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UC Berkeley Library Scholarly Communication & Information Policy @ucbscholcomm.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Coming up on Thursday at 11am Pacific on Zoom! There’s still time to register. RSVP: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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infoDOCKET @infodocket.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Open Access Community Investment Program ( #OACIP ) Reaches #Funding Goal for Nine Diamond Open Access #Journals (via @wearelyrasis.bsky.social) lyrasis.org/oacip-commun... #oa #openaccess #scholcomm

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Authors Alliance @authorsalliance.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

If you use 10 seconds or less of a song, it’s fair use. You can copy 10% of a book for a class, and that’s fair use. Is this actually true? This is a guest post by Katherine Klosek of ARL and Stephen Wolfson of the University of Pennsylvania.

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It’s Only Fair Use the First Time… Right? Debunking Copyright Urban Legends

This guest post, by Katherine Klosek of ARL and Stephen Wolfson of the University of Pennsylvania, is the latest in our series of posts marking the 50th anniversary of the Copyright Act of 1976. To…

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Heather Froehlich @heatherfro.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

"Researchers using licensed databases and journals likely never read the license terms governing the use of that content, but these terms have major implications for their right to access content; engage in computational analysis like text & data mining; and retain data" www.arl.org/blog/join-ar...

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Join ARL and CARL for a Charleston Preconference Workshop: The Right to Research in the Age of AI — Association of Research Libraries

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) are hosting a workshop before the 2026 Charleston Library Conference on Tuesday, November 3, to de...

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UC Berkeley Library Scholarly Communication & Information Policy @ucbscholcomm.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Congratulations to UCB Prof. David Zilberman for publishing the “Handbook of Circular Bioeconomy”. The book is open access, made possible through the support of the UC Berkeley Library. Free PDF and EPUB download at: link.springer.com/book/10.1007... @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social

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UC Berkeley Library Scholarly Communication & Information Policy @ucbscholcomm.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Congratulations to UCB Prof. Sabrina Agarwal for publishing “Bioarchaeology, Activism and Social Justice”. The book is open access, made possible through the support of the UC Berkeley Library. Free PDF and EPUB download at: link.springer.com/book/10.1007... @ucberkeleylibrary.bsky.social

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Bioarchaeology, Activism and Social Justice

This is an open access book. This volume is the first dedicated to action within bioarchaeology that can bring about social and political change.

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UC Berkeley Library Scholarly Communication & Information Policy @ucbscholcomm.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Congrats to UC Berkeley Prof. Robert Strand for publishing “Nordic Capitalism: Lessons for Realizing Sustainable Capitalism”. Published open access with support from the library’s Berkeley Research Impact Initiative. @ucberkeleylibrary.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/books/n...

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Nordic Capitalism

Cambridge Core - Natural Resource and Environmental Economics - Nordic Capitalism

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Re:Create Coalition @recreatecoalition.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Happy Fair Use Friday during #fairuseweek! We’ve celebrated how fair use is essential to innovation & creativity, giving America a competitive edge. Check out our new one-pager explaining what fair use is, how we use it daily, and its impact on U.S. innovation! recreatecoalition.org/infographic/...

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Re:Create Coalition @recreatecoalition.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

SAVE THE DATE: Join @arl.org & Re:Create on 2/25 for a Fair Use Week congressional briefing looking at perspectives on AI and fair use from legal and policy experts. More information ➡️ www.arl.org/event/fair-u...

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UC Berkeley Library Scholarly Communication & Information Policy @ucbscholcomm.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Congrats to Prof. Donald J. Mastronarde on publishing the third open access installment of scholia on Euripides’ Orestes (1101–1693) now available on Pressbooks: berkeley.pressbooks.pub/scholiapart3/ @ucberkeleylibrary.bsky.social

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Euripides Scholia: Scholia on Orestes 1101–1693

An edition of scholia (annotations) on Euripides' Orestes 1101–1693

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UC Berkeley Library Scholarly Communication & Information Policy @ucbscholcomm.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Workshop coming up Feb 19, 11a-12p, Zoom: Publish Digital Books & Open Educational Resources with Pressbooks. RSVP for the demo and learn the basics of creating and sharing digital books. update.lib.berkeley.edu/2026/01/13/f...

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UC Berkeley Library Scholarly Communication & Information Policy @ucbscholcomm.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Coming up in 1 week. Are you a UC Berkeley faculty or researcher publishing results arising from federal grant funding? Join us January 14, 1-2pm on Zoom for a dive into agency public access policies affecting research publications and data. RSVP now! update.lib.berkeley.edu/2026/01/07/r...

