7:30am – 9:00am  Registration and Coffee

9:00am – 9:15am   Welcome & Introductions

9:15am – 10:30am  Copyright in the Context of Technology
Speaker:  Michael Rodriguez, Licensing/Acquisitions Librarian, University of Connecticut

Understand the fundamentals of copyright, fair use, and best practices in the context of technology and related services. How does copyright impact websites and software, images and graphic designs, 3D printing, and other areas?

10:30am – 10:40am  Break 

10:40am – 11:10am  Group Exercises and Discussion

11:10am – 12:25pm   Copyright for Educators and Employees
Speaker: Laura Quilter, Copyright and Information Policy Librarian & Legal Studies Adjunct, University of Massachusetts - Amherst

Understand how copyright and fair use work in the context of instructional design, educational materials, and teaching generally (including online classes and massive open online courses or MOOCs). Also: What copyrights do you have as an instructor? As an employee? As an irregular contractor?

12:25pm - 1:30pm  Lunch & Networking

1:30pm - 2:30pm  Copyright versus Licenses (Open Source, Creative Commons, and more)
Speakers:
Laura Quilter, Copyright and Information Policy Librarian & Legal Studies Adjunct, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Michael Rodriguez, Licensing/Acquisitions Librarian, University of Connecticut

What about copyright versus contracts? How do Creative Commons and open-source software licenses work—or not work—with copyright? Get some answers during this session.

2:30pm - 3:15pm  Group Exercises and Discussion

3:15pm - 3:30pm    Wrap-up and End