CILIP Executive Briefing: eCopyright 2011 - Opening Digital Access
19 April 2011, London 19 May 2011, Manchester
A unique opportunity for librarians, archivists and information professionals to update their knowledge and professional practice, debate key topics and participate in practical sessions.
CILIP's annual eCopyright Executive Briefings are recognised as an essential information source and a prime discussion forum. This year's highly topical Opening Digital Access makes no exception with hot topics and an unmatched speaker panel.
The day provides unique and exciting opportunities to:
(r) Gain an understanding of the role of open content licences in providing access to digital content
(r) Examine a case study about the rationale and benefit of opening access to bibliographic records
(r) Look at a publisher's perspective on digital access
(r) Discuss special issues for Archives relating to digitising archival material and the role of the Open Government Licence
(r) Consider issues associated with open access and the role of IP and licensing toolkits
(r) Review UK, EC and International IP-related developments
(r) Exchange ideas with an expert panel-led Question and Answer Session
Added to this year's programme are parallel workshop discussion sessions on rights clearance for Open Educational Resources as well as issues and practical approaches to risk management associated with digital content.
Speakers:
JUST ANNOUNCED: Dame Lynne Brindley, Chief Executive, British Library (London)
Andrew Green, National Libraries of Wales - Opening Digital Access: A Radical View (Manchester)
Barbara Stratton, Copyright and Information Society Consultant - Digital Access: What's On the Horizon?
Professor Charles Oppenheim, IP Consultant - Opening for Business: Clearing Rights for Open Educational Resources (London)
Naomi Korn, IP Consultant - Opening Our Eyes to Risk: Issues and Practical Approaches to Risk Management
Benjamin White, British Library - Freeing Our Data: Opening the British Library's Bibliographic Records
Prodromos Tsiavos, Creative Commons - Creative Commons Licences and Open Content
Tim Padfield, National Archives - Digging for Digital Archives
Sarah Fahmy, Strategic Content Alliance - Opening Access To Education
Alicia Wise, Elsevier - Broadening Access in Sustainable Ways
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