RE: LIS educational issues

[bosire onyancha <b_onyancha@yahoo.com>]

I do agree with the latter two contributors concerning the need to discuss
Lee Anne's concern. The topic may have been "too tongue-in-cheek" as the
moderator laments but the issue she raised is worthy of discussion. We are
seeing many cases where the custodians of information resources (e.g
librarians, booksellers, etc) do infringe on the authors' and publishers'
copyrights hence denying the copywriter owners the benefits of their
labors. I would like to plea that we avoid the language Lee Anne used but
discuss her major concern, which is abeting a crime. I am aware of the
fair use clause, which unfortunately has been violated in every respect
especially in institutions of higher learning. Let us discuss this aspect
and see how best the subject can be taught in LIS schools, for this is
where information professionals are trained.
 
Bosire Onyancha
University of Eastern Africa, Baraton
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"Sloan, Bernie" <bernies@uillinois.edu> wrote:

Samuel, Believe it or not, I agree with you.

I am very concerned with LIS education issues. And I don't think we should
cut off discussions like this. That wasn't my point...my point was that
when someone makes accusations like this, he/she should provide
documentation.

This might be a really good opportunity to broaden this discussion...if
the LIBLICENSE moderator agrees...

Bernie Sloan

[MOD. NOTE: See the message below... of course, education about topics
such as copyright and licensing are appropriate for the list and are
most welcomed!]

-----Original Message-----
[mailto:owner-liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Samuel Trosow
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 6:02 PM
To: liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
Subject: LIS educational issues

I found Lee Anne's posting to be one of the more interesting and thought
provoking posts on this list for a while. Maybe that's because I try to
teach copyright/licensing issues in an LIS program. It is truly serious
stuff that's being raised here. Maybe it is nasty, but let's hear it out
before we make hasty judgments and cut it off.

I hate to see any relevant conversation get shut down. The way I
understood the "offensive" posting was that it touched on the state of
education about the concerns of this list (i.e, that's copyright and
licensing issues). It seems as if she has some relevant information to
share, so instead of trying to cut her off, why not just ask for a
clarification.

Perhaps if Lee Anne would like to expand on how she thought copyright and
licensing issues were/were not dealt with in her particular program, it
would help the rest of us LIS educators try to grapple with this important
issue. For that matter, let's start a new thread on the state of the art
of copyright/licensing education in library science schools (hence I've
changed the name of the subject line)

Bernie, for someone who posts to this list often -- lighten up willya?

Sam Trosow
Univesity of Western Ontario


"Sloan, Bernie" wrote:

> With all due respect to Lee Ann and the LIBLICENSE-L
> moderator... There are some pretty nasty allegations in Lee Ann's
> posting, e.g., "Our Dean's secretary was busy enlisting students in her
> scheme to steal from the University", etc.
> Bernie Sloan
>
>
> [MOD. NOTE: Bernie is right that the message probably didn't belong on
> this list, as it strayed too far away from our listmail topic and was
> too tongue-in-cheek as well. Let's now leave behind the topic of
> library education, save where it relates to issues of licensing and/or
> scholarly communications.]