Brandon Butler

This memo summarizes the key rulings in the Georgia State University (GSU) lawsuit and discusses some possible consequences for libraries generally.

memo_gsudirectors_15may12.pdf

Proceedings of the 160th ARL Membership Meeting, May 2012.

mm12sp-butler.pdf

Discusses copyright and its problems, why librarians need useable fair use, and the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries

fair-use-code-slides-lib.pdf

Discusses why students need to understand fair use, copyright and its problems, how codes of best practices help

fair-use-code-slides-student.pdf

There is long-standing interest in identifying orphan works, books that are subject to copyright but whose copyright holders cannot be identified or contacted. Orphan works comprise a significant percentage of ARL collections, and there is deep interest in making these works discoverable and more accessible. Recently, the University of Michigan announced the initiation of the Orphan Works Project. The focus of the project is on US digitized books held by HathiTrust, a partnership of major research institutions and libraries working to ensure that the cultural record is preserved and accessible long into the future.

resource_orphanworks_13sept11.pdf

Presented at the 157th ARL Membership Meeting, October 2010.

mm10fall-fairuse.mp3

Presented at the 157th ARL Membership Meeting, October 2010.

mm10fall-butler-jaszi.pdf

issue-brief-streaming-films-2010.pdf

This report summarizes research into the current application of fair use to meet the missions of U.S. academic and research libraries. Sixty-five librarians were interviewed confidentially by telephone for around one hour each. They were asked about their employment of fair use in five key areas of practice: support for teaching and learning, support for scholarship, preservation, exhibition and public outreach, and serving disabled communities.

arl_csm_fairusereport.pdf