Copyright Information Centre

Esther Hoorn co-wrote a report on the developments in the digital learning and working environment of higher education, which was presented during the SURF Education Days. Together with a lawyer from Nijmegen, under the auspices of the VSNU, she prepared the administrative ground for the negotiations on the new reader regulation and an investigation into copyright material in Nestor. The final report of the Library Support of Digital Readers project was approved by the MT in 2012. As a result, and following the example of the GMW library, the library will be providing support and advice on the inclusion of compulsory literature in Nestor.

Together with the Zernike library, the Copyright Information Centre organized a Towards Sustainable Data Sharing seminar during Open Access Week. Many colleagues seized this opportunity to become acquainted with new library tasks in the field of archiving research data.

In addition, three new Open Access newsletters were published in 2012 in cooperation with the Transfer & Liaison Group.

The Copyright Information Centre also organized various publication strategy and Open Access workshops for PhD students, as well as presentations on copyright, Open Access and OpenCourseWare (e.g. at the Hanze University of Applied Sciences).