Projects

Copyright Review Management System (CRMS - World)

In the fall of 2011, the University of Michigan Library received a National Leadership Grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Studies (IMLS). The grant runs from December 2011 to November 2014 and is awarded for (1) the development and deployment of the CRMS-World system, and (2) for the continued performance of the Copyright Review Management System (CRMS) originally funded by IMLS (2008-2011).

Copyright Review Management System (CRMS - U.S.)

In 2008, the University of Michigan Library was awarded a National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to create a Copyright Review Management System (CRMS). The purpose of the project is to increase the reliability of copyright status determinations of books published in the United States from 1923 to 1963 in the HathiTrust Digital Library, and to help create a point of collaboration with other institutions. Hundreds of thousands of books were published in the United States between 1923 and 1963, and although many of these are likely to be in the public domain, individuals must manually check their copyright status to make a determination. If a work is not in the public domain, it cannot be made accessible online. The system will aid in the process of making vast numbers of books from this period available online to the general public.

Compact for Open-Access Publishing Equity (COPE)

With the support and endorsement of the Provost's Office, the University of Michigan Library has joined the Compact for Open-Access Publishing Equity (COPE) to promote scholarly publication in OA journals by University of Michigan scholars.

Orphan Works Project

The Orphan Works Project is being led by the Copyright Office of the University of Michigan Library to identify orphan works. Orphan works are books that are subject to copyright but whose copyright holders cannot be identified or contacted. Our immediate focus is on digital books held by HathiTrust, a partnership of major research institutions and libraries working to ensure that the cultural record is preserved and accessible long into the future.