Copyright law is, for good or for ill, now a part of the academic experience. Learning about copyright and alternative models of distribution, such as Creative Commons and Open Access, is an important piece of effectively navigating the waters of the new educational reality. The third annual eCornucopia conference at Oakland University will examine specific examples about how openness is implemented in higher education and the importance of increasing the transparency and accessibility of knowledge….
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Next week, May 2-6, the U-M Teaching and Technology Collaborative will host their annual conference, Enriching Scholarship, and invite “faculty and instructional staff to enhance their teaching and research by participating in a week of free seminars, workshops, demonstrations and other events drawing upon the expertise of faculty and instructional technology specialists from across campus. Enriching Scholarship offers sessions exploring the effective integration of information and technology with teaching, learning and research.” Registration for the 100+ workshops, demonstrations, discussions, and social…
This year’s Great Lakes THATCamp is just around the corner, and MPublishing staff are busy getting ready. The Great Lakes THATCamp (The Humanities And Technology Camp) is a user-generated “unconference” on digital humanities originally inspired by the Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at George Mason University. Great Lakes THATCamp will be held on the Michigan State University campus on April 30th & May 1st, 2011 in the Residential College of Arts & Humanities,…
With Special Guests: Peter DiCola and Amer Ahmed When: Friday April 8th, 7 PM (come after TEDxUofM) Where: University of Michigan North Quad, room 2435 See the acclaimed film Copyright Criminals that takes a hard look at the debate over musical sampling, artistic expression, copyright law, and money. Following the movie there will be a discussion with Peter DiCola and Amer Ahmed. Peter is the co-author of Creative License: The Law and Culture of Digital…
Brownbag Event: After The Google Books Settlement Thursday March 31st, 11:30am – 1pm, Library Gallery (Room 100) Hosted by the Copyright Office, part of MPublishing Come join the Copyright Office staff for a discussion of the rejection of the Google Books Settlement and the future implications (if there are any) for MLibrary activities. On March 22nd, the judge presiding over the Google Books Case announced that he has rejected the proposed settlement between The Author’s…
In November, Kevin Hawkins, Paul Schaffner, and I taught the first of–we hope!–many workshops on Digital Publishing and Preservation using XML, specifically, the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) Guidelines. The first event was targeted for students at UM’s School of Information, and we revised and reprised it a few days later for library staff, including most of the UM Press production team. The workshop was a condensed version of one that Kevin previously taught, and I…