"Freedom of Speech & Speech for Free"
What are the hot-button legal issues confronting acdaemic publishers, librarians, and scholars in the digital age? How are questions of intellectual property rights and freedom of speech playing out on campuses and in the courts - from electronic reserves and "open access" to the Patriot Act and the Office of Foreign Asset Control's Information Regulations? How has the environment of scholarly publishing changed in recent years, and what are the prospects for the years ahead?
Answering these questions will be Peter J. Givler, Executive Director of the Association of University Presses, a national association that includes 125 scholarly presses.
An open house at the new offices of the University of Massachusetts Press in the recently renovated East Experiment Station follows. All are welcome.
This event is presented by the UMass Amherst Libraries and the University of Massachusetts Press, and cosponsored by the Faculty Senate's Research Library Council, Research Council, and University Press Committee, and by the Friends of the Library.