Howard S. Carrier

Liaison to:

International Affairs, Justice Studies, Political Science, Public Administration

About me

In my capacity as Copyright Librarian I provide assistance and instruction on authors’ rights, licensing, fair use, and the responsible use of copyrighted material to colleagues within the library and the wider JMU community.

I additionally serve as the Liaison Librarian to the Departments of Justice Studies and Political Science.

My research interests in librarianship include copyright, fair use, legal systems and legal information literacy.

Education:

LL.B. (Hons) (Law), University of Leicester, 1998

LL.M. Law of Human Rights & Civil Liberties, University of Leicester, 2001

M.S.L.S., School of Information & Library Science, UNC Chapel Hill, 2009

About Research & Scholarly Communications Unit

We provide holistic support for scholarly communications across JMU, including the development of inclusive and equitable practices related to publishing model and research infrastructure support. We provide expertise in copyright and IP, author rights, data and AI literacy and ethics, data services, internal Libraries reporting, open education, open publishing, and open infrastructure initiatives.

About Scholarly Communications Team

We provide expertise in copyright and IP, author rights, open education, open publishing, publishing models, and open infrastructure initiatives. We manage JMU Scholarly Commons and Aviary, the university’s institutional repositories, and provide consultations to the university community on their use. We can help answer questions about publishing models, retaining copyright, licensing, and how to make course materials open and accessible.