Presentations Session Chair: Deirdre Joyce (Syracuse University Libraries)
Visual copyright tools: promoting standardized rights statements through a community of practice Nancy Sims(1), Molly Huber(2), Gabriel Galson(3) 1: University of Minnesota Libraries; 2: Minnesota Digital Library; 3: Temple University
This session compares two new visual tools used to assign RightsStatements.org statements. While they differ in structure and scope, both use design principles to clarify legal concepts, easing implementation. They’re Twitter and search engine friendly, and they dovetail with broader efforts to promote RightsStatements.org worldwide.
Unlocking the Record of American Creativity: The Catalog of Copyright Entries Greg Cram, Sean Redmond The New York Public Library, United States of America
The Copyright Office has one of the best records of American creativity, but the records are difficult to use efficiently. Unlocking this record is essential for cultural heritage organizations to make digitized collections broadly available for reuse. This presentation focuses on NYPL's efforts to make this data open and searchable.
The Public Domain in Context: Developing Ethics Literacy for Open Collections Perry Collins University of Florida, United States of America
As high-profile works enter the public domain each year, LAM institutions have a renewed opportunity to promote awareness of out-of-copyright collections. How can LAMs embrace and implement our values of openness while also promoting literacy around the ethical use of public domain collections?
Head of the Digital Library Program, Syracuse University Libraries
Deirdre is an archivist and librarian who currently works as the head of the Digital Library Program at Syracuse University. Previously she worked as a metadata librarian at SU before serving as a project manager for New York Heritage Digital Collections and the Empire Archival Discovery... Read More →
Director of Copyright, Permissions and Information Policy, New York Public Library
Greg Cram is the Director of Copyright, Permissions and Information Policy at The New York Public Library. Greg endeavors to make the Library’s collections broadly available to researchers and the public. He is responsible for developing and implementing policies and practices around... Read More →
Minnesota Digital Library Outreach Coordinator, Minitex
Browse historical content from Minnesota's cultural heritage organizations or explore curated collections in primary source sets, maps, timelines, and exhibits
Technology Projects Librarian, Temple University Libraries
Gabe Galson is a Technology Projects Librarian at Temple U, serving as project manager for web and tech dev projects. He serves on the DPLA Rights Statements Working Group and the PA Digital DPLA hub, and has a background in archives/digitization.
