Code of Best Practices and Other Legal Tools for Software Preservation: 2019 Webinar Series

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https://www.softwarepreservationnetwork.org/spn-resources/
Description - a brief synopsis, abstract or summary of what the learning resource is about: 

Since 2015, the Software Preservation Network (SPN) has worked to create a space where organizations from industry, academia, government, cultural heritage, and the public sphere can contribute their myriad skills and capabilities toward collaborative solutions that will ensure persistent access to all software and all software-dependent objects. The organization's goal is to make it easier to deposit, discover, and reuse software.
A key activity of the SPN is to provide webinar series on topics related to software preservation.  The 2019 series include:
Episode 1: The Code of Best Practices for Fair Use in Software Preservation, Why and How?
Episode 2:  Beginning the Preservation Workflow
Episode 3:  Making Software Available Within Institutions and Networks
Episode 4:  Working with Source Code and Software Licenses
Episode 5:  Understanding the Anti-circumvention Rules and the Preservation Exemptions
Episode 6:  Making the Code Part of Software Preservation Culture
Episode 7:  International Implications
See information about each episode separately.
 

 

Authoring Organization(s) Name: 
Software Preservation Network (SPN)
Access Cost: 
No fee
Primary language(s) in which the learning resource was originally published or made available: 
English
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Keywords - short phrases describing what the learning resource is about: 
Access rights
Community standards
Continuity of access - - Core Trustworthy Data Repositories Requirements
Copyright of data
Data curation
Data preservation
Data stewardship
Expert guidance - Core Trustworthy Data Repositories Requirements
Fair use copyright doctrine
Licenses - Core Trustworthy Data Repositories Requirements
Reusable software
Software management
Software preservation
Published / Broadcast: 
Friday, November 30, 2018
Publisher - organization credited with publishing or broadcasting the learning resource: 
Software Preservation Network (SPN)
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Event - time-based happening that is portrayed or covered by the learning resource, e.g., a webinar.
Contributor Organization(s): 
Name: 
Association of Research Libraries (ARL)
Type: 
Collaborator
Name: 
Cyberlaw Clinic @ Harvard Law School
Type: 
Collaborator
Name: 
Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
Type: 
Collaborator
Name: 
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Type: 
Funding and sponsorship
Name: 
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Type: 
Funding and sponsorship
Name: 
Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
Type: 
Funding and sponsorship
Educational Info
Purpose - primary educational reason for which the learning resource was created: 
Instruction - detailed information about aspects or processes related to data management or data skills.
Learning Resource Type - category of the learning resource from the point of view of a professional educator: 
Course - series of units and lessons used to teach the skills and knowledge required by its curriculum.
Target Audience - intended audience for which the learning resource was created: 
Data manager
Data policymaker
Data professional
Early-career research scientist
Educator
Librarian
Repository manager
Research faculty
Software engineer
Technology expert group
Intended time to complete - approximate amount of time the average student will take to complete the learning resource: 
More than 1 hour (but less than 1 day)