“Copyright is a growing area of concern for academic publishing.” Newsflash: water is wet.

Relatedly, what happens when you make information expensive.

But good things can happen when you make information accessible.

Kente cloth and copyright, or “the importance of understanding and directly involving communities who have claims” to the works we want to preserve.

Who owns the metadata? (Who created the metadata? And for a little flashback, am I not my metadata?)

Open, Alex.

You’ve got tech questions. EFF has answers.

Could concerns over big data bridge partisan divides? Red state suggests maybe.

Is the internet headed to SCOTUS? Reminder: we have some thoughts.

Events

• CFP for All Things Open, Kennesaw State University (open through February 7, 2025)
• Technology, Culture, and Power series, Stanford University (ongoing)
• Examining The New Federalism in Technology Policy (February 2-3, 2025)
• The Association of Moving Image Archivists has a nice selection of webinars you might enjoy

Jobs

Collect all the things! Manage all the data!

• Acquisitions and Licensing Librarian, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw State University, Georgia
• Collection Development Lead, Sciences and Agriculture, Cornell University Library
• Data Access Librarian, Johns Hopkins
• Research Data Management Librarian, Queen’s University Library
• Records and Information Management Specialist, Mammoth Cave National Park
• Metadata Manager, University of Michigan
• Algorithmic Justice Fellow, ACLU