Colleges, Code, and Copyright

The impact of digital networks and technological controls on copyright and the dissemination of information in higher education

June 10-11, 2004
University of Maryland University College
Inn and Conference Center
Adelphi, MD

The proceedings of this two day symposium are available as ACRL's Publications in Librarianship no. 57 (more info; purchase info). The call for papers and the two day symposium held on June 10 and 11, 2004 brought together diverse and sometimes divergent voices and ideas looking at the impact of digital networks and technological controls on copyright and the dissemination of information in higher education. This web page includes the audio of the presentations and panel discussions.

2004 Symposium

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Introductions, Welcome and Overview
Kimberly Kelley, Associate Provost Information and Library Services and Executive Director, CIP
Gerald Heeger, President, UMUC

Panel 1
Copyright, Higher Education and the Digital Environment Moderator: Kenneth Crews, Professor, Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis
Panelists: Gail Dykstra, Donna Ferullo, Marcia Keyser, Bryan Pfaffenberger

Panel 1, Part 2
Copyright, Higher Education and the Digital Environment

Panel 2
Scholarly Publishing: What Influences the Rising Costs of Journals for Students and University Libraries?
Moderator: Kimberly B. Kelley
Panelists: Brian Crawford , Joan Lippincott, Karla Hahn, M.J. Tooey, Allyson Polsky McCabe

Panel 3
Peer to Peer (P2P) File Sharing: Civil Disobedience or Simple Opportunism?
Moderator: Lee Strickland, Visiting Professor, University of Maryland, College Park
Panelists: David Galper, David Green, Matt Jackson, Mark Luker

Keynote
DRM in Higher Education Clifford Lynch, Executive Director, Coalition for Networked Information

Panel 4
Legislative Panel
Moderator: Kimberly M. Bonner
Panelists: Miriam Nisbet, Kenneth Salomon, Gigi Sohn, John Vaughn

Panel 5
Models for Scholarly Publishing
Moderator: Kimberly B. Kelley
Panelists: Gary Natriello, Michael Rennick, Rick Johnson,
Jo Ann Oravec, James Howison

Panel 6
Strategies for Dealing with Copyright Infringement
Moderator: Rodney Petersen, Policy Analyst and
Security Task Force Coordinator, EDUCAUSE
Panelists: Kristin Diamond, David Lombard Harrison, Matt Jackson, Jasmine Renner

Panel 7
Best Practices in DRM Systems
Moderator: Clifford Lynch
Panelists: Farid Ahmed and Fahmida Rahman,
John T. Mitchell, Kathleen Wallman and Albert Gonzalez, Keith Winstein