements of facts can, however, be subject to copyright protection. A recent case helps make the distinction clear – and also shows how the same facts can result in completely different and wonderful expressions. In Erickson v. Blake a composer created…
The University of Michigan Library invites you to celebrate Open Access Week, October 22-28, 2012. Open Access Week provides an opportunity to explore the benefits of open access to scientific research for both the academic community and the greater good of society. The open access movement advocates for free online access to scholarly work in the service of advancing scholarship worldwide. All events take place in the Hatcher Graduate Library Gallery. Refreshments will be served….