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Scholarly Communication Toolkit

Based upon the ACRL Scholarly Communication Toolkit

Attribution

The material included on the UAH "Scholarly Communications Toolkit" subject guide page is based upon / selected from the website of the same name here from the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL).

Reuse of all materials is subject to the same license placed by the ACRL: 

Creative Commons License
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Copyright & Libraries

Libraries are creatures of the historical and statutory balance in copyright law. Libraries lend materials based on the First Sale doctrine. Libraries share materials and preserve works under specific provisions for libraries in the Act. Libraries are often the only entities that provide access to the vast majority of copyrighted works that lose market vitality long before the expiration of the copyrights, and are often the only entities that preserve public domain materials. Libraries enable users to access copyrighted and public domain works and to exercise their rights under the exceptions and limitations to creators' rights in the law. The creation of new intellectual property building on the old is stimulated as a result of the existence of libraries. Libraries are places where the public and the proprietary meet. The multiple roles of libraries as social organizations address the balance in the law, and are shaped by it.1


1From "Libraries as Creatures of Copyright: Why Librarians Care about Intellectual Property and Policy." Carol Henderson, American Library Association. http://www.ala.org/advocacy/copyright/copyrightarticle/librariescreatures

Books on Copyright and Libraries

Copyright Law - Courses & Presentations for Librarians

Copyright Basics - Resources

Section 108 (Library Exception) - Resources

Public Domain Tools & Resources

Orphan Works - Readings