Library Professional Development

Don’t let this year’s symposium pass you by:

(c) Monopoly: Playing the Innovation Game
Wednesday-Friday, May 28-30, 2008
UMUC Inn and Conference Center
Adelphi, Maryland
http://www.umuc.edu/CIP2008/

Although the default rules in U.S. copyright law encourage exclusive ownership and create a limited monopoly, today’s technological and cultural landscape encourages sharing and collaboration. The result is a high-stakes conflict between copyright law and culture, a conflict at the heart of discussion at the symposium. Presented by the Centre for Intellectual Property (CIP) at the University of Maryland University College (UMUC).

James Boyle, professor of law, Duke University School of Law, and co-founder of the Center for the Study of the Public Domain, will address attendees as the keynote speaker, as will Georgia Harper, the CIP’s noted Intellectual Property Scholar (2006-08) and scholarly communications advisor at University of Texas at Austin Libraries. For more speakers… http://www.umuc.edu/CIP2008/

New this Year: “The Institute for Copyright Leadership and Management”- The Institute will help individuals or teams develop basic skills for effective leadership in copyright management while focusing on influencing skills and building strategic institutional partnerships and bridges. For more… http://www.umuc.edu/cip/symposium/institute.shtml

Full symposium details may be found at http://www.umuc.edu/CIP2008.
REGISTER BEFORE May 9th TO SAVE!
Registration is available at http://tinyurl.com/ypg33b.

Early registration deadlines are quickly approaching for the:

8th Annual Symposium
Copyright Monopoly: Playing the innovation game
May 28-30, 2008
in Metro Washington, D.C.
http://www.umuc.edu/CIP2008/

Keeping in line with this year’s theme, programming highlights include:

Meet Some of the Players: James Boyle, Georgia Harper, Gigi Sohn, Stuart Shieber, Pat Aufderheide,
Jon Orwant, William Carney, Kenneth Hamma, Larry Johnson, Patrick Ross, Lolly Gasaway, and many, many more! http://www.umuc.edu/cip/symposium/speakers.shtml

Honing Your Skills: Check out one of the intensive pre-conferences: Public Domain & Fair Use or Copyright 101 http://www.umuc.edu/cip/symposium/preconference.shtml

The Hottest Game of the Season: Sign up for the new management track: Institute for Copyright & Leadership Management (ICLM)
http://www.umuc.edu/cip/symposium/institute.shtml

Explore how the conflict between copyright law and culture affects higher education and your field of work, network with scholars and practitioners, and create best-practice documents for immediate implementation at your institution. We urge you to check out the website for more information on this year’s exciting events, including: “Game Night”, our Opening Night reception, focused roundtables & the “Re-mix Contest”.

To register for the 2008 Symposium see http://tinyurl.com/ypg33b

We also encourage you to come early to participate in either a pre-conference course or the Institute for Copyright Leadership and Management (ILCM) track. The new focused ILCM track is designed to increase registrants’ capacity for change management and to lead copyright initiatives on their campuses. Please see the website for more details and fees.

Full details may be found at http://www.umuc.edu/CIP2008.
Registration is available at http://tinyurl.com/ypg33b.

8th Annual Symposium
Copyright Monopoly: Playing the innovation game
May 28-30, 2008
in Metro Washington, D.C.
http://www.umuc.edu/CIP2008/

Since 2001, the Center for Intellectual Property (CIP) has provided premier conferences focusing on the intersection of copyright, technological innovation, and higher education. In its Eighth Annual Symposium, the CIP continues its tradition of convening a rich conversation on copyright policy that includes voices from higher education, business and industry, law, policy, government, and nonprofit sectors, and that also spans the spectrum of opinion and perspective.

Join the CIP May 28-30 to hear and interact with–all in one place–these outstanding scholars and practitioners of copyright in the digital arena.

From Higher Education:

• James Boyle (Duke University School of Law and the Center for the Study of the Public Domain) [Keynote];
• Georgia Harper (University of Texas at Austin Libraries) [Keynote];
• Laura Gasaway (University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill) [Pre-Conference];
• …and others.

From the Non-Profit and Policy Sectors:

• Gigi Sohn (Public Knowledge) [Keynote];
• Julia Blixrud (Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition);
• William Carney (Online Computer Library Center);
• Karla Hahn (Association for Research Libraries);
• …plus many more.

From Business, Industry, and Government:

• Arnold Lutzker (Lutzker & Lutzker, LLP) [Pre-Conference];
• Drew Zuretti (Copyright Clearance Center) [Pre-Conference];
• Oliver Metzger (U.S. Copyright Office);
• Jon Orwant (Google, Inc.).

For all the details on the 2008 symposium, see http://www.umuc.edu/CIP2008, or you can register today by visiting http://tinyurl.com/ypg33b.

This three-day symposium includes keynote addresses, pre-conference seminars, panel presentations, roundtable discussions, as well as multiple opportunities for networking with professionals from across the country.

And because the CIP is a higher education nonprofit organization, we understand the need for reasonably priced programming, and we are committed each year to providing hundreds of conferees the opportunity to engage with valuable content at an exceptionally affordable price.

Again, full details may be found at http://www.umuc.edu/CIP2008, and registration is available at http://tinyurl.com/ypg33b.