Aus Libraries & Archives Copyright Coalition

Our next copyright training is taking place at State Library of Queensland. Copyright Essentials will be live streamed and Copyright Essentials will use Copyright the Card Game – Australian Edition! To register: events.humanitix.com/alacc-library-… #GLAM #GLAMCopyright #Copyright @slqld

Libraries play an important role in providing access to research and Australia's Chief Scientist Dr Cathy Foley has a bold plan for opening up research. theguardian.com/australia-news… #OpenAccess #AccessToResearch @ScienceChiefAu

Just in case you missed our Public Domain Day post on New Year's Day: The Public Domain is the beneficiary of preservation and digitisation by libraries and archives, and we need more of it! #PublicDomainDay #PublicDomainDay2024 #PublicDomain #Copyright alacc.org.au/happy-public-d…

We’re celebrating World Braille Day by highlighting the Queensland Braille Writing Association also known as @BrailleHouseAU For over 126 years, they’ve built a significant and unique collection of Braille and tactile materials including writing machines and other tools.

Every year on 1 January, creative works come out of copyright and into the public domain. Discover vintage ads, posters, and items from prominent Australians in our collection that are now out-of-copyright: brnw.ch/21wFJB2

Artwork: A postcard featuring a coloured black and white photo of Queen Street, Brisbane, circa 1908. Public Domain. Collection: State Library of Queensland (@slqld). Negative number: 193117. View website for full attribution information.

Happy New Year! And happy Public Domain Day!🥳 Australia's libraries and archives are crucial to the Public Domain: preservation, digitisation, searchability and equitable online access. alacc.org.au/happy-public-d… #PublicDomainDay #PublicDomainDay2024 #PublicDomain #Copyright

Photo: A Christmas greeting card decorated with hand painted blue flowers and containing the message 'Season's Greetings'. Artwork: Artist unknown, c. 1923, available at collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/PRG+2…. Part of the Jessie Gibson collection, State Library of South Australia. @SLSA

The ALACC wishes you happy holidays! #Christmas #Christmas2023 #HappyHolidays

There is a great article about a project to produce a companion to the original #Barossa Cookery Book, one of Australia’s oldest community cookbooks on @abcnews. What an exciting example of the value of the #PublicDomain! abc.net.au/news/2023-12-1… #Copyright #Cooking @mybarossa

Orphan materials are so important but can be tricky to use (from a copyright perspective). @TheALACC looks at some of those culture treasures. #OrphanWorks #Copyright #LawReform

Part one of our case study series on orphan works looks at the Lithuanian newspaper Australijos Lietuvis held within the collection of the @SLSA alacc.org.au/case-study-sta…

Fun fact: Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Limited facilitated the first wireless telegraph between England and Australia from then Prime Minister Billy Hughes. Read more about this story: bit.ly/3usk1at

An upcoming exhibition at The Chazen Museum of Art in Wisconsin explores copying and pastiche in early fine art printmaking and its parallels to questions about authorship and the value of creativity in the AI age. chazen.wisc.edu/exhibitions/ar… #Copyright #AI @ChazenArtUW @uwmadison

Christmas in the tropics at the Eddie Koiki Mabo Library! Take an elfie with the book tree. #JCULibraryBookTree

Today is World Digital Preservation Day so we look past digital preservation as just a ‘libraries and archives thing’ to explore how digitising cultural collections contributes to a range of industries. au.creativecommons.net/digital-preser… #WDPD2023 #OpenCulture #CulturalHeritagePreservation

A month on from the @CreativeCommons Global Summit and our Co-lead @ElliottBledsoe reflects that open knowledge and culture is so important, now more than ever. goherel.ink/cc-summit-refl… #CCSummit2023 #CreativeCommons #OpenKnowledge #OpenCulture

Happy World Day for Audiovisual Heritage! Here's to our preservation professionals and institutions collecting and sharing Australia's audiovisual heritage. #WDAVH2023 #SharingHumanity @UNESCO

We’re celebrating World Day for Audiovisual heritage 🎥📸 We ❤ supporting the audiovisual preservation professionals and the institutions that safeguard our heritage for future generations, just like @NFSAonline ⬇ #WDAVH2023 #EnrichingCommunities