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:

• “How Copyright Keeps Works Disappeared” by Paul J. Heald (2013 via SSRN)

• Scholarly Publishing: Know the Facts (via U. of Washington, University Libraries)