The South West (UK) Copyright Community

20th January 2020

Alison Davidson and Fayrouz Rogers

Alison Davidson, Bath Spa University, and Fayrouz Rogers, UWE Bristol, discuss setting up the South West UK Copyright Group in the hope of developing a more local community of copyright practice.

Using Product Management in Your Library

13th January 2020

David Duffield

David Duffield, CLA’s Product Manager for the DCS, discusses how the principles of product management can be used in your next library project.

Visiting the Libraries of the Future

6th January 2020

Ella Wharton

Ella Wharton, Library Assistant at the University of Lincoln, tells us all about her recent staff exchange to the university of helsinki and what she learnt along the way.

Start Trending: Dates for Your Libary's Social Media Calendar

16th December 2019

Becky Owen

We've put together some national and international days you can use in your library's 2020 social media plan!

Staff Need Digital Skills to Give Students the Best Digital Experience

9th December 2019

Sarah Knight

Nurturing the nation’s brightest minds for the technology-enhanced jobs of the future is a big responsibility – but do teaching staff get the support they need?

Patterns of Student Access

25th November 2019

David Duffield

DCS Product Manager, David Duffield, has a look at the patterns of student access in the DCS across the academic year.

All the Other Stories: Platforms for Refugee Writers

18th November 2019

Linda Mannheim

Linda Mannheim tells us all about Barbed Wire Fever - a literary project that explores what it means to be a refugee.

The Colour and Contours of First World War Poetry

11th November 2019

Santanu Das

We're all very familiar with the idea of the War Poet and War Poetry, but do we need to rethink and expand the canon? Santanu Das discusses the importance of looking past the well-known English names in poetry from World War I and include works by non-white writers (for example, South Asian, West Indian, African, African-American, Arab, or Turkish), as well as poetry by women, civilians, dissenters, working-class, non-English (particularly Irish, Scottish, Welsh and American).

Who Owns This AI-Generated Painting?

28th October 2019

Andres Guadamuz

Who owns the rights to a painting created through AI? Andres Guadamuz discusses this idea following the sale of a painting generated by an artificial intelligence program.

Intellectual Property and Higher Education: How Can We Change Perceptions and Attitudes?

21st October 2019

Stefano Barazza

Stefano Barazza discusses the future of Intellectual Property and Higher Education.