Copyright and the Web teleconference

Frances Roehm roehf at nslsilus.ORG
Tue Jan 13 14:05:21 EST 1998


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as many people as possible will hear about the teleconference.

Frances E. Roehm
Reference Librarian  
Skokie (IL) Public Library <http://www.skokie.lib.il.us>
Phone:(847) 673-7774  Fax:(847) 673-7797 
E-mail: roehf at skokie.lib.il.us

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     Join the Illinois State Library for the following free satellite 
     videoconference entitled:
     
     What Reference Practitioners Should Know about Copyright and the 
     Web
     
     Wednesday, February 4, 1998, 10 a.m. - noon
     
     You will have the opportunity to have your questions answered 
     LIVE!
     
     Featuring Laura Gasaway, Director of the Law Library and 
     Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina.
     
     If you have questions that you would like Laura Gasaway to 
     address, please submit them NOW to:  
     islinfo at library.sos.state.il.us (Deadline for submitting 
     questions:  January 28, 1998.)  Time permitting, Laura Gasaway 
     will answer your questions during the videoconference on February 
     4!  Please type "videoconference question" in the subject line.
     
     Laura Gasaway will discuss:
     
     -when does infringement occur?
     -is oral permission sufficient for hyperlink or inclusion? 
     -how can copying be prevented?  should it be?
     -what responsibility does the library have for misuse of Web 
     resources by library users?
     -does the individual library staff member have any 
     responsibility/liability for misuse/use of Web resources by 
     library users?
     -responses to email questions received prior to the conference
     
     Librarians and attorneys will participate in a live panel 
     discussion covering:
     
     -developing your library's Web page without fear of infringement 
     -protecting the information you post
     -is the library responsible for the use of information linked to 
     independent sources (for copyright purposes)?
     -responding to patrons' questions about copyright from Web 
     sources:  developing a common rhetoric for reference 
     practitioners
     
     During the LIVE call-in (following the panel discussion), our 
     panelists will offer valuable guidance and practical solutions to 
     your questions about copyright issues.
     
     For all other questions about the videoconference, please 
     contact:
     
     Anne Craig
     Coordinator, Public Services
     Illinois State Library
     300 South Second Street
     Springfield, IL  62701-1796
     phone:     (217) 785-5607
     fax:       (217) 524-0041
     Ariel:     199.15.1.4
     e-mail:    acraig at library.sos.state.il.us
     
Please remember to include your name, phone number and address
in your e-mail message.      
     
	Join us!     
     





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