Autores.uy

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IntroducedApril 28, 2015 (2015-04-28)
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Website http://autores.uy

autores.uy is an author's database, created and maintained by the Uruguayan chapter of Creative Commons, with the support and collaboration of the Biblioteca Nacional de Uruguay, the Biblioteca del Poder Legislativo de Uruguay and the National Museum of Visual Arts of Uruguay. It has been declared of cultural interest by the Ministry of Education and Culture of Uruguay. [1] [2] [3] Its main goal is to provide information regarding the copyright status of Uruguayan authors to identify whose works are in the Public Domain, and to digitize and socialize those works. [4] Likewise, the platform allows online access to written and visual works in the public domain.

As of December 2017, the database had more than 13,000 indexed authors.

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References

  1. "Autores.uy: la base de datos de autores del Uruguay". Creative Commons Uruguay. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 2017-08-05.
  2. "Presentación de la Base de Datos de Autores de Uruguay". Creative Commons Uruguay. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 2017-08-05.
  3. "Convenio con la Biblioteca del Poder Legislativo para digitalizar su acervo en dominio público". 2015-12-23. Retrieved 2017-08-05.
  4. "La base de datos autores.uy es declarada de interés cultural por el MEC". Creative Commons Uruguay. 21 July 2015. Retrieved 2017-08-05.