UC Berkeley Library Scholarly Communication & Information Policy

Happy Fair Use Friday during #fairuseweek! We’ve celebrated how fair use is essential to innovation & creativity, giving America a competitive edge. Check out our new one-pager explaining what fair use is, how we use it daily, and its impact on U.S. innovation! recreatecoalition.org/infographic/...

Participate in Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week! — Association of Research Libraries Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week is February 23–27, 2026! This is the 13th annual celebration of the balance in copyright law, promoting further progress, and accommodating freedom of speech and expression....

Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week is February 23–27, 2026, the 13th annual celebration of balance in copyright law!

Learn how to participate: www.arl.org/blog/partici...

#FairUseWeek #FairDealingWeek #Copyright #FreeSpeech #FreeExpression #Libraries @carl-abrc.bsky.social

SAVE THE DATE: Join @arl.org & Re:Create on 2/25 for a Fair Use Week congressional briefing looking at perspectives on AI and fair use from legal and policy experts. More information ➡️ www.arl.org/event/fair-u...

REMINDER for February 19 workshop: Publish Digital Books & Open Educational Resources with Pressbooks Date/Time: Thursday, February 19, 2026, 11:00am–12:00pm Location: Zoom. RSVP. If you’re looking to self-publish work of any length and want an easy-to-use tool that offers a high degree of customizat...

Reminder for UCB faculty, students, researchers: We’re giving a demo and workshop on how to build and publish a digital book via Pressbooks on Feb 19. RSVP for the Zoom link: update.lib.berkeley.edu/2026/02/10/r...

Euripides Scholia: Scholia on Orestes 1101–1693 An edition of scholia (annotations) on Euripides' Orestes 1101–1693

Congrats to Prof. Donald J. Mastronarde on publishing the third open access installment of scholia on Euripides’ Orestes (1101–1693) now available on Pressbooks: berkeley.pressbooks.pub/scholiapart3/ @ucberkeleylibrary.bsky.social

UC Berkeley’s Support for Open Access Book Publishing, January 2026 UC Berkeley Library continues to support a variety of ways our authors can participate in open access (OA) publishing to contribute to UC’s research and teaching mission. This mission includes the pra...

Here’s a quick update on how UC Berkeley Library—and the broader UC system—is supporting authors publishing open access books. update.lib.berkeley.edu/2026/01/28/u...

Advancing Open Monograph Opportunities at UC: New Pathways for the Future - Office of Scholarly Communication The University of California (UC) Libraries have released a new report, Advancing Open Monograph Opportunities at UC, outlining a values-based framework, key recommendations, and practical strategies ...

Advancing Open Monograph Opportunities at UC: New Pathways for the Future osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/2026/01/adva...

An event flyer for the Berkeley Library titled "Publish Digital Books and Open Educational Resources with Pressbooks." The workshop is scheduled for February 19, 2026, from 11am to 12pm via Zoom. The design features a maroon background and a colorful "Open Access" lock logo.

Workshop coming up Feb 19, 11a-12p, Zoom: Publish Digital Books & Open Educational Resources with Pressbooks. RSVP for the demo and learn the basics of creating and sharing digital books. update.lib.berkeley.edu/2026/01/13/f...

Open Access for UC-Authored Monographs – A UC Libraries Pilot Project - Office of Scholarly Communication Starting in 2025, UC Libraries are supporting several projects intended to broaden access to University of California research and scholarship by making UC-authored books open access.  Following on su...

Open Access for UC-Authored Monographs – A UC Libraries Pilot Project osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/2026/01/open...

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Coming up in 1 week. Are you a UC Berkeley faculty or researcher publishing results arising from federal grant funding? Join us January 14, 1-2pm on Zoom for a dive into agency public access policies affecting research publications and data. RSVP now! update.lib.berkeley.edu/2026/01/07/r...

Logos of six U.S. federal agencies: CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, NASA, NIH, and NSF

Are you a UC Berkeley faculty or researcher publishing results arising through federal grant funding? Join us January 14, 1-2pm on Zoom for a dive into agency public access policies affecting research publications and data. update.lib.berkeley.edu/2025/12/15/u... @ucberkeleylibrary.bsky.social

Flyer titled 'From Dissertation to Book: Navigating the Publication Process' featuring headshots of three panelists: Raina Polivka (Senior Editor, UC Press), Jacob Grumbach (Associate Professor, UC Berkeley), and Dave Hansen (Executive Director, Authors Alliance)

Here’s a videorecording of last month’s panel “From Dissertation to Book: Navigating the Pubication Process.” Many thanks to our great speakers who helped prospective authors understand how to publish an academic book. youtu.be/g4VduJLstBY?...

