Looking past the gloss: What does the Model License really say about monitoring and reporting?
One of the recurring issues that seems to keep coming up is the extent to which the AUCC-Access Copyright Model License satisfactorily addresses the concerns raised with the proposed tariff with respect to monitoring, surveying, privacy and more generally the…
Flawed rationales underline UA statement of intent to sign AUCC-Access Copyright Model License
The University of Alberta has issued a statement indicating its intention to sign the AUCC-Access Copyright Model license. This announcement represents a turn-around from the university’s earlier position, taken in 2011, when it announced it was opting out of the…
California Bill would create open access textbook digital library
California Senate Bills 1052 and 1053 would create the California Open Source Digital Library to house open source materials while providing a web-based way for students, faculty, and staff to easily find, adopt, utilize and/or modify course materials for little…
UWO President asked to reconsider campus ban on activists
In a letter dated April 17th, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association has asked the President of the University of Western Ontario to reconsider a decision to ban two community activists from the Western campus on account of their participation in…
Education Groups Differ on Federal Budget Analysis
The Canadian Association of University Teachers has released a detailed analysis about the federal budget. CAUT has quite a different take on this from Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) <http://www.aucc.ca/media-room/news-and-commentary/universities-give-high-marks-to-smart-investments-in-research-and-innovation> and the Canadian Association of Research Libraries…
Toronto and Western sign licensing agreement with Access Copyright
(first posted at http://samtrosow.ca/content/view/112/1/ on January 31, 21012. In a surprise move, two of Canada’s major research universities have entered into a voluntary licensing agreement with Access Copyright. The agreement was announced Monday evening by Access Copyright, the University of…
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