UCSF has purchased a trial subscription to the oaFindr database, an open access article discovery platform. oaFindr crawls scholarly databases and the web for full-text, peer-reviewed open access articles that
We are pleased to announce a new online workshop designed to teach you the advanced features of the Collaborative Learning Environment (CLE)! This online training is self-paced and covers the
San Francisco, CA – The Archives and Special Collections department of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Library, in collaboration with the San Francisco Public Library (SFPL) and the
Save the date for the upcoming UCSF Archives exhibit: a Centennial Commemoration of WWI featuring UCSF’s role in the Great War, April 12, 2017 – April 2018 on the main
Calling all students, faculty, and staff – Join the UCSF Library and UCSF Campus Life Services Arts & Events for a day of discovery, fun, and exploration at Parnassus. See
San Francisco, CA – Today faculty, administration, and library leaders from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) took a major step towards the goal of making all scholarly literature freely available to
The Parnassus Library has extended hours during the March finals. We will be staying open until 12 midnight on the following dates: Monday, March 13 – Thursday, March 16: 7:45am – 12:00am Sunday,
At long last, our equipment reservation calendar is online and available to users. The days of emailing or calling Tech Commons staff to check on equipment availability are over (we
The UCSF Academic Senate voted to double the amount of funds available in the Open Access Publishing Fund in 2017. The Fund is made possible through a generous yearly gift
Assessing the fourth factor of fair use can be the trickiest, because one needs to consider existing and potential markets for the work, including secondary markets, which might include translations,
The third factor of fair use concerns itself with the amount of material used from a particular work. Have you used only what you need to achieve your purpose? Can
The first factor of fair use centers around why you are using the portion of copyrighted material, and what you want to do with it. The courts generally favor, and
When assessing the second factor of fair use, think about the work itself. Courts tend to favor factual works over more highly creative works as a fair use. So an
UCSF Archives and Special Collections (A&SC) is pleased to announce it has been awarded a 2016 National Historical Publications & Records Commission (NHPRC) grant from the National Archives in support
The UCSF Library is hosting this “upload-a-thon” session to help authors navigate the UC Open Access Policies as well as the upload process through both the UC Publication Management System
The Makers Lab January Pop-ups are underway. Make the most of your new year with a fun selection of pop-ups just for the UCSF community: Jewelry Making > Programmable Electronics >
