This roundtable brings together experts in intellectual property and publishing, and it will delve into what historians and writers need to know about their rights in a rapidly changing publishing landscape. The roundtable will address questions related to copyright, creative commons licenses, fair use, and intellectual property rights within the university setting, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) and scholarly publishing.

This roundtable will include: Dave Hansen, the executive director of the Author’s Alliance, a non-profit that helps authors understand and enjoy their rights and promote policies that make knowledge and culture available and discoverable; Alisa Plant, the Director of Louisiana State University Press; and Zvi Rosen, an Associate Professor at the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law and the Faculty Director of the Franklin Pierce Society for Intellectual Property; Elizabeth Townsend Gard, a law professor at Tulane University and expert in Intellectual Property law and advocate for faculty IP rights; Agnes Gambill West, an Associate Professor, University Libraries at Appalachian State University, with expertise in Intellectual Property, Copyright, Trademark, Geographical Indications, Privacy, Rights of Publicity.