November 14, 2012
See also: Part 2 of this 2 part series, Recent Developments in Library Copyright
Concerned about copyright issues? Uncertain about how you can use images in your instruction? Want to be sure you’re following the law and doing everything you can to support your patrons? Kevin Smith, Duke’s Director of Copyright and Scholarly Communication and William Cross, NCSU’s Director of the Copyright and Digital Scholarship Center, will lead a discussion about copyright basics, the rules of ownership, and best practices for academic use.
William M. Cross is the Director of the Copyright and Digital Scholarship Center at North Carolina State University where he provides advice and instruction to campus stakeholders on copyright, licensing, privacy, and contractual issues. As a student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Will earned an M.A. in Technology & Communication, a J.D. in Law, and an M.S.L.S. in Library Science. Before joining the Copyright and Digital Scholarship Center Will worked in academic and law libraries, in constitutional litigation, and at the North Carolina Court of Appeals. He lectures nationally on free expression, copyright, and new methods of scholarly communication and has been published in law and library journals on topics ranging from the pedagogy of legal education for librarians to the First Amendment status of video games.
As Duke University’s first Director of Copyright & Scholarly Communications, Kevin Smith’s principal role is to teach and advise faculty, administrators and students about copyright, intellectual property licensing and scholarly publishing. He is a librarian and an attorney (admitted to the bar in Ohio and North Carolina) and also holds a graduate degree in religion from Yale University. At Duke, Kevin serves on the University’s Intellectual Property Board and Digital Futures Task Force, and he convenes the Open Access Advisory Panel. He is the current Chair of the ACRL’s Research and Scholarly Environment Committee and serves on the SPARC Steering Committee. His highly-regarded web log on scholarly communications discusses copyright and publication in academia, and he is a frequent speaker on those topics.