[PADG:127] ALA Copyright Service

[Tom Teper <tteper@xxxxxxxx>]

The following is being posted in behalf of a colleague on ALA's Office of 
Information Technology Policy's Copyright Advisory Committee. Questions 
should be directed to the email addresses embedded within the text of the 
message.

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Send us your copyright questions and help the Office for
Information Technology Policy (OITP) of ALA test a new
service for ALA members!  We ask those of you who have a
copyright question or problem to submit it to the Copyright
Advisory Network.  OITP has created an online discussion
forum for this purpose.  We want to study what kind of
questions you have, how often you face copyright issues and
whether you find a service where you can post questions and
get responses helpful. We also hope to get your feedback on
the Web site that we have created, and to get advice on how
to change it to better fit your needs. Our goal is to match
individuals who are knowledgeable about copyright with
librarians who have copyright queries.  This forum will occur
totally online and will be offered free to members.

At this time, we need to know if the Copyright Advisory
Network is viable and of interest to members.  Could you
help?  Please visit http://www.librarycopyright.net, register
as a user, and visit the Network Forums to ask your
questions â?? and get your answers. If you have problems
accessing the forum, send an e-mail message to Ross at
rhousewright@xxxxxxxxxxx and he will assist you.

Since we have no idea how much traffic the discussion forum
might draw, we cannot guarantee that you will get a timely
response to queries, but we do promise to read and respond to
each issue or question. Bear in mind that this service does
not provide you with legal advice.  You are reminded to
consult legal counsel when necessary.

On behalf of the OITP Copyright Advisory Committee, thank you.

Carrie Russell, Copyright Specialist
crussell@xxxxxxxxxxx




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