Copyright at a Crossroads -- Register Today for This 3-Day Symposium

["Jack Boeve" <JBoeve@umuc.edu>]

The Center for Intellectual Property at University of Maryland 
University College is hosting an educational symposium for 
educators, librarians, and administrators. We would greatly 
appreciate your posting the message below to your listserv or 
promoting this opportunity within your networks. Thank you.

Jack Boeve
Program Management Specialist
Center for Intellectual Property
University of Maryland University College
3501 University Boulevard East
Adelphi, MD 20783
T: 240.582.2965
F: 240.582.2961
jboeve@umuc.edu

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ATTENTION:

The 2006 UMUC Center for Intellectual Property 6th Annual 
Symposium on Intellectual Property is just around the 
corner--June 14-16,2006, in Adelphi, MD. The deadline for early 
bird registration is only weeks away...May 12, 2006.

Curious about the benefits of attending this year's symposium, 
consider this question...  Who should own, manage, and have 
access to our world of knowledge?

THEME: The theme of this year's symposium is...

Copyright at a Crossroads:  The Impact of Mass Digitization on 
Copyright and Higher Education

The symposium will examine the issues surrounding Google's 
ambitious plans to digitize and index massive library collections 
and the positive and negative effects this may have on copyright 
itself as well as the consumers, librarians, educators, authors, 
and publishers who handle copyrighted material each day.

KEYNOTE ADDRESS and PANEL DISCUSSION:

THE GOOGLIZATION OF CULTURE
Siva Vaidhyanathan, New York University
Steinhardt School of Education, Department of Culture and 
Communication

Panelists:
Alan Davidson, Google, Inc.
Allan Adler, Association of American Publishers
John Band, Jonathan Band, PLLC

PRE-CONFERENCE SEMINARS:

Copyright 101: Exploring the Fundamentals
 	Arnold Lutzker, Lutzker, Lutzker & Settlemyer, LLP
E-Reserves Policy and Implementation: Digital Dilemmas
 	Donna Ferullo, Purdue University Copyright Office

SYMPOSIUM PANELS:

Libraries in Transition: How Will They Be Used?
The Future of Fair Use: Access in an Information Age
Institutional Repositories: Digital Collections
Legislative Updates: News from the Hill

Please visit http://www.umuc.edu/cip/symposium for detailed 
information about registration and lodging.

We look forward to seeing you!