Preserving Our Intellectual Legacies in the Digital Age- Eventbrite

abernard102@gmail.com 2015-04-05

Summary:

"Scholars are often so busy with current research projects and other matters that we don't think about how best to preserve our intellectual legacies. But it is worth asking: Will future generations of scholars appreciate our contributions after our books go out of print? Or when the physical bookshelves on which they are stored must compete with virtual bookshelves, full of new electronic resources that are more easily discovered and accessed online? How can authors avoid the prospect of intellectual oblivion in the digital age?   Authors concerned with these questions have formed the nonprofit Authors Alliance to help formulate answers. Join us for a conversation about overcoming legal, technical, and institutional obstacles to the preservation of our intellectual legacies. Topics will include the process of reclaiming copyrights from publishers, the role of fair use in preserving works, and the potential of open access publishing to make and keep works accessible to readers ..."

Link:

http://www.eventbrite.com/e/preserving-our-intellectual-legacies-in-the-digital-age-tickets-15705025153

From feeds:

Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » abernard102@gmail.com

Tags:

oa.new oa.authors_alliance oa.advocacy oa.copyright oa.licensing oa.fair_use oa.events oa.libre

Date tagged:

04/05/2015, 09:04

Date published:

04/05/2015, 05:04