Dear Colleagues,
I am part of a group of authors that are co-authoring a book on U.S. copyright that explores how copyright has evolved over the centuries and in what types of ways authors, users, and libraries and archives are impacted by it. As part of the project, we are conducting surveys of each of these groups. The survey for libraries, archives and other cultural heritage organizations asks what copyright issues you have encountered and how you've managed them. The surveys for general users or users of ephemera ask about how users perceive copyright and use copyrighted works.
I am writing with the hopes that you will:
1) complete the survey for cultural heritage organizations, and
2) share the survey for users with your researchers. [I can provide QR codes to the surveys for easy distribution.]
Note: researchers may fill out either survey, but the ephemera survey is targeted explicitly at those researchers who are utilizing archival collections containing unpublished works.
A standard disclosure page at the start of each survey provides more information for respondents. The surveys have been evaluated by an IRB and are determined to be exempt. The survey(s) will run through December 9, 2024.
Many thanks to J. Christine Park, Law Librarian in Residence at Gallagher Law Library (University of Washington School of Law) for leading the empirical team handling the survey design, implementation, and analysis.
Thank you for your time. If you have any questions or problems, please do not hesitate to contact me at hbriston@ucsd.edu
With all best regards,
Heather Briston
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Heather Briston, JD, MSI (she/her)
Program Director, Scholarly Tools and Methods
UC San Diego Library
hbriston@ucsd.eduhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9545-1693------------------------------