Wednesday, March 29, 2017

So often, with the release of special content, after the metadata, web design, and intuitive searching structure has been developed, the question of copyright halts progress. What efforts are needed to acquire permissions, post research to an institutional repository, and sack the internet for images for another website? The digital world is bending to accept more exceptions! Explore and share some cases which help and hinder efforts to provide access, unfettered by copyright constraints, by planning in advance. Then hear Gruenberg explore the “process of buying and selling” information. He shares tips for info pros as they prepare for meetings with the vendors; discusses how both sides can come away with a win-win result; and illustrates with real-life examples.