OSC Harvard

The Harvard Library Office for Scholarly Communication spearheads initiatives to open, share, and preserve scholarship.

[librarypunk @librarypunk]

Internet Archive is trending for yet another day and I really think @KyleKCourtney explaining the issues here surrounding CDL and the lawsuit could be helpful in clearing some issues up (including Chuck Wendig still getting dogpiled for criticizing the IA)

[Kyle K. Courtney @KyleKCourtney]

Very excited to publish this piece on #ControlledDigitalLending and the @internetarchive case with @thehill @TheHillOpinion. Please have a read: "If Publishers Have Their Way, #Libraries' Digital Options Will See Major Cuts" #CDL https://t.co/BXW2qlGyB2

[Harvard Library @HarvardLibrary]

Our Library VP and University Librarian Martha Whitehead, who chairs the Confederation of Open Access Repositories, says a new grant will enable @COAR_eV "to introduce significant innovation into the broad repository landscape in support of research." Read more about the funding:

[OSC Harvard @oscharvard]

DASH has reached 50 million downloads! 🎉

Thank you to all of our contributing authors and, of course, to our readers around the globe––all of whom demonstrate the importance of #OpenAccess to scholarship. 🙏

[OCLC @OCLC]

In this session, @DigLibCopyright (@DukeLibraries) and @KyleKCourtney (@OSCHarvard)—authors of the original controlled digital lending (CDL) white paper—will explain the basic CDL framework & review recent developments in law & policy.

⤵️ Register here. https://t.co/vlazQ6quL6

[Fair Use Week @FairUseWeek]

We are incredibly excited to host our UK colleagues @jsecker & @cbowiemorrison w/ their blog post "#FairDealingWeek Makes a Home Coming." Read about UK #copyright, fair dealing & the plans for the UK's first full week of #fairdealing events! https://t.co/THSwqEuLnQ #fairuseweek

[ARL Public Policy @ARLpolicy]

This Fair Use Week we teamed up with the @ssrc_org #MediaWell project to ask experts to reflect on how fair use supports research and journalism, & how #FairUse can help combat misinformation. Follow #FairUseWeek & @FairUseWeek for new content each day! https://t.co/84y8bQGBEE

[Fair Use Week @FairUseWeek]

It's the 9th Annual #FairUseWeek! We are kicking off the celebration of #FairUse with a post by #copyright expert @kcrews exploring "Fair Use and Small Claims: Getting Ready for the Big Deal" https://t.co/ieWyBiafyO

[Harvard Library Bulletin @HLBJournal]

New #HarvardContagionProject article in @HLBJournal: Taylor M. Moore writes on Egyptian old wives' tales, a mysterious medicine bundle in the @HarvardMuseums, & the connections "between histories of medicine ... & histories of anthropology & collecting": https://t.co/ivrr1Fapqt

[Harvard Library Bulletin @HLBJournal]

New to @HLBJournal and #HarvardContagionProject: @Stanford #historian Paula Findlen on the 17th-c. Jesuit Athanasius Kircher, first to study plague under the #microscope—and then wrote a book about it. @HMSCountway holds an original edition. Read more: https://t.co/jzzZxUnbri

[BOAI @TheBOAI]

20 years ago today the BOAI offered the first definition of #OpenAccess. To mark the anniversary, in consultation with the community, the BOAI20 Steering Committee will be releasing a new set of recommendations, reflections & resources in the coming weeks. https://t.co/qC7kQHfm1v

[Library Futures @library_futures]

The AAP's lawsuit represents a pattern of behavior that demonstrates the commercial publishing industry’s continued disdain for the librarians, educators, and the public who simply want resources to provide access to materials. Read our statement. 👇🏾 https://t.co/8BwMhSvDAD

[Peter Suber (@[email protected]) @petersuber]

Update. Here's the @HarvardLibrary announcement, covering the changes to my role & to the @OSCHarvard.
https://t.co/7Ty4PNOIY3

[OSC Harvard @oscharvard]

We are so grateful for Peter Suber's unwavering commitment to open access.

Thank you, Peter, for all that we have been able to do under your leadership at OSC!

Read Peter's thread for more about his shift from directing OSC to focusing more on open-access consulting.

[Peter Suber (@[email protected]) @petersuber]

2/ I'm stepping down from my position as director of the Office for Scholarly Communication (@OSCHarvard). But I'll continue in a new half-time role devoted to internal & external consulting on #openaccess, starting next summer.

[OSC Harvard @oscharvard]

We're rounding out the In Practice series with @hlrdmp's Katie Mika who talked with Amy Nurnberger, Program Head of Data Management Services @mitlibraries, about #OpenData, principles of data citation & more! 📊

Read it here: https://t.co/r9eW4EenY7

[OSC Harvard @oscharvard]

What are open practitioners working on & how do they talk about it?

Check out "In Practice: Interviews with Practitioners of Open"—a new series by & for members of the open community! 🔓🛠️

https://t.co/DE0SU2rRcU

New releases Oct 26 - Nov 19!

#OAWeek #OAWeek2021

[OSC Harvard @oscharvard]

New from In Practice: Julie Goldman @jgolds2 & Mitch Nakaue share their perspectives as Managing Editors for @JeSLIBJournal & @HLBJournal, respectively.

Go behind the scenes with these no-fee #OpenAccess journals! 👀

Read it here: https://t.co/ZufHbnLxpb

[OSC Harvard @oscharvard]

Registration is open for the 3rd annual Northeast Institutional Repository Day! #NIRD21 🤓

[JeSLIB @JeSLIBJournal]

For #OAWeek our Managing Editor @jgolds2 talked about her volunteer work for #JeSLIB and all things #OpenAccess publishing. 🧡 Check it out! ⬇️