Librarycopyright.net Website Review

copyright advisory networkamerican library as*ociation office for information technology policy. a community of librarians, copyright scholars, policy wonks. join us. the copyright advisory network (can) exists to help librarians understand copyright law and appreciate the important role that they can play in serving the public “to advance the progress of science and the useful arts.” we use the network to respond to copyright questions posed by librarians, but perhaps—more importantly, help librarians learn about copyright from a broader perspective, primarily its impact on information policy issues fundamental to our profession, including free expression, equitable access to information, of them give legal advice. think of the response as informed opinion gleaned from experience, education, and interest in copyright law. spargur and are available for use at your institutions as copyright guides and educational tools. the tools are governed by a creative commons attribution- license that allows “others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation.” if you create a new work based on a can copyright tool, we ask that you “pay it forward” by retaining the same cc license to advance access and learning for all. web. this is a newer part of the can that we are interested in expanding. everyone in the can community must have register to participate. if you wish to be anonymous, you can create a user name of your choosing. anyone can participate in the forum, asking or responding to queries and expressing opinions. we are librarians that participate in or are a member of the oitp copyright education committee copyright specialists or scholarly communication librarians at our home institutions. we volunteer our time to maintain the network by responding to queries, creating copyright resources and sharing copyright news. our goal is to provide a response from a can user