Releasing The Public Interest Corpus Principles and Goals Today, we are pleased to release The Public Interest Corpus Principles and Goals. This release builds on the recap of our final planning workshop and anticipates release of our final deliverable la…

Today, we are pleased to release The Public Interest Corpus Principles and Goals. This release builds on the recap of our final planning workshop and anticipates release of our final deliverable later this month.

Resisting The Vendor Machine: Corporations, Contracts, and Libraries : Library Futures : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Library Futures was pleased to welcome Hayley Park, Samantha Teremi, Stephanie “Cole” Adams, and Layla Maurer in the third installment of our fall...

This webinar on how to negotiate contracts to set better terms around AI and data was one of the best we've done. It's relevant to a number of different communities and creators, not just libraries! @libraryfutures.bsky.social archive.org/details/resi...

Artificial Humanities: A Fictional Perspective on Language in AI <I>Artificial Humanities</I> explores how literature, history, and art can deepen our understanding of artificial intelligence and its development. By examining fictional representations of AI in para...

Congrats to @ninabegus.bsky.social on publishing "Artificial Humanities: A Fictional Perspective on Language in AI." It’s open access on @uofmpress.bsky.social; OA publication made possible in part from UCB Library’s Berkeley Research Impact Initiative. www.fulcrum.org/concern/mono...

This is an event poster for "From Dissertation to Book: Navigating the Publication Process," hosted by the UCB Library Scholarly Communication & Information Policy office. The event is scheduled for November 18, 2025, from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM via Zoom. It features a panel of experts including Raina Polivka (Senior Editor at UC Press), Jacob Grumbach (Associate Professor at UC Berkeley), and Dave Hansen (Executive Director of Authors Alliance). The poster explains that the panel will offer practical advice on turning a dissertation into a book, covering topics like revising the dissertation, writing a proposal, approaching editors, signing contracts, and navigating peer review. A "Sign up!" button and a QR code are also visible.

Coming up next week! Join us as we talk to a faculty author, academic press editor, and a legal expert to unpack how to publish a scholarly book. Nov 18, 11 am Pacific time, Zoom. RSVP: berkeley.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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We’re presenting at the “Research, AI and Rights” webinar on Nov 14. Join for a discussion of the impacts of the ever-changing AI legal landscape on the work of researchers and the institutions that support them. RSVP at www.oceancopyright.org/event-detail...

Lyrasis Announces 2025–2026 Cohort of Open Access Community Investment Program (OACIP) Journals Lyrasis today announced the 2025–2026 cohort of journals in its Open Access Community Investment Program (OACIP). This year’s selection spans a broad range of disciplines and highlights the continued growth and impact of Diamond Open Access publishing, which removes financial barriers for both authors and readers. About OACIP Launched in 2020 to support stand-alone Diamond […]

🎉 Today the Lyrasis Open Access Community Investment Program announces the new 2025-2026 OACIP Journals! Libraries, consortia, academic departments, research centers, museums and funding agencies can support any of the #DiamondOA journals seeking funding. Learn more at: https://ow.ly/cu5I50XgjY7

This is an event poster for "From Dissertation to Book: Navigating the Publication Process," hosted by the UCB Library Scholarly Communication & Information Policy office. The event is scheduled for November 18, 2025, from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM via Zoom. It features a panel of experts including Raina Polivka (Senior Editor at UC Press), Jacob Grumbach (Associate Professor at UC Berkeley), and Dave Hansen (Executive Director of Authors Alliance). The poster explains that the panel will offer practical advice on turning a dissertation into a book, covering topics like revising the dissertation, writing a proposal, approaching editors, signing contracts, and navigating peer review. A "Sign up!" button and a QR code are also visible.

Calling all UC Berkeley students looking to publish an academic book: sign up for the upcoming panel discussion to learn the ins and outs of the process. Nov 18, 11 am, Zoom. RSVP: berkeley.zoom.us/meeting/regi... @ucberkeleylibrary.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social

Title slide with dark teal background. Main heading reads 'Navigating NIH's Revised Public Access Policy: On-the-Ground Experiences from Librarians and Researchers' in white text with a vertical yellow-green accent line on the left. Below are presenter names: Katie Fortney (California Digital Library), Tim Vollmer (UC Berkeley), and Anneliese Taylor (UCSF). At the bottom: 'SJSU Open Access Conference | October 21, 2025'

We’re happy to be joining the SJSU Open Access Virtual Conference to discuss how librarians and researchers are navigating the updated NIH Public Access Policy: scholarworks.sjsu.edu/oa-un-confer...

