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In case you missed it: New in-copyright titles added over the summer

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Adding to the second quarter’s successful haul, BHL secured permission for 52 titles in July, August and September. That brings 2016’s total to 108 in-copyright titles thus far!

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October 18, 2016byPatrick Randall
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April showers bring…new in-copyright content to BHL!

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April, May, and June were busy months for processing license agreements and adding new in-copyright titles: 35 in all, bringing our total to 56 for the first half of 2016! Many licensors outside the BHL Consortium gave permission for their content, which adds contemporary scholarship to the collection already rich in legacy literature. Below is the full list of in-copyright titles added between April 1st and June 30th, 2016.
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July 19, 2016byPatrick Randall
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Expanding Access (EABL) Project Brings New In-Copyright Content to BHL

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In case you missed our last post recapping the in-copyright content in BHL over 2015, we secured agreements with 23 licensors to provide 34 in-copyright titles for free and open access via our online collection.

BHL is thrilled that for the first few months of 2016, we have gotten permission to add 20 new in-copyright titles! Why such a sudden bounty?

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May 5, 2016byBianca Crowley
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Happy New In-Copyright Materials!

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Welcome to 2016 and BHL’s latest batch of in-copyright content! We have 8 new titles to add to the list since our last post. Over the course of 2015, BHL secured the following:

Where possible, BHL acquires permission in the form of a signed license agreement from copyright holders to digitize post-1922 publications.

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January 20, 2016byBianca Crowley
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From Scarborough to Svjatoj Nos: BHL’s latest in-copyright additions

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What do the Scarborough District, tigers, Socieded Cientifica Argentina, Auckland Institute and Museum, birds and the Svjatoj Nos wetlands have in common? Actually not much… …except that they are the newest in-copyright additions to the BHL collection! If you still think that BHL is strictly about legacy literature, think again. Although still a very small portion of our collection, in-copyright titles now total over 400 from 170 licensors. Please see our Permissions page to learn more about the in-copyright content in our collection. Where possible, BHL acquires permission in the form of a signed license agreement from copyright holders to digitize post-1922 publications.

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October 22, 2015byBianca Crowley
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