New Infographic: “How Libraries Are Champions for Academic Freedom and Balanced Copyright”
A new infographic was released by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) earlier today.
Focus
- It tells the story of how libraries are champions for academic freedom and balanced copyright policies.
- Explains the threat of unbalanced copyright to academic freedoms, including the freedom to research, to teach and learn, and to publish.
Access
- Full-size PDF
- 8.5″ x 11″ PDF double-sided
- 8.5″ x 14″ PDF
- 11″ x 17″ PDF
- Large PNG for embedding on your blog or website
We’ve also embedded the infographic below.
Team
ARL is grateful to Jonathan Band, Brandon Butler, William Cross, Ellen Finnie Duranceau, Peter Hirtle, Peter Jaszi, and Lisa Macklin for their valuable assistance with the framing of this infographic. ARL thanks Kien Tseng and his colleagues at Yippa for their fantastic graphic design work.
Note: Here’s a direct links to sources cited in the infographic:
Filed under: Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Libraries, News, Publishing
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.
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