When

Tuesday, September 14, 2021,
Thursday, September 23, 2021, &
Tuesday, October 5, 2021

Where

This is an online event.

Contact

NEFLIN Staff
NEFLIN, Inc.
904-278-5620
training@neflin.org

Copyright in a Digital World - 3-Part Webinar (9/14/21, 9/23/21 & 10/05/21)

IMPORTANT:
This is a 3-part webinar that meets Tuesday, September 14, Thursday, September 23 AND Tuesday, October 5,
from 2:00 - 4:00 PM, ET.

You must attend all sessions.

Learn how to think about and use copyright as a tool of empowerment rather than the tool of limitation it is too often understood to be!

This series will provide you with a strong foundation in copyright law within the library context, with a particular emphasis on fair use and what current copyright law means in the digital environment.

Session 1: Foundations of Copyright
U.S. copyright law is a complex area of law with lots of moving parts. Session 1 ensures that you understand what copyright really is, what it protects, how long it lasts, and what it does and does not allow you to do. This session also addresses the foundational concepts of copyright, paving the way for the following sessions.

Session 2: Foundations of Fair Use
Fair use is the most misunderstood and sometimes the most intimidating area of copyright law. After this session, you will embrace fair use as a tool of empowerment rather than frustration, feel more confident in making a fair use analysis, and understand how to ensure your own rights under fair use while minimizing your risk in doing so. Includes discussion of fair use guidelines and statements of best practices.

Session 3: Copyright in the Digital Environment

Applying copyright in the online environment offers its own particular challenges. This session guides you in working through those often confusing and complicated situations so that you can best exercise your rights without crossing risky lines.

Virtual Trainer: Gretchen McCord

Gretchen McCord is an attorney, consultant, and trainer specializing in copyright and trademark law, general contract law, and legal issues related to digital information. Her practice focuses on assisting educational institutions, libraries, small businesses, and non-profit entities in transitioning into the ever-changing digital world. She writes, speaks, and teaches extensively on the role and application of copyright in libraries and education and has achieved a national reputation within those communities as a copyright expert.

Gretchen began down this road in the 1990s, as an academic librarian at the University of Texas at San Antonio and the University of Houston. Working in libraries during the early years of the modern Internet, Gretchen became increasingly interested in the developing legal issues surrounding the Internet and digital information. She decided to pursue this interest by studying law and earned her J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law in 2001.

Gretchen has served as President of both the Texas Library Association and the Friends of Libraries & Archives of Texas, and as a member of the Amigos Library Services Board of Directors, TexShare Advisory Board, American Library Association Legislative Subcommittee on Copyright, Executive Committee of the Freedom to Read Foundation’s Board of Trustees, and the City of Austin Library Commission.

Gretchen McCord is an attorney, consultant, and trainer specializing in copyright and trademark law, general contract law, and legal issues related to digital information. Her practice focuses on assisting educational institutions, libraries, small businesses, and non-profit entities in transitioning into the ever-changing digital world. Gretchen writes, speaks, and teaches extensively on the role and application of copyright in libraries and education and has achieved a national reputation within those communities as a copyright expert.

This is an online class. Access information will be emailed one week ahead.

Cost: NEFLIN classes are free of charge for Florida library staff. Registration is required for all classes and NEFLIN members get priority.