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Hudson, Barry J. – CD-ROM Professional, 1994
Describes steps involved in developing and producing multimedia CD-ROMs. Topics discussed include planning; incorporating a variety of types of data; selecting data formats; selecting software; problems; replication issues; data preparation; and CD-ROM as an alternative to paper copies of conference proceedings. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Software Selection, Conference Proceedings, Data Collection
Jackson, Mary E. – Media and Methods, 1991
Discusses the interpretation of copyright law that affects libraries and media centers that provide videotapes to patrons. Topics discussed include the concept of fair use; conditions that permit copyrighted materials to be used in the classroom; patron's use of copyrighted videotapes within the library; and licensing and duplication rights. (LRW)
Descriptors: Copyrights, Elementary Secondary Education, Fair Use (Copyrights), Learning Resources Centers
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Oppenheim, Charles – Information Services and Use, 1991
Reviews recent developments in three areas of law which, one way or the other, have an impact on information professionals: copyright, data protection, and liability. This discussion focuses on recent developments that are likely to be of significance to information professionals, including those emanating from the Commission of the European…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Databases, Fair Use (Copyrights), Information Scientists
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Winter, Michael F. – Library Quarterly, 1994
Discusses a scholar's reactions to libraries made by Umberto Eco in "De Biblioteca." Topics addressed include functions of libraries, including collecting; accessibility of materials; the scholar's creative use of libraries, and discovering materials not looked for or known about; North American research libraries; photocopying; and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Creativity, Libraries, Library Collections
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Oppenheim, Charles – Journal of Documentation, 2000
Considers the future of copyright in an electronic environment due to the ease with which materials can be copied. Discusses relevant legal cases; reproductive rights organizations; the role of contracts; databases; European Union initiatives; and conflict of laws. Concludes that increased owner-user cooperation is needed if copyright is to…
Descriptors: Conflict, Contracts, Cooperation, Copyrights
Ekhaml, Leticia – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1998
Discusses etiquette for today's technology, including paper copiers; desktop or laptop computers; fax machines; answering machines and voice mail; printers; cellular phones, pagers, and beepers; telephones; videotapes, videodisks, and CD-ROMs; paper shredders; Internet use; and magnetic boards. (LRW)
Descriptors: Electronic Equipment, Facsimile Transmission, Internet, Microcomputers
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Carter, Alex; Rezabek, Landra L. – International Journal of Instructional Media, 1993
Many educators are unaware of, or simply ignore the federal copyright guidelines in the 1976 Copyright Act. A logical avenue for raising levels of awareness of, and adherence to copyright laws is through teacher-education programs. This study examined the type, accuracy, and sources of information regarding copyright laws possessed by pre-service…
Descriptors: Copyrights, Federal Legislation, Guidelines, Information Sources
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Eshet-Alkalai, Yoram – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 2004
Digital literacy involves more than the mere ability to use software or operate a digital device; it includes a large variety of complex cognitive, motor, sociological, and emotional skills, which users need in order to function effectively in digital environments. The tasks required in this context include, for example, "reading" instructions…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Technological Literacy, Information Technology, Visual Perception
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Vaden, Tere; Suoranta, Juha – E-Learning, 2004
In this article, the authors argue for a leap from a "weak" digital literacy (skills of interpretation and strategies of reception) to strong digital literacy (authorship and autonomous skills and capacities). Strong digital literacy implies politico-structural analysis of the information societies to come. Given the current forms of economic…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Software, Information Technology, Media Literacy
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Copyright Office. – 1995
The documentary materials collected in this booklet deal with reproduction of copyrighted works by educators, librarians, and archivists for a variety of uses, including reproduction for teaching in educational institutions at all levels and reproduction by libraries and archives for purposes of study, research, interlibrary exchanges, and…
Descriptors: Archives, Copyrights, Fair Use (Copyrights), Federal Legislation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on the Judiciary. – 1991
Section 108 of the Copyright Act of 1976, Title 17 of the United States Code, spells out conditions under which libraries may photocopy copyrighted works without infringing the rights of their owners. Section 108(i) directs the Register of Copyrights to prepare and file a report every 5 years setting forth the extent to which this section has…
Descriptors: Copyrights, Fair Use (Copyrights), Federal Legislation, Hearings
Steinhilber, August W. – 1986
As schools increasingly take advantage of sophisticated technologies to enhance education, their need to understand basic copyright law becomes more urgent. This reference guide reviews the historical development of copyright, examines basic components, and analyzes exceptions to copyright owners' rights. Also covered are key areas such as…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Copyrights, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Regulation
Kuusisto, Jouni – 1987
This report considers the research conducted in Finland on photocopying and how it relates to teaching methods, and attempts to develop a theoretical basis for evaluating such research. In the first part of the report, it is argued that studies of copying need to target four separate areas of concern--knowledge, attitudes, activity (quantitative…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Copyrights, Data Collection, Foreign Countries
Besen, Stanley M.; Kirby, Sheila Nataraj – 1987
This report analyzes the economic effects of the reproduction of intellectual property, i.e., books, journals, computer software, and audiovisual materials. A general economic model is presented in which direct appropriability (the marginal cost of copying is constant) and indirect appropriability (the marginal cost of copying is rising) appear as…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Consumer Protection, Copyrights, Costs
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1988
This seasonal project integrates the skills of typing, photocopying, calculating, composing, alphabetizing, and human relations, which the student has acquired during the first part of the Administrative Support Occupations II course. The activity is a simulation that involves a small, specialty, mail-order business selling novelty items for…
Descriptors: Alphabetizing Skills, Calculators, Clerical Workers, Human Relations
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