Poster Sessions, 4:30-5:30 pm
Intellectual Property and Copyright in the Academic
Environment: So What?
Denise A.D. Bedford
ILS Project Manager
University Libraries
University of Southern California
This is a critical time for advocates to strengthen their efforts on
behalf of libraries and library users. Effective advocacy depends on a
clear understanding of the potential impacts of the NII Copyright
Protection Act on libraries and their users. This poster session attempts
to provide a reference model or context for identifying the potential
impacts to libraries, faculty and students in institutions of higher
education. The reference model describes a "system" view of information,
each component of which may be affected by the Act. Components are
categorized generally as information inputs, processes applied to
information, and information products and services. The poster session
focuses on universities and university libraries - primarily research and
teching institutions - because of the complex combinations of roles
faculty, students and librarians can play in the creation and use of
information. The poster session attempts to provide "at a glance" a
graphical view of the potential changes for those who use and produce
information in the research and teaching university environment.
