Upcoming Events at Library Futures (and elsewhere)

Our partners at Library Futures have announced some interesting webinars, coming soon to a screen near you. Hope to “see” you at them.

The Athena Unbound Discussion

Information is meant to be shared, and scholarly knowledge is meant to be free. Join Peter Baldwin and our new Research Manager Michelle Reed on May 4 as they discuss Peter’s new book Athena Unbound: Why and How Scholarly Knowledge Should be Free. Register here.

Come Learn with Us!

We are thrilled to introduce our new Library Futures Learning Circles! Join our community and build your expertise in everything from Controlled Digital Lending to Introducing Ebook Legislation in Your State to Negotiation Tactics to Fighting Book and Database Challenges. We’ll kick things off in May with “Ask a Lawyer!” Learn more

Ask a Lawyer

Can you digitize a thing? Can you lend a digitized thing? What the heck is a transformative use anyway? Meredith Rose from Public Knowledge kicks off our first Learning Circle on May 11 at 3:30 PM ET. Come for an casual hour of conversation and empower yourself to answer your own library legal questions! Reserve your spot

Visit the OCEAN!

From the Internet Archive and CDL to Andy Warhol and fair use (with stops for digital preservation rights, sharing collections online, and the Communications Decency Act), the Open Copyright Education Advisory Network’s spring series has you covered for smart talk with smart people. Register today (RF sez, lots of interesting sessions—check it out.)

LF’s Moment of Inspiration: Let’s celebrate the right to repair—and the right to digital ownership!

Digital ownership isn't just important to libraries--it's also crucial to the right to repair. Our friends @iFixit have the lowdown on Colorado's new right-to-repair bill for farmers.

Own your tractors; own your ebooks!