Weighing the four factors of fair use
Posted February 21, 2023
Happy Fair Use Week! In U.S. copyright law, fair use is a user’s right to make use of other creators’ copyrighted works for purposes...Category: Contributors
Latest OER Grant projects to save 1,650 students $193K per year
Posted May 6, 2022
Sixteen applicants of the 2022 Open Educational Resource grant will receive at least $5,000 to develop free teaching material for a Northwestern undergraduate course....
How to begin using OER (without making it yourself)
Posted March 9, 2022
By Lauren McKeen McDonald, Open Education Librarian If you’re an educator, you’ve probably heard of OER by now. OER stands for Open Educational Resources...
Latest OER Grant projects to save 2,300 undergrads $176K per year
Posted May 3, 2021
By Lauren McKeen McDonald, Open Education Librarian Nine applicants of the 2021 Open Educational Resource grant will receive at least $5,000 to develop free teaching...
Fair Use Week celebrates copyright flexibility for all
Posted February 21, 2021
By Liz Hamilton, copyright librarian Happy Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week! This international event, observed February 22-26, celebrates fair use (an exception under copyright law...
Create Free, Digital, and Adaptable Course Materials with OER Grant
Posted January 25, 2021
By Lauren McKeen McDonald, Open Education Librarian The Affordable Instructional Resources (AIR) initiative invites Northwestern faculty to apply for $5,000 grants to develop Open Educational Resources...
Latest OER grant projects expected to save 1,300 students $247,000
Posted May 11, 2020
By Lauren McKeen, Open Education Librarian Four recipients of a 2020-21 Open Educational Resource grant will receive at least $5,000 to develop free teaching...
Busted: The Top 5 myths about OER
Posted March 2, 2020
By Lauren McKeen, Librarian and Web Manager If you’re an educator, there’s a pretty good chance you’ve heard of OER, but you may be...
A Brutal Beauty
Posted January 27, 2020
When the plans for University Library were being developed in the 1960s, one concern was how a new, modern library would relate to the...