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Category Archives: AUCC
Trent University Declines to Sign Access Copyright Agreement
Circulating today on the CAUT Librarians list: http://www.trentu.ca/newsevents/newsDetail.php?newsID=2827 From the Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic After much feedback, debate and discourse with various internal student groups and faculty, Trent University has decided not to sign a licence agreement … Continue reading
Mount Royal University, Calgary, Alberta
It has just been announced on the CAUT Librarians’ list that Mount Royal University will not be signing the Access Copyright.
Manitoba Library Association urges universities not to sign deal with Access Copyright
See, MLA urges universities & colleges not to sign on to Access Copyright deal
University of Winnipeg opt out of a copyright licence agreement the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
For an update on this decision, see http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/u-of-w-rejects–copyright-deal-as-money-grab-152135325.html
UofT Prof. Ariel Katz creates Hall of Fame, Hall of Shame and Hall of Purgatory with regards to Fair Dealing and Access Copyright
On Prof. Ariel Katz’s blog http://arielkatz.org/archives/1803 a current log of those who are choosing not to sign the model Access Copyright agreement are listed in the Hall of Fame: University of British Columbia, Windsor University, Athabasca University. For the rest … Continue reading
UBC is not signing a license agreement with Access Copyright
This was released today from UBC today, May 15, 2012: The following message is sent on behalf of David H. Farrar, Provost and Vice President Academic (Vancouver) and Doug Owram, Deputy Vice Chancellor and Principal (Okanagan). After extensive review, the … Continue reading
Canadians Should Take Note – Recent Decision on GUS Copyright Case (Oxford, Cambridge, Sage)
UofT Prof. Ariel Katz has outlined the court’s decision,concerning the case (filed April 2008) by three publishers, Oxford, Sage and Cambrige, against George State University and urges Canadians to take a close look: “On Friday, the US District Court issued … Continue reading
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Response from APLA about AUCC and Access Copyright Agreement
This notice is being widely circulated from the President of the APLA, F.Y.I.: Dear Presidents of the Universities and Colleges of Atlantic Canada: The Atlantic Provinces Library Association (APLA) was dismayed to learn of the agreement reached between Access Copyright … Continue reading
Issues in AUCC Statement on Academic Freedom Questioned
Quoted excerpt from Huffington Post (see below): “In 2011 the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) reached the distinguished age of one hundred! The presidents of AUCC’s member institutions celebrated their centennial this fall by approving a new … Continue reading
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David Naylor, UT President, Responds to AUCC Statement on Academic Freedom
F.Y.I. The President of the University of Toronto has publicly released his reasons for withdrawing from the board of the AUCC on this website: http://www.president.utoronto.ca/presidents-comment-on-aucc-statement-on-academic-freedom.htm The new statement on Academic Freedom by the AUCC (the Association of Universities and Colleges … Continue reading
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