ALA/CLA Toronto Program from ALCTS/AAP

["October Ivins" <october.ivins@mindspring.com>]

Join your colleagues on Sunday June 22 from 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm in the
Westin Hotel, Frontenac Ballroom, when the ALCTS/AAP Joint Committee will
present a timely program at the ALA/CLA Annual Conference entitled
"Digital Rights, Digital Wrongs: The Impact of International Copyright Law
on What Gets Published (And What Librarians Can Buy)"

This seminar will be of interest to librarians, publishers, and vendors,
featuring a panel of experts with a broad range of perspectives and ample
opportunity for questions from the audience.  A summary follows, but for
more complete information--including a printable PDF version of flyer and
speaker biographies--please visit the program website, which is linked
from the ALCTS Home Page at http://www.ala.org/alcts

Program schedule

All speaker segments include ten minutes for question and answer sessions.

1:30-1:35       Welcoming Remarks

October Ivins, AAP/ALCTS Program Co-Chair, and Consultant, Digital Content
and Access Solutions

1:35-2:25       Keynote Address

International Copyright: Current Legal Issues Affecting Publishers and
Librarians
Sarah Sully, Attorney, Morrison and Foerster, LLC; formerly Legal
Counsel, JSTOR

2:25-3:45       The Publishers' Perspective

Online Product Development and International Copyright Law
Ian Jacobs, Consultant, Oxford University Press (NY) and formerly
Editorial Director, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. and Grove's Dictionaries (UK)

Copyright and Electronic Publishing: Reality Check
Stephen Abram, Vice President, Corporate Development,
Micromedia ProQuest (Canada) and Canadian Library
Association, President-elect 2003-2004

3:45-5:05       The Librarians' Perspective

Copyright and Fair Use, Libraries and Users: Where Does the
Responsibility Lie?
Peggy Johnson, Associate University Librarian, University of
Minnesota Libraries, and Editor of Technicalities

A View from the Street: Providing Access to Unaffiliated Users
Paul Whitney, Director of the Vancouver Public Library, British
Columbia, and Member, IFLA Copyright Committee

5:05-5:30       Open Discussion

Pat Bril, ALCTS/AAP Joint Committee
Electronic Collections Librarian, Pollak Library
California State University, Fullerton
P.O. Box 4150
Fullerton, CA  92834
(714) 278-2917 (voice)
(714) 278-2439 (FAX)
pbril@fullerton.edu