Week 4: Digital Collections, Copyright, and Intellectual Property

February 7

Read and Discuss:

• Cohen and Rosenzweig, Digital History, “Owning the Past”
• Roy Rosenzweig, “Should Historical Scholarship Be Free?” Perspectives, April 2005
• Jennifer Howard, “What You Don’t Know About Copyright, but Should,” Chronicle of Higher Education, May 29, 2011
• Jeffrey R. Young, “Pushing Back Against Legal Threats by Putting Fair Use Forward,” Chronicle of Higher Education, May 29, 2011.
• Piper, P. S. (2013). The library’s future is digital. Online Searcher, 37(2), 22-24,26 [Proquest Library database]
• Melissa Terras, Cultural Heritage Information [Blackboard]

Online

Blog Post: Reflections on the week’s materials.  In particular consider the question raised by Roy Rosenzweig about whether scholarship should be free.

Further exploration:

Open Educational Resources Commons