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Save the Date for OCEAN's Fall Discussion Series Co-Produced with Authors Alliance!
OCEAN and Authors Alliance Fall Series on Artificial Intelligence and Copyright
This fall semester, OCEAN and Authors Alliance will be co-hosting a full Discussion Series on AI and its implications for authors, artists, scholars, researchers and…
Artificial Intelligence, Authorship, and the Public Interest - Call for Mini Grants up to $20,000!
Authors Alliance is pleased to announce the availability of research grants of up to $20,000 to support research projects at the intersection of artificial intelligence, copyright law, and the public interest. These grants are part…
Webinar About New Publication: e-Resource Licensing Explained: An A–Z Licensing Guidebook for Libraries!
OCEAN is excited to share information about an upcoming webinar about a new book co-authored by board member Sandra Enimil and published by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) called e-Resource Licensing Explained: An A–Z…
Read How Newfields Implemented Local Contexts' Notices
Interested in learning more about Local Contexts and how their protocols on digital surrogates of indigenous collections could help your institution? Read how Newfields became the first art museum in North America to implement Local…
Melissa Levine Profiled by University of Michigan School of Information
This month the University of Michigan School of Information interviewed OCEAN Advisory Board member Melissa Levine about her work with OCEAN and as director of the university library's copyright office. Visit the UMSI Industry Insights…
Kyle Courtney Presents Paper on Copyrightability of Bibliographic Metadata
On November 13th, OCEAN Advisory Board Member Kyle K. Courtney presented and released his paper, No One "Owns" That: Data, Copyright, and the Problems with [Library] Vendor Agreements together with co-authors at the 2024 Charleston…
Rina Elster Pantalony Participated in the Launch of the WIPO Toolkit on Preservation
Rina Elster Pantalony, Board Chair and President of OCEAN, participated in the launch of the WIPO Toolkit on Preservation on September 2-3, 2024 in Bogota, Colombia, together with co-authors Kenneth D. Crews and David Sutton. The…
Melissa Levine to Serve Second Term as Member of Copyright Public Modernization Committee
In September 2024, Melissa Levine, Vice-President of OCEAN, was asked by Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden to serve a second term as a member of the Copyright Public Modernization Committee, designed to to provide a…
Margaret McKee Receives 2024 Texas Digital Library Outreach Award
On May 21, 2024, OCEAN Board Member Margaret McKee was named the recipient of the 2024 Texas Digital Library Outreach Award Margaret received the award on the basis of her significant contributions to OCEAN’s broad…
Managing Copyright Issues From Acquisition to Exhibition from AAM and OCEAN
Last October, OCEAN cohosted a webinar with CSAAM (Collections Stewardship ProfessionalNetwork of the American Alliance of Museums). We are pleased to share a recording of the session (close captioned):
Save the Date: October 28, 2022 - Webinar with AAM and OCEAN
Coming up on October 28: Rights and Reproductions webinar organized by CSAAM (Collections Stewardship committee, American Alliance of Museums) and OCEAN (the Open Copyright Education Advisory Network). The format will be a presentation about a…
Congratulations to Advisory Board Member, Kyle Courtney
Public Knowledge has recognized OCEAN advisory board member Kyle Courtney with the IP3 award for intellectual property! The IP3 Award expresses appreciation for work in the three "I's:" intellectual property, information policy and internet protocol…
The Virtual Copyright Education Center: Update and Discussion
CNI Project Briefing
Melissa Levine, Director, Copyright Office, University of Michigan
Rina Elster Pantalony, Director, Copyright Advisory Services, Columbia University
In this session we discuss our successful pilot collaboration with LYRASIS. with hundreds of registrants…