Copyright Librarianship

Alan Kilpatrick

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Reference Librarian at the Law Society of Saskatchewan Library, Regina SK

Areas of expertise: Reference & instruction, collections management, legal librarianship, legal research, copyright law, copyright for libraries, blogging, social media management
Can help with: Legal reference questions, legal research, general advice, job applications, mock interviews, resumes, professional development, library school questions, & anything else!
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: alan.kilpatrick@lawsociety.sk.ca , @alan_kilpat, 306-569-8020 https://librarycanuck.wordpress.com/

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Head of Office of Copyright Compliance at McGill University Library

Areas of expertise: copyright, OA, IRs, working in discipline-specific institutions (fine arts, social sciences
Can help with: general questions, academic library questions, CV review, advice on applying for jobs in the UK and Ireland
Can speak: English
Can read: English, French, Italian
Contact: alexandra.kohn@mcgill.ca , @lexkohn

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Scholarly Communication Librarian at Arizona State University

Areas of expertise: scholarly communication, open access, open education, copyright/fair use, licensing, collection development, acquisition, project management, productivity
Can help with: resume/CV/application review, academic library questions, professional involvement/service, tenure/continuing appointment, presentation preparation
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: anali.perry@gmail.com, @grumpator

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Scholarly Communications and Copyright Librarian, University of Winnipeg

Areas of expertise: Canadian Copyright, Open Access, Institutional Repositories, Scholarly Publishing Industry, Music and Copyright, Criminal Justice/ Abolitionist, Faculty Research Support, Author's Rights, Research & Scholarship
Can help with: general questions, CV review, practice interviews, presentation prep, research proposals, publication questions and publication agreement reviewing... happy to help however I can, really
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: b.selman@uwinnipeg.ca

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Digital Scholarship Librarian at the University of Pittsburgh

Areas of expertise: digital scholarship, pedagogy and instruction, Python, event planning, interactive fiction, management and supervision, copyright in digital scholarship projects
Can help with: CV review, cover letter review, job interview questions, digital scholarship work in libraries, faculty unions, copyright, instruction and pedagogy, new supervisor/team lead questions, experiences at Duquesne University and the University of Pittsburgh
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: gesina.a.phillips [at] gmail.com

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User Experience Specialist

Areas of expertise: UX, Information Architecture, Taxonomies, Metadata, Information Management, Special Libraries
Can help with: Happy to talk through anything.
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: jaratliff13@gmail.com / @Gameronomist

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Digital Asset Management Lead, University of Rochester - River Campus Libraries

Areas of expertise: project management, digitization, digital libraries, metadata, US copyright law, policy development, public libraries, Omeka, CONTENTdm, Internet Archive, Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), Preservica, Python a bit of data visualization, and enough IIIF to make me dangerous
Can help with: CV/resume review, cover letter review, interview preparation, getting involved with professional organizations/service, presentation preparation, developing portfolios, DAM/digital libraries/digital preservation, getting started in coding, just being a sounding board for whatever you've got going on
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: john.dewees@rochester.edu (preferred), john.dewees@gmail.com, @johndewees, johndewees.com (updated 2022-03-11)

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Scholarly Communications Librarian, Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Areas of expertise: Scholarly Communications in general, Open Access, Open Education, Open Pedagogy, Canadian copyright, fair dealing, library publishing, monograph publishing, journal publishing, Pressbooks, OJS, Islandora, institutional repositories, creative commons licensing, author rights
Can help with: Academic library questions, job applications, CV review, informational interviews, pep talks/general morale boosting/commiserating, lessons learned & pitfalls in publishing projects or platform use/setup
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: karen.meijer-kline@kpu.ca, @kmeijerkline

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Areas of expertise: open access, copyright, licensing, law librarianship, scholarly communication, teaching, academic writing, MOOCs, mindfulness/meditation, and law (especial laws related to library, archive, other cultural institution work)
Can help with: library questions, job applications, cv review, networking, article review, copyright
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: 617-495-4089 @KyleKCourtney