FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 17, 1999
CONTACT:
Mary Jawgiel
Educational Manager
(312) 939-4764, ext. 24
mjawgiel@aall.org
AALL to Co-Sponsor Videoconference on Copyright
The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) is joining with several
other library associations to sponsor a videoconference that will explore
recent changes in copyright law. "Copyright In The New Millennium: The
Digital Millennium Copyright Act And Copyright Term Extension" will be held
on Friday, May 21, 1999 from Noon - 3:00 p.m. EST.
Changes to copyright law enacted by Congress last year have significant
implications for libraries, archives, and institutions of higher education.
During 1998, the 105th Congress passed two bills to amend the 1976 Copyright
Act: the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), intended to update
copyright law for the digital age in selected arenas, and the Sonny Bono
Copyright Term Extension Act, which gives copyright owners another 20 years
of copyright protection for their works.
A distinguished panel of experts, will describe the new laws, discuss the
implications for libraries, archives, and educational institutions as they
attempt to comply with the new laws, and discuss strategies for the
community as it engages in the ongoing studies required by the law and
confronts pending database legislation.
AALL welcomes this opportunity to collaborate with the Association of
Research Libraries, the American Library Association, the Medical Library
Association, and the Special Libraries Association to bring to our members a
high quality educational program on a timely topic using innovative
technology.
The registration fee is $350.00 per site if registered by April 15, 1999 and
$400.00 afterwards. The registration form is available through the
Association of Research Libraries at:
http://www.arl.org/dmca/video.html.
AALL offers two regional educational programs on copyright. These full-day
programs are taught by either Lolly Gasaway or Kenneth Crews. For more
information on regional educational programming opportunities on copyright
and libraries, or the satellite videoconference contact Martha Brown,
Director of Programs, American Association of Law Libraries (312/939-4764;
mbrown@aall.org).
The American Association of Law Libraries was founded in 1906 to promote and
enhance the value of law libraries to the legal and public communities, to
foster the profession of law librarianship, and to provide leadership in the
field of legal information. For more information, visit AALLNET, the
official AALL Web site, at www.aallnet.org.
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