NISO Virtual Conference, Owning, Licensing, and Sharing Digital Content

Description

The lines are being drawn for the next “big thing.” What are the appropriate privileges for handling digital content? How should we think about the uses of and rights associated with digital assets? Users are understandably baffled when, having been “sold” an ebook, they subsequently discover they only have a limited form of access — it doesn’t “belong” to them in the traditional sense at all. Is it time to renegotiate the parameters laid down for licensing content and lending practices? If so, whose rights and whose practices will be affected? This interactive virtual conference featured a variety of stakeholders (including attendees) discussing the needs and the challenges of owning, licensing and sharing digital materials.



Confirmed speakers for this event include: Brewster Kahle, Founder and Digital Librarian, Internet Archive; Joan Lindsay, Information Technologists, Michigan State University; Jill Morris, Executive Director, PALCI; Brian O'Leary, Executive Director, BISG; Erin Weller, Head of Access Services, Michigan State University; and

Nancy Sims, Copyright Program Librarian, University of Minnesota.