Announcing our Open Access FAQ
It’s now Open Access Week, an annual event that celebrates and promotes open access to scholarship and research. Open access […]
Open Access FAQ
by Pamela Samuelson and Molly Van Houweling, Authors Alliance Co-Founders. Last updated Oct. 20, 2014. What is “open access”? Who
UC Press Pioneers the Scholarly Monograph’s Open Access Future
By Authors Alliance co-founder Tom Leonard, University Librarian at the University of California, Berkeley. Last Spring the view out the
Authors Alliance Members Lead Push toward Open and Accessible Legal Education
Textbooks are essential instructional tools but they’re not without problems. Most familiar to students is the problem of cost: textbook
Why the Authors Alliance Amicus Brief Supports Google’s Fair Use Defense
By Authors Alliance co-founder Pamela Samuelson. It was nearly a decade ago that the Authors Guild and three of its
Why Does the Authors Alliance Care About Orphan Works?
By Authors Alliance co-founder Pamela Samuelson. During the Authors Alliance launch at the Internet Archive, I talked about why the
HathiTrust Wins Big Victory for Authors in Authors Guild Case
By Authors Alliance co-founder Pamela Samuelson. The Authors Guild may have suffered a major loss today when the Second Circuit
Amazon’s tactics in its dispute with Hachette are bad for authors
Guest-blogged by Mike Wolfe, an Authors Alliance member and copyright research fellow at UC Berkeley. Parts of this post have
Authors Alliance announces principles and proposals for copyright reform
In conjunction with its public launch, the Authors Alliance has announced its Principles and Proposals for Copyright Reform. This document outlines the Authors Alliance vision for a copyright reform effort that would work for authors who write to be read.