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Friday, September 24, 2004
Noon to 2:00 P.M. Eastern Time

Live Production from
the College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL

Join us for a national teleconference with an in depth look at copyright issues facing librarians and educators in the digital age.

On Friday, September 24, 2004, we will bring you the perspective of three leading copyright experts

• Carrie Russell, Copyright Specialist, ALA Washington Office
• Kenneth Crews, Professor, Indiana University School of Law
• Edward Valauskas, Follett Chair in Library and Information Science, Dominican University.

They will give you their view of the key issues facing librarians and educators.
 

John W. Berry, NILRC Executive Director and past president of ALA, will lead an audience of librarians and teachers to ask the kind of questions to give you the information you need to understand complex copyright and intellectual property issues in your library or institution.

This program promises to be both challenging and thoughtful. Our library experts will share their thoughts and projections for the future of copyright in the digital age.

You'll have a chance, either by phone, FAX, e-mail or your surrogates in the audience, to ask the presenters questions and give them your feedback.
 

Featured participants:

Kenneth D. Crews is Samuel R. Rosen II Professor of Law and Professor of Library and Information Science, and Director, Copyright Management Center, Indiana University/Purdue University at Indianapolis. Professor Crews is one of the nation's leading copyright experts and sought-after speaker at state and national conferences.

Carrie Russell is Copyright Specialist, Office for Information Technology Policy, American Library Association, Washington Office. She is author of the best-selling Complete Copyright (2004).

With fifteen years experience as a practicing librarian, Russell is a frequent speaker at state, regional, and national library conferences about the intricacies of copyright law. She is also the author of numerous articles on copyright and information policy that have appeared in such journals as Library Trends, Library Issues, Public Libraries, and Library Journal, and pens a popular monthly column "Carrie on ©" in School Library Journal.

Edward J. Valauskas is the Follett Chair at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Dominican University in River Forest, Ill. He teaches classes on the history of the book, information policy, the Internet, and scholarly communication. Edward is also Senior Editor of First Monday, an Internet-only journal about the Internet, published since 1996. First Monday can be found at http://firstmonday.org. He has written a large number of articles and several books on computing and the Internet.

John W. Berry is Executive Director of NILRC: Network of Illinois Learning Resources in Community Colleges based in Chicago. Formerly, he was Director of Advancement and Research Associate Professor, The University Library, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) 1990-96. From 1985-89, Mr. Berry served as Executive Director of the Library Administration and Management Association (LAMA), a division of the American Library Association. A widely published author and frequent lecturer, his areas of research interest include digital libraries, intellectual property, distance learning, library building design and fundraising for libraries. Mr. Berry served as ALA's 118th President in 2001-02.

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