October 21, 2025. Free to register at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

This diagram, titled "The metrics ecosystem," illustrates the different ways scholarly impact is measured. The six categories are: Author-level: Measures impact based on a researcher's Publications, Citations, and the Journals they publish in. Journal-level: Measures the "Impact," Citations, and Reputation of the publication itself. Article-level: Measures the impact of a single paper through Citations, Bookmarks, Social media mentions, and Views & downloads. Alt-metrics: Measures broader "Attention" and social engagement for All outputs, often tracked by the Altmetric "donut." Data, code, & software: Measures the use of non-publication outputs through Citations, Dataset downloads, and GitHub forks.

Next week, join our workshop to understand scholarly metrics and learn how to amplify your academic work. Oct 14, 11a-12p, Zoom. RSVP: update.lib.berkeley.edu/2025/09/25/r...

Upcoming Events | OCEAN

This fall semester, we and Open Copyright Education Advisory Network (OCEAN) are co-hosting a Discussion Series on AI and its implications professionals working in libraries, archives and museums and for authors, artists, scholars, researchers who work with them.

More info and registration here:

CONTRACTUAL OVERRIDE | The Copyright Society How Private Contracts Undermine the Goals of the Copyright Act for Libraries and Researchers, and What We Can Do About It

Check out the article @rachaelgs.bsky.social wrote with
@authorsalliance.bsky.social. It explores how academic researchers & libraries are navigating private contracts that override key copyright exceptions meant to protect research, teaching, and innovation. copyrightsociety.org/journal-entr...

"Managing & Maximizing Your Scholarly Impact" workshop flyer for October 14, 2025, 11a-12p on Zoom, hosted by Berkeley Library with colorful open access logo.

UCB students & faculty: Join our workshop to learn why research impact matters, discover key metrics to measure it, and explore practical tools to amplify your scholarly work. Oct 14, 11a-12p, Zoom. RSVP: update.lib.berkeley.edu/2025/09/25/r... @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social

Berkeley Library workshop flyer: Copyright & Your Dissertation, September 16, 2025, 11a-12p on Zoom. Features colorful paint splatter design with open access symbol.

Have questions about copyright in writing your dissertation or thesis? Join our online workshop next week where we’ll help you navigate copyright and info policy issues. RSVP for the Zoom: update.lib.berkeley.edu/2025/09/09/r...

Event flyer for 'From Dissertation to Book: Navigating the Publication Process' workshop on November 18, 2025, 11:00a-12:30p via Zoom, hosted by UCB Library. Features headshots and names of three speakers: Raina Polivka (Senior Editor, UC Press), Jacob Grumbach (Associate Professor, Goldman School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley), and Dave Hansen (Executive Director, Authors Alliance).

Attention @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social social science and humanities grad students: Are you interested in eventually writing a scholarly book? Come to our Zoom panel to learn the ins and outs of the process. Great lineup of speakers. Nov 18, 11 am. RSVP: update.lib.berkeley.edu/2025/09/09/n...

Berkeley Library workshop flyer: Copyright & Your Dissertation, September 16, 2025, 11a-12p on Zoom. Features colorful paint splatter design with open access symbol.

Are you a PhD/Masters student working on your dissertation or thesis? Join this workshop on Sept 16 in which we’ll give you practical guidance for navigating copyright questions and other legal considerations for your writing and publication. RSVP for the Zoom: berkeley.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Using AI and Text Mining with Library Resources: What Every UC Berkeley Researcher Needs to Know update.lib.berkeley.edu/2025/09/02/b... @ucberkeleylibrary.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social

Contractual Override: How Private Contracts Undermine the Goals of the Copyright Act for Libraries and Researchers, and What We Can Do About It We’ve written before about the use of contracts limiting author’s access to fair use, including how publisher contracts restrict innovation by undermining scholarly AI research.  Though contra…

We’re pleased to share a draft of our paper, “Contractual Override: How Private Contracts Undermine the Goals of the Copyright Act for Libraries and Researchers, and What We Can Do About It”. We are especially grateful to @rachaelgs.bsky.social for co-authoring this paper with us.

Fall 2025 workshops flyer showing an illustrated person with headphones working on a laptop while sitting on stacked books. Three workshops are listed: "Copyright and Your Dissertation," "Managing and Maximizing Your Scholarly Impact," and "From Dissertation to Book: Navigating the Publication Process." UC Berkeley Library Scholarly Communication & Information Policy contact information included.

Check out the Fall 2025 copyright and publishing workshops hosted by our office. update.lib.berkeley.edu/2025/08/19/f... @ucberkeleylibrary.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social