This workshop hosted by CREATe lookd at aspects of eLending and access to digital knowledge.

The first part of the workshop was chaired by Magali Eben (University of Glasgow) and included contributions by Matteo Frigeri (University of Glasgow), who introduced the CREATe project The Law and Economics of eLending in Europe, and Konrad Gliściński (Centrum Cyfrowe/Jagiellonian University) who discussed aspects of eLending in Europe.

This was followed by a presentation by Rebecca Giblin who introduced the Untapped project.

In the second half of the workshop Jennie Rose Halperin (CEO, Library Futures) was in the chair. The audience heard from Kyle K Courtney (Harvard University) on his work on Internet Archive and Controlled Digital Lending (CDL), before Daniel Gilbert (Monash University) offered a provocation on, eLending: Where are We Now?

The workshop concluded with a performance in the ARC Atrium by Salon Orchester Glasgow, a 10-piece orchestra. Each piece performed had a unique copyright back-story. A particular highlight was The Unanswered Question by Charles Ives, where the orchestra dispersed to different floors of the ARC with the strings representing, The Silences of the Druids – Who Know, See and Hear Nothing; the trumpet posing The Perennial Question of Existence, and the flute searching for The Invisible Answer.

Read more about the workshop on the CREATe website

First published: 4 September 2023

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