Quilter, Laura

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Copyright and Information Policy Lawyer/Librarian
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Laura Quilter is an attorney, librarian, teacher, and activist, working on copyright and other areas of information law and policy.
Since 2012 she has been the Copyright and Information Policy Librarian at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She also teaches at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) at Simmons College.
Laura earned a law degree (J.D.) from Berkeley School of Law, University of Califonia, and a library degree (M.S.L.I.S.) from the University of Kentucky. She has taught with the Samuelson Law, Technology, and Public Policy Clinic at Berkeley Law, and worked or consulted with numerous nonprofit organizations. Prior to receiving her law degree, she taught and worked as a librarian at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, the University of Illinois at Chicago, and the Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection.
Laura’s research interests include copyright tensions within teaching and scholarly communications, and more broadly, human rights concerns within information law and policy, including privacy, access to knowledge, and intellectual freedom.
Materials available through ScholarWorks are a selection of Laura Quilter's presentations and contributions. Please visit her personal website for a complete list of publications and presentations: http://lquilter.net/
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  • PublicationOpen Access
    1C XKCD 14
    (2015-01-01) Quilter, Laura
    This is a copyright comic used in an attempt at levity on the first day of the Coypright Boot Camp. Foundational Copyright (Dec. 1 Boston; Dec. 15 Amherst)
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    Publishing Your Dissertations: Open Access / Embargo / Other Options? What’s In Your Best Interest? A Panel Discussion
    (2013-10-22) Ogilvie, Brian; Quilter, Laura; Wilcox, Bruce; Freedman, Kate
    Heated discussion erupted over the American Historical Association statement urging universities to allow PhD recipients to embargo their electronic dissertation for up to six years while they pursue a book contract. Harvard University Press responded with a blog post that made a convincing case that immediate open access could be advantageous. Some institutions have recently changed their open access and embargo policies. This panel will provide faculty, librarian, University Press, and graduate student views on this timely topic followed by Q&A. Light refreshments will be served.
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    Open Tech Fair
    (2015-10-21) Quilter, Laura; Smith, Jeremy
    Open your eyes to access here at UMass Amherst. From open access to open source, open content and open science, come get your fix of all things open at UMass Amherst. Representatives from Wikipedia, the UMass Knowledge Commons Workshop, Pioneer Valley Open Science, the UMass Amherst Libraries, and many others will be on hand to share openly accessible resources, and help you get involved in opening access for all. Tables will include: Open Textbooks! Maker spaces! Open content projects! Student activism! Where to find free books! Refreshments: Open Access fortune cookies
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    2B Copyright Workshop Agenda Session 2
    (2015-01-01) Quilter, Laura
    This is the agenda for Day 2 of the Copyright Boot Camp. Advanced Topics : Licensing, Negotiation, and Scholarly Communication (Dec. 2 Boston, Dec. 16 Amherst)
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    1B Copyright Hypotheticals
    (2015-01-01) Quilter, Laura
    Copyright Boot Camp Day 1: Foundational Copyright Copyright Basics. What is copyrightable? What rights does copyright cover (what’s a derivative work)? This list of situations provides assessment and discussion around basic copyright with case studies.
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    “Occupy” Fair
    (2013-10-24) Quilter, Laura
    Tables of information about UMass Library teaching services; research & publication services; open access-related projects like Wikipedia, Knowledge Commons, open source software, and more.
  • PublicationOpen Access
    2J Wiley-Blackwell Agreement (sample contract)
    (2015-01-01) Quilter, Laura
    Advanced Topics : Licensing, Negotiation, and Scholarly Communication (Dec. 2 Boston, Dec. 16 Amherst) Laura Quilter, UMass - Authors & Scholarly Communication. Includes an overview of copyright in relation to author contracts, a hands-on exercise reviewing an author publication agreement, and pointers about talking with authors about their publication agreements. This is a sample copyright transfer agreement from Wiley-Blackwell used for teaching purposes.
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    1E Statutes 101 2, 6-9, 110, 121, 504a
    (2015-01-01) Quilter, Laura
    Foundational Copyright (Dec. 1 Boston; Dec. 15 Amherst) This is the text of Statutes 101 2, 6-9, 110, 121, 504a.
  • PublicationOpen Access
    Fair Use
    (2019-01-01) Quilter, Laura
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    Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon
    (2015-10-19) Quilter, Laura; Smith, Jeremy
    Have you ever wanted to use Wikipedia in your classroom? Have you been asked to help instructors with Wikipedia assignments? Do you just think Wikipedia is great and want to help students and/or instructors use it better? Agenda will include an overview of Wikipedia's principles, an introduction to the mechanics of editing pages and communicating with others, and an overview of how the Wikipedia Education program works. Following the initial training, we will have an edit-a-thon for hands-on experience.