Our research and data
Our pilot program
From 2020 to 2021, LYRASIS and Columbia University Libraries’ Copyright Advisory Services piloted a new Virtual Copyright Education Center, that included a series of classes on copyright issues and management. The pilot included business planning with the goal of developing a sustainable service model (it was the first pilot delivered through the new Research and Innovation division of LYRASIS). The pilot gave us an opportunity to test our proof of concept. It confirmed our commitment to a free or "pay what you can" model and the need to share recordings of courses as an open resource. We found that the real educational value lies in the direct and live interaction with a copyright expert and not in the asynchronous learning experience offered by a recording alone. We held 5 courses -- each one was 90 minutes in duration. They were held live online and recorded. Q&A sessions were not recorded to provide a measure of comfort to participants when they asked sensitive questions. Each of the 5 courses was offered twice during the spring and fall of 2021. We developed a baseline copyright 101 course that was distributed publicly and the remaining 4 courses were on advanced topics and offered on the LYRASIS Learning platform for a nominal fee. Over 1600 participants registered for our courses in less than a year. To see recordings of all our course offerings and related materials created during the pilot, that are now publicly available, please go to https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1553
January 22, 2020
Prepared by Rina Elster Pantalony and Roger C. Schonfeld, Director, Libraries, Scholarly Communication and Museums, Ithaka S+R with the support of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. This report summarizes roundtable discussions held at Columbia University Libraries during the summer of 2019. The discussions were facilitated with Tom Clareson, Senior Consultant for Digital & Preservation Services, LYRASIS. The discussants represented significant copyright expertise, diverse and inclusive perspectives, and recognized leadership in copyright education in the cultural heritage sector -- people with experience working with collections and from professional organizations including the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the American Library Association, and the Society of American Archivists. The report formed a second phase of research evaluate options for structure and implementation for professionals working in libraries, archives, and museums. The discussions considered ways to address this need to be, "scalable, financially sustainable, advanced in subject matter, and responsive to both evolving audience needs and to legal and technological change."
January 30, 2018
https://doi.org/10.48609/s6tg-vb13
Columbia University Libraries conducted a feasibility study to determine the viability and sustainability of a copyright education center for libraries, archives and museums. Prepared by Kristin Kelly (formerly of the Getty) and Rina Elster Pantalony with support from the LYRASIS Catalyst Fund. This study allowed us to move from the anecdotal sense that there was a need for copyright education in our sector to a substantive picture of the need for copyright education for cultural heritage professionals.