Please join us for a free webinar provided by the ALA Office for
Information Technology Policy (OITP) on Thursday, October 2, 2014 at 11am
Pacific time.
In the webinar titled *Open Licensing and the Public Domain: Tools and
policies to support libraries, scholars, and the public*, Timothy Vollmer
will discuss the Creative Commons licenses and public domain instruments,
with a particular focus on how these tools are being used within the GLAM
(galleries, libraries, archives and museums) sector. He'll also talk about
the evolving Open Access movement--including legal and technological
challenges to researchers and publishers--and how librarians and copyright
experts are helping address these issues. Finally, he'll discuss the
increasing role of institutional policies and funding mandates that are
being adopted to support the creation and sharing of content and data in
the public commons.
Timothy Vollmer is Public Policy Manager for Creative Commons (CC). He
coordinates public policy positions in collaboration with CC staff,
international affiliate network, and a broad community of copyright
experts. Timothy helps educate policymakers at all levels and across
various disciplines such as education, data, science, culture, and
government about copyright licensing, the public domain, and the adoption
of open policies. Prior to CC, Timothy worked on information policy issues
for the American Library Association in Washington, D.C. He is a graduate
of the University of Michigan, School of Information, and helped establish
the Open.Michigan initiative.
There is no need to pre-register! Just show up on October 2, at 11am
Pacific (2pm Eastern) at http://ala.adobeconnect.com/copyright/
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