Title: Care and Repair of Books
Date: Thursday, November 6, 2008
Presenter: Tom Lawrence, Senior Librarian, Ogdensburg Correctional Facility
Time: Sign-in, 9:00-9:30 a.m.; Class, 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Location: Clinton-Essex-Franklin Library System, Plattsburgh
Fee: $15.00 for library staff, $59.95 for all others (Includes lunch), "Blue Line" Library Staff: No Charge
Description: The class will discuss the basic parts of a book and how to care and repair them using resources and tools easily acquired on a minimal budget. Some examples of repair will be demonstrated. Participants are encouraged to bring a book they want to repair and the class will see what can be done with it.
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Title: Digitization and Copyright
Date: Friday, November 7, 2008
Presenter: Peter Hirtle, Intellectual Property Officer, Cornell University
Time: Sign-in, 9:00-9:30 a.m.; Class, 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Location: Northern New York Library Network, Potsdam
Fee: $15.00 for library staff, $59.95 for all others (Lunch included), "Blue Line" Library Staff: No Charge
Description: When selecting material for digitization, copyright law can be an area of great uncertainty and risk. Even in the best of circumstances, the copyright status of some material, or the legality of a repository making the material available on the Web, will be uncertain. The safest course would be to severely limit the type of material made available via the Web, even though this approach might be in opposition to a broader institutional mission. This class will explore what other strategies a digitization program can follow to minimize the risks inherent when publishing material on the web. Topics covered will include an introduction to basic copyright law and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, including "fair use" and "public domain" issues; methods for assessing the copyright status of materials; and issues associated with particular formats. It will also discuss what options you have to protect your own intellectual property. Throughout, the presentation will emphasize that digitization projects need to work with their administrators to establish a mutually acceptable level of institutional risk.
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Title: Advocacy: It’s Important!
Date: Thursday, November 13, 2008
Presenter: The Council of Community Services of New York State
Time: Sign-in, 9:00-9:30 a.m.; Class, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Location: Northern New York Library Network, Potsdam
Fee: $10.00 for library staff, $29.95 for all others, "Blue Line" Library Staff: No Charge
Description: Advocating for libraries is very important. In the current atmosphere of dwindling budgets and competition for every cent in local, state and federal budgets, it has never been more critical that librarians be enabled to take their case to those who make the decisions. In this class, participants will learn about lobbying: how to talk to legislators, provosts, municipal leaders and more. Participants will learn what to talk about and how to phrase the things they need to say.
This class is appropriate for administrators, librarians and library staff from all kinds of libraries.
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