Copyright, Fair Use, and Author Rights

From the promotional flyer for this talk: Copyright is a battlefield, and an author\u27s control over his/her own work can easily become collateral damage or go missing in action. Many publishers believe they have an inherent right to own the intellectual property arising from your grant-funded research and to live off the earnings of written works that you had little choice but to give them for free or pay them to publish. In this session, you will learn more about U.S. Copyright Law, authors\u27 rights, fair use, and protecting your intellectual property. You will learn how to make copyright law work in your favor: what to do, what to avoid, when to push back, and when to run away and live to fight another day

Copyright: Preserve, Protect, and Promote Your Research: QUIZ (KEY)

Answers to a quiz given during a presentation held on April 9, 2019 in the Cottonwood Room, East Union, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Topic: Copyright for academic authors

Remembrance of Things Past

An overview of faculty development leave taken January 2018 through June 2018, University Libraries, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Cresting toward the Sea Change, A Tale of Adventure: Writing a Literature Review for \u3ci\u3eLRTS\u3c/i\u3e

Slides for a talk given on writing a commissioned literature review for Library Resources and Technical Services, sponsored by the Academic Activities Committee, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, October 23, 2012

Hot potato: who will end up paying for open access?

Open access to scholarly content is increasing, and will continue to do so. This phenomenon is driving the economics of publishing to change dramatically. The question is: what will the economics of open access look like when this correction settles into a sustainable model? I will cover some of the ideas that have recently been articulated by economists, information professionals and others regarding retooling the evolving publishing business model, and will present some proposed solutions to the problem of “who is going to pay for it?

Remembrance of Things Past

An overview of faculty development leave taken January 2018 through June 2018, University Libraries, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Concepts in Animal Parasitology: Master Bibliography

Master bibliography for the open educational resource/open access textbook Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Scott L. Gardner and Sue Ann Gardner, editors, published by Zea Books, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States, 2023. This includes the references from literature cited and suggested supplemental reading

Open Textbook Project

An overview of an open educational resource textbook project administered from the University Libraries, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Images of some of the textbook authors are included

Review of \u3ci\u3eIntercountry Adoption from China: Examining Cultural Heritage and Other Postadoption Issues\u3c/i\u3e by Jay W. Rojewski and Jacy L. Rojewski; Greenwood, 2001

With little formal background in this area, the authors have produced a well-researched, accessible handbook for U.S. residents who have adopted, or are considering adoption of, Chinese children. Jay Rojewski is an occupational studies professor and Jacy Rojewski is a middle school special education teacher, and their interest in the subject was piqued when they adopted a Chinese child several years ago. From a search of the literature it appears that the book fills a relative void on the topic. The authors cover a range of issues, including the philosophical issues and concerns surrounding intercountry adoption, how adoption from China takes place, attachment and adjustment issues, how and why-or whether-to impart Chinese culture and heritage to adoptees, how to deal with discrimination in the United States in mixed race families, and cultural identity and development. The issue of traditional (due to infertility) vs. preferential adopters is also addressed. The authors conducted their primary research via a survey posted on the web. They acknowledge the limitations of this method but suggest that there is still much to be learned from what they gleaned in the research, and I agree. The methods seem to be sound and rigorous and appropriate to the subject. One drawback to the book is that some of the information will soon become outdated, especially the legal aspects. Nevertheless, the book should serve as a rich source of information on intercountry adoption from China for those interested in the topic as well as those wishing to adopt a child

Comparison of Library Publishing Workflows by Open Access Model

Slides of an invited talk presented remotely at the Challenges of Contemporary Publishing Conference held at the Lublin University of Technology in Lublin, Poland on May 25, 2023. Includes a comparison of workflows involved in library publishing based on open access (OA) model (gold, green, and diamond/platinum). Gold OA refers to outsourcing the publishing, green OA refers to republishing, and diamond/platinum OA refers to original publishing