Publications

This book focuses on how academic and research library workers can engage in legislative advocacy and public policy work at different levels (local, regional, and national), and shares strategies on advocating for specific policies/issues impacting...

Minow and guest author Kyle K. Courtney discuss the library ebooks landscape and state-level efforts to institutionalize fair licensing terms.

If a pending lawsuit by major American book publishers challenging controlled digital lending's legal limits succeeds, it's absence might be a lot more noticeable to a lot more people. It will be harder to borrow digital books and other materials from the...

This paper is about how libraries can legally lend digital copies of books. It explains the legal and policy rationales for the process— “controlled digital lending”— as well as a variety of risk factors and practical considerations that can guide...

The copyright status of works of the state governments, however, is often far more difficult to determine. While reasonable policy would contend that state government works should be available to the public at large, many states assert a copyright...

The library finds itself navigating a challenging transition at the dawn of a digital era: 2013 marked the fourth consecutive year in which more than 40 percent of libraries in the United States experienced a decrease in funding. The university library is...