Join a team of experts from the University Libraries to discuss federal funders’ public access policies. We will discuss public access to publications as well as data management and sharing. We will especially focus on the policies of the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health, but we welcome public access questions about […]

     Scams can masquerade as scholarly publishers or conferences. They trick researchers to take their money or get the benefit of the researcher’s reputation. If you or a colleague have been the victim of a scam, you are not to blame. At this session, Ana Enriquez from the Libraries’ Office of Scholarly Communications and […]

This workshop provides a brief introduction to U.S. copyright law, focusing on its impact on university research and teaching. This workshop is designed for complete beginners. You will learn what copyright covers and how copyrighted works enter the public domain. You’ll also learn about fair use and other rights that copyright gives to people using […]

     This workshop will provide an introduction to copyright issues related to generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, Copilot, and Stable Diffusion. The law in this area is in flux, so we’ll study recent developments as well as relevant precedent on three questions. Are works created with generative AI tools copyrightable? Is it fair […]

Join Nancy Adams, library faculty at Harrell Health Sciences Library, to review Penn State’s Faculty Senate policy that requires open access to research produced by anyone who publishes research as a function of their university employment. Learn four easy ways to make your research policy-compliant or how to obtain a waiver if you need one. […]