Comments, Questions & Recommendations

• Etiquette on the web and in email might not be in our domain?
• Should the differences between open web/search engines & hidden web, subscription/research databases be moved to a different section? They don't seem to belong here.

Outline

A. Introduce the concept of intellectual property. Discuss copyright , the law enacted to protect authors, inventors, artists.   Discuss the evolution of copyright law and the extensions and revisions to copyright law. Information as a commodity.

B. Introduce the concepts of intellectual freedom, the need for an educated public with access to information . Discuss fair use , the limitation to copyright which provides an exemption for educational purposes. Discuss the Freedom of Information Act . Information as a public good.

C. Balance between information as a public good and information as a commodity; between the rights of copyright holders and the public commons. Creative Commons .

D. Introduce the concept of plagiarism and the idea of inadvertent plagiarism.   Discuss the Net Generation characterized by digital literacy and the ease of cutting & pasting. Give examples of plagiarism- quoting or paraphrasing someone else's idea without citation or credit.

E. Introduce the concept of the Right to Privacy, how individual are protected by the Constitution. Discuss research and Institutional Review Boards .

F. Resources

1. Britannica Online

2. Oxford English Dictionary, New Edition

3. Wikipedia

G. Assignment / Assessment

1. Read the cover story of the New York Times Magazine section, 5/14/06 entitled "Scan this Book!"

a. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/14/magazine/14publishing.html

b. http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=67f300a8790ce4494d4fef918828f666&_docnum=1&wchp=dGLzVzz-zSkVA&_md5=ff19ccdc3d59eac7a16ffdb2cbaa483f

H. Fill in the Blanks

1. The first Library which purported to be a universal library was located in the city of __________.

2. Who is periodically archiving all available web pages and making them accessible at archives.com? ____________

3. Name two research libraries participating in Google's initiative to scan all of the world's books. _______________ and ______________

4. The Author, Kevin Kelly, proposes that individuals or corporations seeking copyright protection must first agree to have their works _________ and __________.

5. Kevin Kelly is a founding editor of which magazine? _________

6. About how many books have been published since the beginning of time? ________

7. Educators may make limited use of copyrighted works under the legal exemption commonly referred to as ___________.

8. Once a book is no longer protected by copyright, it passes into the ___________.