Developing issues in licensing: Text mining, MOOCs, and more
Rathemacher, Andrée J.

PublishedSeptember 2013
JournalSerials Review
Volume 39, Issue 3, Pages 205-210
EditorCollins, Maria

ABSTRACT
This report covers a program co-sponsored by the Collection Development and Electronic Resources Management Interest Groups of the Association of College and Research Libraries New England Chapter (ACRL/NEC), an independent chapter of ACRL. The workshop, titled “Developing Issues in Licensing: Text Mining, MOOCs, and More,” took place on April 25, 2013 at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. Approximately 40 people attended.

Keywords copyright · fair use ·  · open access · open education

ISSN0098-7913
RefereedYes
RightsCopyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved
DOI10.1016/j.serrev.2013.07.016
URLhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0098791313001263
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