SCOOP: Not All Rights Are Reserved, Understanding Creative Commons Licensing

by Christine Fruin

Creative Commons helps protect creators and their works--but the details can be complicated.

Copyright, Newsletter, The SCOOP

SCOOP: Scholarly Communication Roadshow Recap

by Christine Fruin

On February 22, 2019, nearly forty librarians and library staff from ATLA member institutions gathered in Chicago for the ACRL Scholarly Communication Roadshow event, sponsored by ATLA. The workshop, taught by Carla Myers, Scholarly Communications Coordinator at Miami University, and Rachael Samberg, Scholarly Communications Officer at the University of California…

Newsletter, Scholarly Communication, The SCOOP

SCOOP: Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week 2019 – Fair Use in Online Education

Fair Use (U.S. law) and Fair Dealing (Canada and other jurisdictions) are essential limitations and exceptions to copyright allowing the use of copyrighted materials, without permission from the copyright holder, under certain circumstances. These doctrines facilitate balance in copyright law, promoting further progress and accommodating freedom of speech and expression.…

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SCOOP: Scholarly Communications 2018: What Matters for Theological Libraries?

by Christine Fruin

ATLA enjoyed exciting growth in 2018 in its scholarly communications program, with the expansion of the open access publishing program and offering of webinars and a pre-conference workshop for ATLA members on topics related to fair use, open access and publishing. Around the globe there were other interesting and intriguing…

Newsletter, Scholarly Communication, The SCOOP

SCOOP: Build Scholarly Communication Competencies with the ACRL Roadshow

by Christine Fruin

Last fall, in one of my first SCOOP columns, I proposed that we are all scholarly communication librarians and offered examples of how librarians filling different functional roles as well as those working at smaller libraries often perform scholarly communication duties. Further, in that column, I shared the NASIG Core…

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The SCOOP: Being a Good Shepherd: Creating a Culture of Open Access Publishing

by Christine Fruin

Last month I had the privilege of attending two conferences where I shared the good work of the ATLA Press and our progress in creating a culture of open access publishing for theological librarians and the populations they serve. During the NFAIS Open Access Conference on the theme of “Movements…

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The SCOOP: Open Access Week 2018: Ensuring Open Access is Equitable and Inclusive

by Christine Fruin

Open Access Week 2018 arrives October 22nd with a challenge to stakeholders in the scholarly system to be intentional about designing systems for open access that are “inclusive, equitable, and truly serve the needs of a diverse global community.” As articulated in ATLA’s core values, we strive to promote hospitality,…

Newsletter, Open Access, The SCOOP

The SCOOP: Who Knows the Way to Get to OA?

by Christine Fruin

When open access was first introduced as a concept nearly twenty years ago, there were two common “roads” offered to open access: Gold and Green. Gold OA was defined then and still known now as open access that is available directly from publishers and free for readers but commonly published…

Newsletter, Open Access, Scholarly Communication, The SCOOP

The SCOOP: The Continuing Conundrum of Copyright and Course Reserves

by Christine Fruin

As the fall semester dawns and faculty prepare for classes, libraries return to questions of policy and legality as they process incoming course reserve requests. Copyright issues related to the provision of materials in an educational setting, whether via interlibrary loan, coursepacks, electronic course reserves or course management systems, have…

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The SCOOP: Scholarly Communication at the Crossroads: Reflections on the ATLA Annual Conference

by Christine Fruin

This was my first ATLA Annual Conference since joining the ATLA staff last fall. It was a wonderful opportunity to meet for the first time so many of our members. I had the opportunity both to lead sessions on publishing and open access and to sit in on several sessions…

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