ACRL publishes “Colleges, Code and Copyright, ACRL Publications in Librarianship no. 57”

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For Immediate Release


July 8, 2005

ACRL publishes “Colleges, Code and Copyright, ACRL Publications in Librarianship no. 57”

CHICAGO —The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) is proud to announce the publication of “Colleges, Code and Copyright, ACRL Publications in Librarianship no. 57,” from The Center for Intellectual Property at University of Maryland University College.

“Colleges, Code and Copyright, ACRL Publications in Librarianship no. 57,” is the proceedings of a symposium held by the Center for Intellectual Property in June 2004. The goal of the symposium was to assemble stakeholders to discuss the technological, legal, and practical issues that influence the dissemination of information on campuses and the protection of intellectual property.

The papers in this volume consider thematic tracks on a wide range of topics, including the intersection of copyright and higher education, the state of scholarly publishing, current copyright legislation, peer to peer file sharing, and best practices in digital rights management.

Digital information and digital networks are fundamentally changing how universities access, share, and use information for scholarship, teaching, and learning. The shift to using digital information to educate students and to share resources has caused sweeping changes in how many believe digital information should be accessed and protected.

Ordering information can be found on the ACRL Web site,
www.ala.org/acrl (Click on Publications / Books & Monographs / Publications in Librarianship). ACRL members receive a 10 percent discount on any purchase.

ACRL, a division of the American Library Association, represents 13,000 academic and research librarians and interested individuals. ACRL is the only individual membership organization in North America that develops programs, products and services to meet the unique needs of academic and research librarians. Its initiatives enable the higher education community to understand the role that academic and research libraries play in the teaching, learning and research environments.