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THE LACUNY INSTITUTE 1997

The Library Association of the City University of New York

PRESENTS

Access and Excellence:

Copyright and the Struggle for Fair Use

Friday, May 16, 1997

9:00am - 5:00pm
Baruch College
Newman Library
7th Floor Conference Center
151 East 25th Street
New York, NY 10010

LACUNY invites you to this year's exciting program on copyright and the struggle for fair use. Listen to the experts who are deeply engaged, at many levels, in the struggle to maintain fair use for libraries and education institutions.

• Legislative action past, pending and future impacts our lives, libraries and profession.
  
  
• What are fair use guidelines?
  
  
• What are the CONFU proceedings?
  
  
• How are electronic reserves, unpublished materials, special collections and archives affected by fair use?
  
  
• What are our rights/options when we sign license agreements?
  
  
• Are you concerned about the transference of public domain information to private interests?
  
  
• These and many other questions on copyright and the struggle for fair use will be examined at this year's conference.

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SCHEDULE

Registration: 8:15am - 9:00am with coffee, tea, juice, patries and bagels

Morning Session

9:00am - 12:00pm

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Adam Eisgrau, Legislative Counsel, The American Library Association

"Copyright and the Struggle for Fair Use"

GUEST SPEAKERS

• Lisa Livingston, Director of Instructional Media, The City College / CUNY
  • "Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia"
    
• Dr. Brian Nielsen, Manager, Learning Technologies Group, Academic Technologies, Northwestern University
  • "Copyright, Fair Use and Electronic Reserves"

Afternoon Session

1:30pm - 5:00pm

• Sara Cox, International Law Librarian, The University of Connecticut School of Law
  • "What are the CONFU proceedings?"
    
• Jean AshtonDirector, Rare Books & Manuscripts Division Columbia University Libraries
  • "Copyright & Fair Use in Special Collections"
    
• Julia GammonPast President of NASIG Head of Acquisitions, University of Akron
  • "What Are Our Rights/Options in License Agreements"
    
• James Love The Consumer Project on Technology
  • "Private and Public Domains of Information"
    
• Summation: Prof. Shelley Warwick, Baruch College Library / CUNY

The fair use provisions of copyright law recognize the special needs of libraries and educational institutions to make use of copyrighted materials. The struggle to maintain the fair use provisions of copyright law aims to maintain that balance between rights holders and libraries and educational institutions that promotes excellence in our creative endeavors.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

LACUNY Members $20.00

Non-members $25.00

Registration at the door $30.00

(8:15am - 9:00am)

Make Checks Payable to LACUNY

Preregistration should be mailed to arrive no later than Friday, May 9th

Mail To:

Richard Uttich

Cohen Library

The City College of New York

138th St. at Convent Ave.

New York, NY 10031

For any additional information contact: Richard Uttich: 212-650-7601 rmucc@cunyvm.cuny.edu

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