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Will Cross

Will Cross is the Director of the Copyright & Digital Scholarship Center in the NCSU Libraries. He speaks and writes nationally on copyright, scholarly communication, and open culture.

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Currently

Currently

Director, Copyright & Digital Scholarship Center

Education

2009 - 2011 UNC School of Information and Library Science MSLS

2004 - 2007 UNC School of Law JD

2001 - 2003 UNC School of Media and Journalism MA

1996 - 2000 University of North Carolina BA

Publications

A complete list is also available on my ORCID page

Journal Articles

  • Thompson, S., Cross, W., Rigling, L., and Vickery, J., Data-Informed Open Education Advocacy: A New Approach to Saving Students Money and Backaches, Journal of Access Services, (In Press)

  • Waller, M., Cross, W., and Rigling, L., The Open Textbook Toolkit: Seeding Successful Partnerships for Collaboration Between Academic Libraries and University Presses, Journal of Scholarly Publishing, 49(1) (2017)

  • Cross, W., More than a House of Cards: Developing a Firm Foundation for Streaming Media and Consumer-Licensed Content in the Library. The Journal of Copyright in Education and Librarianship 1(1) (2016) doi.org/10.17161/jcel.v1i1.5919

  • Cross, W., Libraries Support Data-Sharing Across the Research Lifecycle. Library Journal (2016)

  • Davis, H. and Cross, W., Using a Data Management Plan Review Service as Training Ground for Librarians. Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication, 3(2) 1-20. (2015)

  • Cross, W., What We Talk About When We Talk About “Journal Club.” Serials Review, 40(2) 123-128 (2014)

  • Hanson, D., Cross, W., and Edwards, P., Copyright Policy and Practice in Electronic Reserves among ARL Libraries. College & Research Libraries, 74(2) 69-84. (2013)

  • Cross, W., Restoring the Public Library Ethos: Copyright, Licensing, and the Future of Librarianship. Law Library Journal, 104(1) 195-217 (2012). AALL Award Winner

  • Cross, W. and Edwards, P., Preservice Legal Education for Academic Librarians within ALA-Accredited Degree Programs. portal: Libraries and the Academy, 11(1) 533-550 (2011)

  • Cross, W., Hot Coffee and Freeze-Dried First Amendment Analysis: The Dubious Constitutionality of Using Private Ratings for Public Regulation of Video Games. First Amendment Law Review, 4 (1), 299-340 (2007)

Book Chapters

  • Rigling, L., and Cross, W., Getting to Know You: How We Turned Community Knowledge into Open Advocacy, in Wesolek, A., Lashley, J., and Langley, A. (eds.) OER: A Field Guide for Academic Librarians. Pacific University Press (Expected 2018)

  • Waller, M., Fragola, M., Rigling, L., Cross,W., and Evans-Groth, J., Articulating the Value of Student Works: Case Studies from the NCSU Libraries in Jackson, A., Pierard, C., and Schadl, S. (eds.) Scholarship in the Sandbox: Academic Libraries as Laboratories, Forums, and Archives for Student Work (Forthcoming, 2018)

  • Alpi, K., Cross, W., Raschke, G., and Sullivan, M., The NCSU Libraries’ Alt-Textbook Project: Open Education That Opens a Door to the Library. In Diaz, C. (ed.) Textbooks in Academic Libraries. (Forthcoming 2017)

  • Library Expertise Driving Pedagogical Innovation: Bringing “Open” to the Classroom with Open Educational Resources. In Smith, K. and Dickson, K. (eds.) Leading the 21st-Century Academic Library. (pp. 71 - 96) (2016)

  • Making Space for the Giants: Copyright, Technology, and Online Instruction. In Major, C. (ed.) Teaching Online: A Guide to Theory, Research, and Practice. (pp. 131-149). (2015)

Awards and Grants

  • “Designing OER to Prepare the Next Generation of Scholarly Communication Librarians” Institute of Museum and Library Science, $49,808 (Currently in second round review)

  • “Developing an Open Textbook Toolkit” Institute of Museum and Library Science LG-72-17-0051-17, $49,958 (2017)

  • “Actualizing Innovations Meant to Scale (AIMS): Open Education Across the UNC System” University of North Carolina’s General Administration $32,750 (2017)

  • “The Alt-Textbook Project” NCSU Libraries Innovation Grant, $20,000 (2016)

  • “Open Education at North Carolina State” NCSU Foundation, $15,000 (2015)

Service

  • IMLS National Leadership Grants for Libraries (Field Reviewer, 2017)

  • PsyArXiv (Steering Committee 2016 - present)

  • ARL Print Disabilities Task Force (Member 2012)

  • ACRL Scholarly Communications Road Show (Presenter Coordinator 2013 - present)

  • Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication (Reviewer 2015 - present)

  • Journal of Copyright in Education and Librarianship (Reviewer 2016 - present)

  • Triangle Scholarly Communications Institute (Advisory Board 2014 - present)

  • Open Textbook Network (University Representative 2017 - present)

  • American Library Association (Member 2011 - present)

  • Association of College and Research Libraries (Member 2011 - present)