Current Legal Issues in Information Work: Key Areas and What you Need
to Know.
Date: Tuesday, 6th April 2004, 9.30-17.00
Venue: Ulidia Resource Centre, Belfast
Presenters: Professor Charles Oppenheim and Laurence Bebbington.
Costs (including lunch and refreshments): UKOLUG Members GBP 130 + VAT
(GBP 152.75); others GBP 160 + VAT (GBP 188).
Further information and booking form:
http://www.ukolug.org.uk/content/public/activities/meetings/index.html
Course outline
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This one day overview seeks to raise awareness and knowledge of some
of the main areas of concern for information workers. Key issues and
fundamentals will be covered in areas of universal concern such as
copyright and data protection. The focus in all areas will be on
equipping attendees with the information that they really need to have
of be aware of while also dealing with specific issues of current
concern. One session will be devoted to identifying and managing risks
and developing appropriate policies.
The programme will include:
+ Copyright and Database Right: Basic Principles and What
You Really Need to Know
+ Copyright and Database Right; Current Issues And Recent
Developments in the Law: (Impact of recent changes,
digitisation, the Internet, Intranets, MLEs and VLEs,
licences and licensing)
+ Freedom of Information: Public Access to Recorded Information
+ Disability Discrimination: What You Really Need to Know
+ Data Protection: Basic Principles and What You Really Need
to Know (The Data Protection Framework; Specific Issues and
Recent Developments)
+ Legal Issues: Managing Risks and Developing a Policy on
Legal Issues
+ Question and Answer Session With The Presenters
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