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EDUCAUSE Live! February 29, 2008 1:00 p.m. ET (12:00 p.m. CT, 11:00 a.m. MT, 10:00 a.m. PT); runs one hour Update on Key U.S. Copyright DevelopmentsSpecial Guest
Jim Neal is the vice president for information services and university librarian at Columbia University, providing leadership for university academic computing and a system of 25 libraries. His responsibilities include the Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning, the Center for Digital Research and Scholarship, the Copyright Advisory Office, and the Center for Human Rights Documentation and Research. He participates on key academic, technology, budget, and policy groups at the university. Previously, he served as the dean of university libraries at Indiana University and Johns Hopkins University and held administrative positions in the libraries at Penn State, Notre Dame, and the City University of New York. At Columbia, he has focused on the development of the digital library, special collections, global resources, instructional technology, library facility construction and renovation, electronic scholarship, and fund-raising programs. Neal has served on various boards including the American Library Association’s and on numerous international, national, and state professional committees. He is an active member of the International Federation of Library Associations, a frequent speaker at national and international conferences, and a consultant and published author with a focus in scholarly communication, intellectual property, digital library programs, organizational change, and human resource development. He has worked on editorial boards of journals in the field of academic librarianship. Neal was selected the 1997 Academic Librarian of the Year by the Association of College and Research Libraries and is the 2007 recipient of the ALA’s Hugh Atkinson Memorial Award. SummaryYour host, Steve Worona, will be joined by James G. Neal, and the topic will be an "Update on Key U.S. Copyright Developments." Copyright continues to be a core interest of the higher education and academic library communities. This briefing will focus on eight critical legislative and legal arenas where the United States will be working on copyright: orphan works, digital fair use, broadcast flag, Section 1201 anti-circumvention rulemaking, electronic reserves, peer-to-peer file sharing, open access to government-funded research, and the report of the Section 108 Study Group on exceptions and limitations for libraries and archives. The work of the study group will be highlighted, including its primary findings and recommendations. In addition, two important recent studies will be described and their importance for libraries will be cited. The advocacy and educational roles and responsibilities of librarians on copyright also will be outlined. Related EDUCAUSE Resources
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