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Howard S. Carrier

Copyright and IP Librarian, Associate Professor

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Building: Carrier LibraryOffice: 1073MSC: 1704

Departments: ,

Liaison to:

International Affairs, Justice Studies, Political Science, Public Administration

About me

In my capacity as Copyright & IP 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 serve as the Chair of JMU’s Intellectual Property Committee and coordinate JMU Libraries’ PTRC program.

I additionally serve as the Liaison Librarian to the Departments of Justice Studies and Political Science and teach JUST 397 – Legal Research & Information Literacy – in the fall semesters within the Department of Justice Studies.

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.