• Public.Resource.Org and EFF Win Case on the Right to Post Public Laws Online

Information Today reports that the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has shared the following: “Technical standards like fire and electrical codes developed by private organizations but incorporated into public law can be freely disseminated without any liability for copyright infringement, a federal appeals court ruled [Sept. 12]. …
“[The ruling] upholds the idea that our laws belong to all of us, and we should be able to find, read, and share them free of registration requirements, fees, and other roadblocks. It’s a long-awaited victory for Public.Resource.org, a nonprofit organization founded in 2007 by open records advocate Carl Malamud of Healdsburg, Calif., and represented in this case by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) with co-counsel Fenwick & West and David Halperin. …”

MORE LIBRARY AND PUBLISHING NEWS FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCE

• Index Data applauds Linköping University Library’s successful FOLIO implementation

• EveryLibrary Institute hosts webinar series: Transforming Library Management with Health in All Policies

• Gale and NACBS Award Fellowships to Five Scholars to Support British Studies and Decolonization/Diaspora Research

• Invitation to a Virtual Meeting About the Digital FDLP (via GPO)

• Shanah Tovah pop-up cards from the Jewish Heritage Collection (University of Michigan Library)

• Archivist of the United States Dr. Colleen Shogan Sworn in by Chief Justice During Ceremony Attended by First Lady

• eLife introduces new process to simplify publication fee payments for authors

• Artefacto Helps Libraries Opt Out of GPTBot

CONFERENCES, MEETINGS, & WEBINARS

Show Me the Data: How to Help Researchers Share their Data, Software, and Code

Date: Thursday, September 28, 2023
Time: 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Duration: 1 hour

“The open data movement is gaining momentum. Governments, academic publishers, and funding agencies worldwide are encouraging researchers to share the data, software, or code which underpins their research findings. In this growing open environment, how can librarians contribute valuable insights on good sharing practices and ways to maximize impact?
“In this webinar, Jamie Hutchins (Director of Open Research, Taylor & Francis Group) and Natya Hans (Informatics and Reproducibility Librarian, University of Florida) discuss how librarians can help researchers share their data and software openly and how they can be prepared to answer FAQs …”