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The 2006 UMUC Center for Intellectual Property 6th Annual Symposium June 14-16, 2006. Adelphi, MD. The deadline for early bird registration is May 12, 2006. THEME: Copyright at a Crossroads: The Impact of Mass Digitization on Copyright and Higher Education The symposium will examine the issues surrounding Google's ambitious plans to digitize and index massive library collections and the positive and negative effects this may have on copyright itself as well as the consumers, librarians, educators, authors, and publishers who handle copyrighted material each day. KEYNOTE ADDRESS and PANEL DISCUSSION: THE GOOGLIZATION OF CULTURE Siva Vaidhyanathan, New York University Steinhardt School of Education, Department of Culture and Communication Panelists: Alan Davidson, Google, Inc. Allan Adler, Association of American Publishers John Band, Jonathan Band, PLLC PRE-CONFERENCE SEMINARS: Copyright 101: Exploring the Fundamentals Arnold Lutzker, Lutzker, Lutzker & Settlemyer, LLP E-Reserves Policy and Implementation: Digital Dilemmas Donna Ferullo, Purdue University Copyright Office SYMPOSIUM PANELS: Libraries in Transition: How Will They Be Used? The Future of Fair Use: Access in an Information Age Institutional Repositories: Digital Collections Legislative Updates: News from the Hill Please visit http://www.umuc.edu/cip/symposium/ for detailed information about registration and lodging.