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More papers on virtual reference

Linda Arret, mastermind of the ALA OITP's 2005 pre-conference on Digital Reference and Legal Issues, pointed me to all of the papers presented at the conference:

Michael McClennen, Ph.D.

• A Discussion of the Interface between Legal and Technological Issues in the Provision of Digital Reference Services (PowerPoint Presentation)(PDF)
• A Discussion of the Interface between Legal and Technological Issues in the Provision of Digital Reference Services (Talking Points)(PDF)

Mary Minow and Paul Neuhaus

• Working Paper: Is Privacy Working? Planning for Stronger Privacy Measures Than Security Through Obscurity (PDF)

Kenneth D. Crews

• Digital Reference: Copyright and Related Issues (PDF)

Thanks, Linda!

Privacy and virtual reference, ask-a-librarian chats etc.

Here's a link to a paper I wrote with Paul Neuhaus on privacy and virtual reference for the American Library Association.  http://www.ala.org/ala/washoff/contactwo/oitp/MinowNeuhaus2005Sept15.pdf

Hooray - I figured out how to use tags instead of categories in this blog

As I suspected, it's much easier and more flexible.  So if any of you are looking for new posts based on categories, you may not find them. Use the technorati tags at the bottom of a post instead. If it works like I think it will, I'll probably stop using categories altogether.

Update: It looks as if users who click on a technorati tag below will get everyone in the world's posts with those tags. That's useful, but it would be nice to have an option to limit it to this blog, the way flickr does.  Well, there's always the search button in the blog...

Lyrics and digital reference

At the Digital Reference Legal Issues webcast last week,  I was asked whether libraries can scan copyrighted lyrics from a book to answer virtual reference questions. I ducked it until I could doublecheck the definition of “musical work.”

I’ve done some digging, and this is my reply (subject to the usual caveats – i.e. check with your institution’s lawyer…)  If anyone else wants to weigh in here, go ahead.

Digital reference - legal issues webcast on Thursday

California librarians are invited to tune in Thursday at noon pacific time to my Infopeople webcast on digital reference legal issues.

Anyone else can download handouts and look at the archived webcast a little later.

http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/06-16-05/

Do you have questions about virtual reference legal issues?

I'm working on a webcast on virtual reference that Infopeople is sponsoring on June 16th for California librarians. Note: Anyone else can watch the archives soon thereafter.

Do you have any questions, insights, comments that could help me put together a relevant presentation? I'm working on this now - so please send your brilliant thoughts to me if you have any.

The webcast will look at common concerns such as:

What privacy concerns are raised? What can your library do to minimize privacy concerns?

What issues are raised when a librarian sends a scanned document via email or through a live chat session?

Does it make a legal difference whether you scan an article yourself and send it via email versus pushing it from a database via the chat session?

Who owns the copyright to the patron interviews? Can they be used in promotions?

Protect yourself and your library by getting a fix on the legal framework affecting digital reference and pushed content through this latest installment in Infopeople's ongoing series of webcasts on library legal issues.

A course of virtual reference legal issues ... where you don't have to leave your work or home (May 9-20)

Do you know when you can legally send scanned documents to users?

I'm teaching the Virtual Reference Legal Issues course online again on May 9-20 through (NOT AT THE) University of Maryland College of Information Studies.  I just checked with Malissa, and you can still register, even though the deadline has passed.

To take the class, you log in through any PC, read my pithy course content (I try to be brief) on virtual reference and copyright, licensing and privacy...  then apply what you learn, and ask challenging questions to me and each other in the course.

Virtual Reference Legal Issues class

University of Maryland College of Information Studies announces Virtual Reference Legal Issues Workshop

AVAILABLE ONLINE ON YOUR TIME
JULY 6 - JULY 20, 2004
Registration Deadline: June 25, 2004
Featuring Guest Instructor: Mary Minow, M.L.S., J.D.,
Consultant and Creator of LibraryLaw.com.

Are you wondering what to do with virtual reference transcripts? Do you know when you can legally send scanned documents to users? Do you know how to approach copyright issues?

Virtual Reference Legal Issues is geared to all librarians. This web-based course will include readings, message board discussions with peers, valuable feedback from knowledgeable instructors, and an introduction to a framework that will help you analyze virtual reference legal issues - all at a time and from a location most convenient for you!

You will learn:
* What areas of the law impact virtual reference
* How to analyze copyright and license issues in the context ofvirtual reference service
* Where to find up-to-date resources on legal issues

For details and registration information, go to http://www.clis.umd.edu/ce/vrlegal.html
For more information, contact Malissa Ruffner at 410-444-8102 or email [email protected]

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