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From June 5 to 8, Chris and I attended the 2008 NASIG Conference in Phoenix, Arizona at the Tapatio Cliffs Resort, which sounds nice until you account for the fact that Arizona is a sun-blasted hellscape unfit for human habitation. Nevertheless, I attended a number of useful sessions at the conference. Highlights included: Real ERM... more ›
Center for Intellectual Property in the Digital Environment Conference: Day 2 A long and very theory driven day… Keynote Address: Georgia Harper “The Economics of Copyright and the Impact on Academia: Mass Digitization and Copyright Law, Policy and Practice” Georgia Harper started her speech with a bang, proposing that anyone who is looking for change... more ›
Center for Intellectual Property in the Digital Environment Conference: Day 3 Round Table Discussions: Georgia Harper and Carrie Russell Our table discussed: University, Innovation & Copyright: How to Become an Effective Advocate and Move Your Community from Baltic Avenue to Park Place As students and faculty begin to use new technologies (flickr, facebook, second Life,... more ›
2008 NC Independent Colleges and Universities (NCICU), Purchasing Committee Meeting, May 28-29 by Lauren Corbett and Carol Cramer For the first time in the history of the group, sessions were not restricted to vendors and purchasing, which was discussed as a problem at the end of the meeting, with suggestions to divide into separate days... more ›
On Friday I attended the NC Publications Depository System Meeting meeting in Raleigh. I went since Mary H. has left and Mary Lib was on previously scheduled vacation, but it turns out that I was our representative at the last meeting (in 2006), too, so I’m starting to feel like a part of the group!... more ›