Intellectual Property
Ownership of digital content, rights of access, and mechanisms for regulating the use of digital content have played a major role in the development of digital libraries. Copyright laws of most countries were not written to take into account the existence of digital information on the Internet. The Open Access movement has encouraged authors, especially those in the research and education communities, to license their works in a way that encourages their broad use. Digital rights management systems are put in place to protect content from use beyond those specifically licensed to a user or group. This is a contentious area and CNI provides a forum for airing views and principles and for better understanding the way forward.
Recent Publications/Reports/Presentations by CNI Staff
International Tensions and “Science Nationalism” in a Networked World: Strategies and Implications (January '21)View Report View more information
UNT Open Access Symposium, Closing Remarks (May '10)
Speaker: Clifford A. Lynch View more information View video
“Improving Access to Research Results” (October '06)
Author: Clifford A. Lynch View more information
“DRM & Higher Ed,” CIP Handbook (August '06)
Author: Clifford A. Lynch View more information
“Open Computation: Beyond Human-Reader-Centric Views of Scholarly Literatures” (August '06)
Author: Clifford A. Lynch View more information
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Recent Project Briefings & Plenary Sessions from CNI Meetings
Empowering 360° Theater Utilization with the Visualization Studio Development Kit for Unity (March '23)
Colin Patrick Keenan, North Carolina State University
Extended Reality(XR)’s Growing Use in Higher Education (March '23)
Sean Burns, EDUCAUSE
Daniel Fergus, University of Nevada, Reno
Emily Sherwood, University of Rochester
Kyle Rimkus, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Workshop Report Out: National Infrastructure for Public Access Usage and Impact Reporting (March '23)
Christina Drummond, University of North Texas
Charles Watkinson, University of Michigan
Niels Stern, OAPEN & Directory of Open Access Books
Digital Archiving for a Volatile Planet: An Update on the Modern Endangered Archives Program (March '22)
Rachel Deblinger, University of California, Los Angeles
Todd Grappone, University of California, Los Angeles
Sharon Farb, University of California, Los Angeles
Gloria Chacon, University of California, San Diego
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Recent Videos
Empowering 360° Theater Utilization with the Visualization Studio Development Kit for Unity (March '23)Colin Patrick Keenan, North Carolina State University
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Extended Reality(XR)’s Growing Use in Higher Education (March '23)
Sean Burns, EDUCAUSE
Daniel Fergus, University of Nevada, Reno
Emily Sherwood, University of Rochester
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Libraries, Disability Service Organizations, and Repositories: An Evolving Workflow from the Educational Materials Made Accessible Project (March '23)
Kyle Rimkus, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign View more information
Workshop Report Out: National Infrastructure for Public Access Usage and Impact Reporting (March '23)
Christina Drummond, University of North Texas
Charles Watkinson, University of Michigan
Niels Stern, OAPEN & Directory of Open Access Books View more information
Research Libraries Collaboratively Bridging the Accessible Works Gap (February '23)
Pascal Calarco, University of Windsor
Victoria Owen, University of Toronto
Judith Russell, University of Florida
Joy Kirchner, York University
Katherine Klosek, Association of Research Libraries
Kelsey Corlett-Rivera, National Library Service for the Blind, Library of Congress
Daniel Cromwell, University of Florida View more information
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