Scholarly Communication Update
Intellectual Property in the Digital Age: Faculty Lunch Series
This popular faculty lunch series continues for a second academic year with sessions on negotiating to keep your copyright and UC policy related to faculty work on projects that include software and inventions.
Thursday, February 7, 2008
"Don't I Own My Own Work?": Negotiating to Keep Your Copyright
Noon-1:30 p.m.
As a UCLA faculty member, you must be productive in a "publish or perish" environment. But in your rush to publish, are you signing an agreement with your publisher without reading it fully or understanding its implications? You might unknowingly surrender your copyright and, along with it, the rights to use and reuse your work as you wish. Find out how to read authors' agreements and how to negotiate to keep your rights. Learn from colleagues who have efficiently negotiated agreements without risk to their academic advancement.
Register Online; registration deadline: Monday, February 4
Thursday, April 10, 2008
"What Are My Rights?": Software, Patents, and Open Source
Noon-1:30 p.m.
In today's networked information environment, UC faculty increasingly collaborate on and create projects and programs that include software and inventions. Come hear Kat Fibiger, copyright lawyer, software creator, and new member of the UCLA's Office of Intellectual Property, describe UC policy related to these areas.
Register Online; registration deadline: Monday, April 7
Admission and lunch are free, but registration is required. For more information and to register, visit the Faculty and the Collections Web site.
This faculty series is co-sponsored by the UCLA Library, Academic Senate, Academic Senate Committee on Library and Scholarly Communication, and the Office of Intellectual Property Administration.
