Course objectives Sufficient knowledge of US copyright law to advise digitization projects, uncertain authors and instructors, and digital archivists on common, relatively simple fair-use, orphan-works, reuse, and republishing dilemmas Sufficient knowledge of current trends, processes, and standards in trade and scholarly publishing to advise would-be authors, advocate for balanced laws and policies, and navigate Sufficient knowledge of intellectual-property-related dilemmas, movements, and legislation (past and pending) to be a thoughtful advocate and information-agency leader Ø Sufficient knowledge of publishing trends to inform collection-development decisions in academic, public, K-12, and special-library settings The ability to assess a rapidly-evolving situation and explain it clearly and succinctly to others The ability to devise a well-reasoned long-range scenario and a strategy to respond to it The ability to write a journal-quality book review
Class Name | Publishing, Knowldg Inst & Society: E-Revolutions? |
Host School | The University of Wisconsin - Madison SLIS |
Class Identifier | LIS 640 |
Credit Value | 3 Credit Hours |
Faculty | Dorothea Salo |
Course Tool (Online) | Desire2Learn |
Class Description | Course objectives Sufficient knowledge of US copyright law to advise digitization projects, uncertain authors and instructors, and digital archivists on common, relatively simple fair-use, orphan-works, reuse, and republishing dilemmas Sufficient knowledge of current trends, processes, and standards in trade and scholarly publishing to advise would-be authors, advocate for balanced laws and policies, and navigate Sufficient knowledge of intellectual-property-related dilemmas, movements, and legislation (past and pending) to be a thoughtful advocate and information-agency leader Ø Sufficient knowledge of publishing trends to inform collection-development decisions in academic, public, K-12, and special-library settings The ability to assess a rapidly-evolving situation and explain it clearly and succinctly to others The ability to devise a well-reasoned long-range scenario and a strategy to respond to it The ability to write a journal-quality book review |
Class Disclaimer | None |
Delivery | Asynchronous |
Start and End Date | June 22nd, 2015 - August 16th, 2015 |
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Last Add Day | June 22nd, 2015 |
Residency Start and End Date | No Residency |
Syllabus | Download Syllabus |