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Peer reviewedGarrett, John R.; Lyons, Patrice A. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1993
Focuses on the economic, social, and legal aspects of copyright issues that need to be addressed by rightsholders and users in a computer networked environment. The Electronic Copyright Management System, a project that demonstrates procedures for handling copyright works, is described. Key sections of the copyright law are reviewed. (Contains six…
Descriptors: Automation, Change Strategies, Computer Networks, Copyrights
Peer reviewedSmith, David E. – Government Publications Review, 1993
Describes "Saskatchewan Speaks," a volume of public documents and commentary that was compiled for a university course in provincial politics to show the development of the province of Saskatchewan. The need for alternative teaching material is discussed, copyright is addressed, and an index to documents in "Saskatchewan…
Descriptors: Copyrights, Foreign Countries, Government Publications, Higher Education
Peer reviewedTraynor, Michael – Journal of College and University Law, 1990
With a recent court decision, defamation joins plagiarism, copyright infringement, and scientific fraud as grounds for litigation against academic reporters, universities, and other research institutions. Research institutions should maintain high research standards and learn about defamation law, and may need to adopt policies to ensure accurate…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Academic Standards, Cheating, College Administration
Peer reviewedCorbin, Roberta A. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1991
Traces the development of national computer networks and discusses the need for the National Research and Education Network (NREN). Topics discussed include ARAPNET, Internet, BITNET, NSFNET, the role of the government, legislative status, the Coalition for Networked Information, policy issues, technological requirements, and libraries and NREN.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Networks, Copyrights, Financial Support
Peer reviewedHerrington, TyAnna K. – Computers and Composition, 1998
Argues that First Amendment rights are not possible without the grant of public access to information provided by the doctrine of fair use. Notes that, with digitalization and electronic transfer, many corporate intellectual-property lawyers are pressuring for tightening public access. Argues that educators must understand that the existence of…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Educational Research, Fair Use (Copyrights), Freedom of Speech
Peer reviewedWalker, Janice R. – Computers and Composition, 1998
Argues that, by approaching conventions of citation and prohibitions against plagiarism in the classroom from the perspective of copyright issues, students can come to a greater understanding of the nature of scholarship. Makes recommendations for teaching students about the issues involved, and suggests ways that authors, teachers, and…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Mediated Communication, Computers, Fair Use (Copyrights)
Atkins, Helen; Lyons, Catherine; Ratner, Howard; Risher, Carol; Shillum, Chris; Sidman, David; Stevens, Andrew; Van de Sompel, Herbert; Lagoze, Carl; Van de Sompel, Herbert; Krichel, Thomas; Nelson, Michael L.; Hochstenbach, Patrick; Lyapunov, Victor M.; Maly, Kurt; Zubair, Mohammad; Kholief, Mohamed; Liu, Xiaoming; O'Connell, Heath; Kingma, Bruce R.; Pritcher, Lynn – D-Lib Magazine, 2000
Includes five articles that discuss publishers' metadata hyperlinks with Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) on the Internet; the Santa Fe Convention of the Open Archives initiative (Oai) that promotes author self-archiving; the Universal Preprint Service; costs of digital, microfiche, and print access; and an online database of old print…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Archives, Authors, Comparative Analysis
Economic and Intellectual Value in Existing and New Paradigms of Electronic Scholarly Communication.
Peer reviewedO'Connor, Steve – Library Hi Tech, 2000
Examines both the current state of scholarly communication and its future prospects. Topics include the relationship between author, publisher, and librarian; ownership of published material; traditional role of the library in scholarly communication; fair use; new paradigms with electronic publishing; and libraries as scholarly communication…
Descriptors: Authors, Electronic Journals, Electronic Publishing, Fair Use (Copyrights)
Peer reviewedHernon, Peter; Dugan, Robert E. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1997
Discusses the significance for libraries of privacy concerns involved with geographic information system (GIS) technology. Argues that librarians need to be aware of federal and state efforts to address privacy issues and monitor developments in government information policy. (AEF)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Copyrights, Government Role, Information Policy
Peer reviewedMaple, Amanda; Henderson, Tona – Library Resources & Technical Services, 2000
Describes the creation of a digital music library at Pennsylvania State University. Highlights include infrastructure, including hardware, software, and streaming technology; the digitization of library collections, including copyright considerations, long-term preservation of audio, and access through the library's online catalog; staffing; and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Computer Software, Copyrights
Peer reviewedNicholls, Paul – CD-ROM Professional, 1994
Discussion of library CD-ROM collections highlights the circulating CD-ROM collection at the Jane-Dundas branch of the City of York Public Library (Ontario). Topics addressed include titles in the collection; circulation policies, including copyright protection; CD-ROM selection; cataloging; and lending predictions for future CD-ROM libraries.…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Copyrights, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society)
Peer reviewedWaters, Bill – Music Educators Journal, 1999
Offers ideas for developing a Web-based course in music education, addressing such issues as the transmission of audio information, real-time communication, and testing and copyright. Provides selected resources for Web-based instruction. (CMK)
Descriptors: Copyrights, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Educational Practices, Higher Education
Ed at a Distance, 2001
This report of the Web-Based Education Commission focuses on the need to rethink the regulatory foundations governing all educational institutions in light of the Internet and distance education possibilities. Highlights include state and local education controls; pre-kindergarten through grade 12 concerns; postsecondary issues; federal statutory…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Copyrights, Distance Education, Educational Change
Direct linkZografos, Daphne – E-Learning, 2006
Society increasingly perceives information as an owned commodity. As a consequence, laws born from this conception are removing uses of information from the public domain and placing them in an enclosed domain where they are subject to an owner's exclusive control. It has been argued that this enclosure movement poses a threat to the diversity of…
Descriptors: Freedom of Speech, Copyrights, Information Sources, Access to Information
Adams, Helen R. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2006
Today, federal laws often seem like an alphabet soup with acronyms like CIPA (Children's Internet Protection Act), CTEA (Copyright Term Extension Act), ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act), IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act), YMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act), and NC LB (No Child Left Behind). These letters stand for federal…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Copyrights, Disabilities, School Libraries
