Intellectual property lunch series for faculty
The UCLA Library has announced its 2007-2008 faculty lunch series, “Intellectual Property in the Digital Age: The Rights Stuff for Teaching and Publishing.”
I am posting the details here, but visit the library website to register.
This 2007-08 lunchtime series for UCLA faculty is co-sponsored by the UCLA Library, Academic Senate, Academic Senate Committee on Library and Scholarly Communication, and the Office of Intellectual Property Administration. The three quarterly events are described below. Admission is free, and lunch will be provided. Registration is limited to UCLA faculty; advance registration is required, and space is limited.
If You Don’t Ask, How Can You Tell?: Getting Permission to Use Material in Course Instruction and E-Publishing
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Noon-1:30 p.m.
Do you want to include someone else’s chart, poem, or data table from the Internet in one of your forthcoming e-publications? Are you taking advantage of instructional tools such as Blackboard/Web CT, Moodle, podcasting software, or other innovations? If you answered yes to either question, this session will help you find out when you need permission and how to get it. Campus experts will outline best practices for permissions and permission requirements.“Don’t I Own My Own Work?”: Negotiating to Keep Your Copyright
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Noon-1:30 p.m.
As a UCLA faculty member, you must be productive in a “publish or perish” environment. But in your rush to publish, are you signing an agreement with your publisher without reading it fully or understanding its implications? You might unknowingly surrender your copyright and, along with it, the rights to use and reuse your work as you wish. Find out how to read authors’ agreements and how to negotiate to keep your rights. Learn from colleagues who have efficiently negotiated agreements without risk to their academic advancement.“What Are My Rights?”: Software, Patents, and Open Source
Spring Quarter 2008; Date To Be Announced
Noon-1:30 p.m.
Increasingly in our networked information environment, UC faculty collaborate on and create projects and programs that include software and inventions. Come hear Kat Fibiger, copyright lawyer, software creator, and new member of the UCLA’s Office of Intellectual Property, describe UC policy related to these areas.
