Copyright Issues in Institutional Repositories and Digital Archives

When:  Aug 18, 2016 from 11:00 to 12:00 (CT)
Free for AALL members; Non-AALL Members - $60 

DESCRIPTION
As institutional repository and digital archives projects become both more common and more robust, universities, museums, research institutes, and professional organizations rely on librarians to develop more sophisticated knowledge of all aspects of these projects. One critical piece of the repository puzzle is determining how copyright law may impact the material that can be included. Learn best practices for the most common copyright issues confronted by librarians in adding content to repositories and archives. Learn how to consider non-exclusive rights, fair use, and contractual language in author agreements to secure a place in your repository for faculty scholarship, law review archives, lecture and conference recordings, and special archival collections.

 Participants will learn:   
  • non-exclusive rights under copyright law and how these rights can help aid the IR mission 
  • language that can be used in author agreements and content licenses that permits inclusion of materials in institutional repositories and other digital archives 
  • tips and tricks for filling your IR (from tenure track to orphan works) 
  • how to conduct a fair use analysis that can help identify materials ripe for inclusion in the repository

PANELIST INFORMATION   

Speaker: 

Kyle K. Courtney, Esq
Kyle K. Courtney is the Copyright Advisor for Harvard University, working out of the Office for Scholarly Communication. His work at Harvard also includes a role as the copyright and information policy advisor for HarvardX/edX, and founding the first Harvard Copyright Working Group. He is a published author and nationally recognized speaker on copyright, technology, libraries, and the law. He has presented dozens of webinars in the past, and has taught “Cyberlaw: Privacy, Ethics, and Digital Rights” in an online environment for the last 5 years.

Moderator:

Courtney Selby, JD MLIS
Associate Dean for Information Services and Director of the Law Library
Hofstra University Law Library