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Course Details


Honolulu, HI

This course covers copyright legal issues specific to archives of digital material. You'll examine the impact of electronic technologies on the long-held law and tenets of copyright, including digital rights management, and acquiring and advising on the use of rights in records. Youll look at the basic text of relevant federal statutes and significant case law, as well as examining case studies. While participants should be familiar with basic copyright law, a very brief review of copyright essentials will be provided to ground the discussion. The focus of the day will be on how to think through and identify options for resolving the most commonly-encountered copyright legal issues around electronic records. Upon completion of this course you'll be able to:

  • Recognize and discuss common legal issues relating to copyright issues in general and for digital archives in particular;
  • Interpret these issues from an archivists perspective;
  • Realize when ingested records pose possible copyright legal issues;
  • Identify, employ, analyze and compare the ramifications of a variety of legal steps that you might take to prevent or address one of the legal issues;
  • and,
  • Communicate and work more effectively with your legal counsel and administration.

Course Format: On Site
Address: University of Hawaii Manoa, Hamilton Library, Room A550 (Moir Reading Room) located atĀ 2550 McCarthy Mall
 
Duration: Two Days
Audience Category: Archivists and others who need to address copyright legal issues relating to the digital archives of their institutions.
Level: Managerial / Legal
Instructor(s): Aprille Cooke McKay, J.D. , CRM
Maximum Attendees: 25
 
Cost Range: 185-415
Provider: The Society for American Archivists
Sponsored by: Association of Hawai'i ArchivistsĀ 

This information is provided as a convenience for informational purposes only; it does not constitute an endorsement by the Library of Congress.