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Google Book Search: The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly
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Schaffhauser, Dian – Campus Technology, 2008
Google is opening up whole new worlds for internet surfers and researchers everywhere. Google Book Search (books.google.com), which is still in beta after several years of testing, offers the ubiquitous Google search box on its home page. It also has categories of books as well as book cover images that refresh every time the home page is…
Descriptors: Internet, Technology Transfer, Copyrights, Books
Technology Transfer from the Ivory Tower to the Marketplace.
Weiss, Barry D. – Educom Review, 1996
Legal questions involving conveyance of university-developed technology to the marketplace are becoming an increasing problem. This article discusses issues of intellectual property, including: university policies of ownership; faculty copyrights; university partnerships with the federal government; hidden costs of aggressive protection; and…
Descriptors: Certification, Copyrights, Government School Relationship, Higher Education
Intellectual Property Issues in the Library Network Context. Proceedings of the Library of Congress Network Advisory Committee Meeting (Washington, D.C., March 23-25, 1988). Network Planning Paper Number 17.
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Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Network Development and MARC Standards Office. – 1989
The first half of the proceedings consists of three papers presented during the program session of a Library of Congress Network Advisory Committee (NAC) meeting. The first, a background paper by Robert L. Oakley, identifies some of the problems that modern information technology has created for the intellectual property system in the United…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Computer Networks, Computer Software, Copyrights
Universities' Royalty Income Increased 33% in 1997, Reaching $446-Million.
Basinger, Julianne – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1999
According to an annual survey, 132 U.S. research universities earned over $446 million in royalties from inventions in fiscal 1997, and received 2,239 patents. The University of California was the top earner. Data provided on the top-earning institutions includes dollar amount of adjusted gross royalties received, number of licenses generating…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Copyrights, Entrepreneurship, Higher Education
Patent and Copyright Policies at Selected Universities.
National Association of College and University Business Officers, Washington, DC. – 1978
Gathered are statements of copyright and patent policies in effect at 13 universities. In some cases policies concerning publication and sponsored research are included. The statements are reproduced exactly as received from the institutions, without interpretation. The universities participating are: Boston University (Massachusetts); California…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, College Administration, Copyrights, Federal Legislation
Management for Research in U.S. Universities.
Woodrow, Raymond J. – 1978
A distinction is made between management for research and management of research. The former refers to the provision of a nourishing climate, sound policies supporting services of various kinds, financial systems, and organizational arrangements that will help research to flourish in a university. It exists to support the management of research, a…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrators, Ancillary School Services, College Administration