Year in Review for App State’s Open Journal Program
Dec 20, 2024
2024 has been a busy and productive year for App State’s Open Journal Program.We’ve added a new journal with a long history, migrated a journal fr...
Digitizing the University Libraries Student Artwork Contest
Nov 26, 2024
Digitizing the University Libraries Student Artwork ContestLast year, University Libraries organized an artwork contest which highlighted the artistic...
Copyright and Artificial Intelligence: Is your academic research at risk?
Aug 14, 2024
AI companies are quietly courting tech companies and publishers to obtain access to treasure troves of copyrighted content—including faculty-publish...
SPARC Open Access Webinar Series
Jul 19, 2024
This summer, refresh your understanding of Open Access by attending Sparc's Open Access Webinar Series.We'll gather in Room 421 in the Belk Library on...
Getting Ready for Figshare, Appalachian’s Fabulous Forthcoming Institutional Repository
May 31, 2024
Beginning in June, as we gear up to modernize App’s institutional repository, there will a momentary pause on ingesting new content. For the time be...
Copyright and Free Expression
Feb 29, 2024
Parody is one example of how copyright law’s fair use doctrine protects free expression. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, a parody ...
The CASE Act and the Copyright Claims Board (CCB): A Brief Review
Dec 1, 2023
In 2020, Congress passed a law called the “Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2020, known as the “CASE Act.” T...
Check out JIHHS, Volume 3: "Aging Well"
Oct 30, 2023
Digital Scholarship and Initiatives is thrilled to announce the PubPub debut of The Journal of the Blue Cross NC Institute for Health and Human S...
These Boots Were Made for Walking
Oct 6, 2023
Digital Scholarship and Initiatives is happy to have Adjunct Faculty member Kevin Freeman on board as Appalachian State's 3D Scanning Technician. ...
DSI Rocks!!
Sep 29, 2023
DSI employees Kevin Freeman and Sai Estep were on the same wavelength while getting dressed for work on Thursday, or the rest of us just missed the me...