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UC Berkeley Library Scholarly Communication & Information Policy @ucbscholcomm.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Are you a UC Berkeley faculty or researcher publishing results arising through federal grant funding? Join us January 14, 1-2pm on Zoom for a dive into agency public access policies affecting research publications and data. update.lib.berkeley.edu/2025/12/15/u... @ucberkeleylibrary.bsky.social

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UC Berkeley Library Scholarly Communication & Information Policy @ucbscholcomm.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Here’s a videorecording of last month’s panel “From Dissertation to Book: Navigating the Pubication Process.” Many thanks to our great speakers who helped prospective authors understand how to publish an academic book. youtu.be/g4VduJLstBY?...

Flyer titled 'From Dissertation to Book: Navigating the Publication Process' featuring headshots of three panelists: Raina Polivka (Senior Editor, UC Press), Jacob Grumbach (Associate Professor, UC Berkeley), and Dave Hansen (Executive Director, Authors Alliance)

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Authors Alliance @authorsalliance.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Today, we are pleased to release The Public Interest Corpus Principles and Goals. This release builds on the recap of our final planning workshop and anticipates release of our final deliverable later this month.

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Releasing The Public Interest Corpus Principles and Goals

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jennie rose halperin @littlewow.online · 26/11/2025

This webinar on how to negotiate contracts to set better terms around AI and data was one of the best we've done. It's relevant to a number of different communities and creators, not just libraries! @libraryfutures.bsky.social archive.org/details/resi...

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Resisting The Vendor Machine: Corporations, Contracts, and Libraries : Library Futures : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Library Futures was pleased to welcome Hayley Park, Samantha Teremi, Stephanie “Cole” Adams, and Layla Maurer in the third installment of our fall...

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UC Berkeley Library Scholarly Communication & Information Policy @ucbscholcomm.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Coming up next week! Join us as we talk to a faculty author, academic press editor, and a legal expert to unpack how to publish a scholarly book. Nov 18, 11 am Pacific time, Zoom. RSVP: berkeley.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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UC Berkeley Library Scholarly Communication & Information Policy @ucbscholcomm.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

We’re presenting at the “Research, AI and Rights” webinar on Nov 14. Join for a discussion of the impacts of the ever-changing AI legal landscape on the work of researchers and the institutions that support them. RSVP at www.oceancopyright.org/event-detail...

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UC Berkeley Library Scholarly Communication & Information Policy @ucbscholcomm.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Calling all UC Berkeley students looking to publish an academic book: sign up for the upcoming panel discussion to learn the ins and outs of the process. Nov 18, 11 am, Zoom. RSVP: berkeley.zoom.us/meeting/regi... @ucberkeleylibrary.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social

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UC Berkeley Library Scholarly Communication & Information Policy @ucbscholcomm.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

We’re happy to be joining the SJSU Open Access Virtual Conference to discuss how librarians and researchers are navigating the updated NIH Public Access Policy: scholarworks.sjsu.edu/oa-un-confer... October 21, 2025. Free to register at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Title slide with dark teal background. Main heading reads 'Navigating NIH's Revised Public Access Policy: On-the-Ground Experiences from Librarians and Researchers' in white text with a vertical yellow-green accent line on the left. Below are presenter names: Katie Fortney (California Digital Library), Tim Vollmer (UC Berkeley), and Anneliese Taylor (UCSF). At the bottom: 'SJSU Open Access Conference | October 21, 2025'

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UC Berkeley Library Scholarly Communication & Information Policy @ucbscholcomm.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Next week, join our workshop to understand scholarly metrics and learn how to amplify your academic work. Oct 14, 11a-12p, Zoom. RSVP: update.lib.berkeley.edu/2025/09/25/r...

This diagram, titled "The metrics ecosystem," illustrates the different ways scholarly impact is measured. The six categories are:

Author-level: Measures impact based on a researcher's Publications, Citations, and the Journals they publish in.

Journal-level: Measures the "Impact," Citations, and Reputation of the publication itself.

Article-level: Measures the impact of a single paper through Citations, Bookmarks, Social media mentions, and Views & downloads.

Alt-metrics: Measures broader "Attention" and social engagement for All outputs, often tracked by the Altmetric "donut."

Data, code, & software: Measures the use of non-publication outputs through Citations, Dataset downloads, and GitHub forks.

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Authors Alliance @authorsalliance.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

This fall semester, we and Open Copyright Education Advisory Network (OCEAN) are co-hosting a Discussion Series on AI and its implications professionals working in libraries, archives and museums and for authors, artists, scholars, researchers who work with them. More info and registration here:

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Upcoming Events | OCEAN

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UC Berkeley Library Scholarly Communication & Information Policy @ucbscholcomm.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Check out the article @rachaelgs.bsky.social wrote with @authorsalliance.bsky.social. It explores how academic researchers & libraries are navigating private contracts that override key copyright exceptions meant to protect research, teaching, and innovation. copyrightsociety.org/journal-entr...

