Jennie Rose Halperin: A Tech-Positive Future for Libraries, Controlled Digital Lending & US CASE Act

Jennie Rose Halperin, is a facilitator, digital strategist, writer, and editor, who currently serves as the Executive Director of Library Futures: a nonprofit organization that champions equitable access to knowledge. Trained as a librarian, she has worked in content, web development, and digital services of all types, including at the Harvard Law Library, Creative Commons, Safari Books Online/O'Reilly Media, and Mozilla. Jennie notably talks about promoting a technology positive future for libraries. She reflects on the bad and overly complex licensing deals libraries are presented with and looks at the dangers of the US Case Act for librarians. Jennie further explains the concept of controlled digital lending, and discusses the recent US eBook bills.

 

📌Time Stamp
⏲️[00:00] Introduction
⏲️[02:08] Copyright issues encountered
⏲️[07:17] Ebooks & Controlled Digital Lending
⏲️[10:50] Audiobooks vs Ebooks
⏲️[16:22] Digital ownership
⏲️[23:07] Defects in the system
⏲️[27:34] Recommendations from our guest
⏲️[33:39] Conclusion

 

📌People Mentioned in The Episode
☑️Kathleen deLaurenti
☑️Rich Prelinger
☑️Courtney Cook
☑️Chris Paulson 

📌Special Terms Mentioned in The Episode
☑️Ebooks - an electronic version of a printed book that can be read on a computer or handheld device designed specifically for this purpose.
☑️Audiobooks - an audiocassette or CD recording of a reading of a book, typically a novel.
☑️Control Digital Lending -  (CDL) is a model by which libraries digitize materials in their collection and make them available for lending. It is based on interpretations of the United States copyright principles of fair use and copyright exhaustion.
☑️Copyright - is a statute that grants you ownership of the work you produce.

 

📌Guest of this Episode
🎙️Jennie Rose Halperin | Executive Director of Library Futures
https://www.libraryfutures.net
https://twitter.com/library_futures
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