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LACUNY Annual Institute
THE LACUNY INSTITUTE 1997 The Library Association of the City University of New York PRESENTS Access and Excellence: Copyright and the Struggle for Fair Use Friday, May 16, 1997 9:00am - 5:00pm Baruch College Newman Library 7th Floor Conference Center 151 East 25th Street New York, NY 10010 LACUNY invites you to this year's exciting program on copyright and the struggle for fair use. Listen to the experts who are deeply engaged, at many levels, in the struggle to maintain fair use for libraries and education institutions. * Legislative action past, pending and future impacts our lives, libraries and profession. * What are fair use guidelines? * What are the CONFU proceedings? * How are electronic reserves, unpublished materials, special collections and archives affected by fair use? * What are our rights/options when we sign license agreements? * Are you concerned about the transference of public domain information to private interests? * These and many other questions on copyright and the struggle for fair use will be examined at this year's conference. *********************************** Registration: 8:15am - 9:00am with coffee, tea, juice, patries and bagels ******** Morning Session ******** 9:00am - 12:00pm KEYNOTE SPEAKER Adam Eisgrau Legislative Counsel, The American Library Association on "Copyright and the Struggle for Fair Use" GUEST SPEAKERS Lisa Livingston Director of Instructional Media, The City College / CUNY on "Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia" **** Dr. Brian Nielsen Manager, Learning Technologies Group, Academic Technologies, Northwestern University on "Copyright, Fair Use and Electronic Reserves" ******** Afternoon Session ******** 1:30pm - 5:00pm Sara Cox International Law Librarian The University of Connecticut School of Law on "What are the CONFU proceedings?" **** Jean Ashton Director, Rare Books & Manuscripts Division Columbia University Libraries on "Copyright & Fair Use in Special Collections" **** Julia Gammon Past President of NASIG Head of Acquisitions, University of Akron on "What Are Our Rights/Options in License Agreements" **** James Love The Consumer Project on Technology on "Private and Public Domains of Information" **** Summation: Prof. Shelley Warwick, Baruch College Library / CUNY The fair use provisions of copyright law recognize the special needs of libraries and educational institutions to make use of copyrighted materials. The struggle to maintain the fair use provisions of copyright law aims to maintain that balance between rights holders and libraries and educational institutions that promotes excellence in our creative endeavors. REGISTRATION INFORMATION LACUNY Members $20.00 Non-members $25.00 Registration at the door $30.00 (8:15am - 9:00am) Make Checks Payable to LACUNY Preregistration should be mailed to arrive no later than Friday, May 9th Mail To: Richard Uttich Cohen Library The City College of New York 138th St. at Convent Ave. New York, NY 10031 For any additional information contact: Richard Uttich 212-650-7601 rmucc@cunyvm.cuny.edu
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