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CONTRACTUAL OVERRIDE | The Copyright Society

How Private Contracts Undermine the Goals of the Copyright Act for Libraries and Researchers, and What We Can Do About It

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UC Berkeley Library Scholarly Communication & Information Policy @ucbscholcomm.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

UCB students & faculty: Join our workshop to learn why research impact matters, discover key metrics to measure it, and explore practical tools to amplify your scholarly work. Oct 14, 11a-12p, Zoom. RSVP: update.lib.berkeley.edu/2025/09/25/r... @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social

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UC Berkeley Library Scholarly Communication & Information Policy @ucbscholcomm.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Have questions about copyright in writing your dissertation or thesis? Join our online workshop next week where we’ll help you navigate copyright and info policy issues. RSVP for the Zoom: update.lib.berkeley.edu/2025/09/09/r...

Berkeley Library workshop flyer: Copyright & Your Dissertation, September 16, 2025, 11a-12p on Zoom. Features colorful paint splatter design with open access symbol.

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UC Berkeley Library Scholarly Communication & Information Policy @ucbscholcomm.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Attention @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social social science and humanities grad students: Are you interested in eventually writing a scholarly book? Come to our Zoom panel to learn the ins and outs of the process. Great lineup of speakers. Nov 18, 11 am. RSVP: update.lib.berkeley.edu/2025/09/09/n...

Event flyer for 'From Dissertation to Book: Navigating the Publication Process' workshop on November 18, 2025, 11:00a-12:30p via Zoom, hosted by UCB Library. Features headshots and names of three speakers: Raina Polivka (Senior Editor, UC Press), Jacob Grumbach (Associate Professor, Goldman School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley), and Dave Hansen (Executive Director, Authors Alliance).

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UC Berkeley Library Scholarly Communication & Information Policy @ucbscholcomm.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Are you a PhD/Masters student working on your dissertation or thesis? Join this workshop on Sept 16 in which we’ll give you practical guidance for navigating copyright questions and other legal considerations for your writing and publication. RSVP for the Zoom: berkeley.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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UC Berkeley Library Scholarly Communication & Information Policy @ucbscholcomm.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Using AI and Text Mining with Library Resources: What Every UC Berkeley Researcher Needs to Know update.lib.berkeley.edu/2025/09/02/b... @ucberkeleylibrary.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social

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Authors Alliance @authorsalliance.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

We’re pleased to share a draft of our paper, “Contractual Override: How Private Contracts Undermine the Goals of the Copyright Act for Libraries and Researchers, and What We Can Do About It”. We are especially grateful to @rachaelgs.bsky.social for co-authoring this paper with us.

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Contractual Override: How Private Contracts Undermine the Goals of the Copyright Act for Libraries and Researchers, and What We Can Do About It

We’ve written before about the use of contracts limiting author’s access to fair use, including how publisher contracts restrict innovation by undermining scholarly AI research. Though contra…

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UC Berkeley Library Scholarly Communication & Information Policy @ucbscholcomm.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Check out the Fall 2025 copyright and publishing workshops hosted by our office. update.lib.berkeley.edu/2025/08/19/f... @ucberkeleylibrary.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social

Fall 2025 workshops flyer showing an illustrated person with headphones working on a laptop while sitting on stacked books. Three workshops are listed: "Copyright and Your Dissertation," "Managing and Maximizing Your Scholarly Impact," and "From Dissertation to Book: Navigating the Publication Process." UC Berkeley Library Scholarly Communication & Information Policy contact information included.

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UC Berkeley Library Scholarly Communication & Information Policy @ucbscholcomm.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Supporting open access book publishing at UC Berkeley: Fall 2025 Update update.lib.berkeley.edu/2025/08/19/s... @ucberkeleylibrary.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social

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Authors Alliance @authorsalliance.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Thank you to everyone who joined us and @arl.org yesterday for our discussion of recent AI and copyright decisions and their effect on authors and libraries. You can watch the recording below:

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Authors Alliance @authorsalliance.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Join us and @arl.org on July 28, 2025, 1-2pm ET for a discussion of the latest AI copyright litigation, what these rulings mean for libraries, researchers, and authors, and practical guidance for moving forward. Submit questions and register here: www.authorsalliance.org/2025/07/21/a...

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AI and Copyright: What Authors and Libraries Need to Know about the Bartz v. Anthropic and Kadrey v. Meta Cases

Join ARL and Authors Alliance for an essential discussion on how recent landmark court decisions are shaping the landscape of AI and copyright law. This webinar is open to the public.

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