ERIC Number: ED300014
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1987
Pages: 68
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ISBN: ISBN-0-8444-0592-2
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Intellectual Property Rights in an Electronic Age. Proceedings of the Library of Congress Network Advisory Committee Meeting (Washington, D.C., April 22-24, 1987). Network Planning Paper No. 16.
Harriman, Sigrid G., Ed.
This document presents the proceedings of a conference on the issues of intellectual property rights in a technology-driven environment. Following an introduction which summarizes the conference presentations and discussions, copies of the five presentations are provided: (1) "The OTA (Office of Technology Assessment) Report on Intellectual Property Rights" (D. Linda Garcia), which provides a general overview of the OTA report; (2) "The End of Copyright" (Robert J. Kost), which provides a legal overview of the OTA report; (3) "The New Technologies" (Ralph Oman), which presents the position of the appropriate U.S. Congressional Subcommittee on intellectual property rights; (4) "Current Bibliographic Database Ownership Issues" (W. David Laird), which presents a librarian's view of these issues; and (5) "ACS (American Chemical Society) Journals Online: Is It Being Downloaded, Do We Care?" (John A. Hearty and Barbara F. Polansky), which presents real-life property rights situations in the private sector with possible solutions. Also included is a summary of the Business Meeting of the Library of Congress Network Advisory Committee. Two appendixes contain the meeting agenda and a status report on National Information Standards Organization Standards Activities as of April 3, 1987.
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Copyrights, Electronic Journals, Electronic Publishing, Intellectual Property, Legal Responsibility, Online Vendors, Public Policy, Technological Advancement
Customer Service Section, Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20541.
Publication Type: Collected Works - Proceedings; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Policymakers
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Network Development Office.
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