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ERIC Number: ED300014
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1987
Pages: 68
Abstractor: N/A
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.
Customer Service Section, Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20541.
Publication Type: Collected Works - Proceedings; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Policymakers
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Network Development Office.
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