Upcoming Events and Digital Media Roundup

Dec 4, 2008

BERKMAN CENTER FOR INTERNET & SOCIETY AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY
December 4, 2008 // Upcoming events and digital media

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[1] [TUESDAY 12/9/08] Berkman Luncheon Series: "Developing A Self-Learning Distance Program on Copyright for Librarians" with Berkman Fellow Melanie Dulong de Rosnay (http://cyber.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2008/12/dulong)

[2] [FRIDAY 12/12/08] "The Commons: Celebrating accomplishments, discerning futures" with Jamie Boyle, Larry Lessig, Joi Ito, Molly S. Van Houweling, and Jonathan Zittrain (http://cyber.harvard.edu/events/2008/12/creativecommons)

[TUESDAY] BERKMAN LUNCHEON SERIES on DEVELOPING A SELF-LEARNING DISTANCE PROGRAM ON COPYRIGHT FOR LIBRARIANS

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12//08, 12:30 PM ET, Berkman Center Conference Room
RSVP is required (rsvp@cyber.harvard.edu).

Topic: Developing A Self-Learning Distance Program on Copyright for Librarians
Guest: Berkman Fellow Melanie Dulong de Rosnay

Copyright for Librarians (http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/copyrightforlibrarians/) is a project developed at the Berkman Center in partnership with eIFL.net (Electronic Information for Libraries), aiming at developing a distance learning program on copyright targeted to librarians. Berkman Fellow Melanie Dulong de Rosnay will present the objectives and main steps of the project. As new technologies impact on the work of libraries and copyright law increasingly challenges library practices and access to knowledge, the aim of the course is to provide a sound understanding of the fundamentals of copyright and to raise awareness amongst librarians for balanced copyright laws and practices.

Librarians from 11 countries tested the first modules of the course as part of an intensive two month training program at the Mortensen Center (http://www.library.uiuc.edu/mortenson/) for International Library Programs at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign during September and October 2008. Their role was to evaluate the ergonomics and the practical implementation of the course, as well as the textbook format and content.Course modules and interactive training will be made available under a Creative Commons Attribution license on the Connexions platform.

This event will be webcast live; for more information and a complete description, see the event web page: http://cyber.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2008/12/dulong

[FRIDAY 12/12/08] THE COMMONS: CELEBRATING ACCOMPLISHMENTS, DISCERNING FUTURES
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12/12/08, 6:30 PM ET, Pound Hall, Second Floor, Harvard Law School

RSVP is required (melissa@creativecommons.org).

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=35054259437

Topic: The Commons: Celebrating accomplishments, discerning futures

Creative Commons and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society are pleased to invite you to a special event in Cambridge, MA on the evening of Friday, December 12, 2008, that will bring together some of the top thinkers on copyright in a digital age.

Panelists include:

* James Boyle, The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind
* Lawrence Lessig, Remix
* Joi Ito, Free Souls
* Molly S. Van Houweling, Creative Commons’ first Executive Director
* Jonathan Zittrain, of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society and author of The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It, will moderate.

A reception will follow at 7:30 pm. Space is limited. Please RSVP by December 1st to Melissa Reeder, Development Manager, at melissa@creativecommons.org.

If you’re interested in the technical aspect of Creative Commons, we invite you to attend CC’s second Technology Summit, taking place at MIT’s Stata Center on Friday, December 12, from 9am-4:30pm. Program and registration information: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Creative_Commons_Technology_Summit_2008-12-12

This event will be webcast live; for more information and a complete description, see the event web page: http://cyber.harvard.edu/events/2008/12/creativecommons

OTHER EVENTS OF NOTE
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[1] 12/12/08 Creative Commons Technology Summit at MIT: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Creative_Commons_Technology_Summit_2008-12-12

DIGITAL MEDIA: Watch and Listen
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Did you miss this week's luncheon talk? Catch up with Berkman videos, podcasts, pictures, and dig in to our archive at http://cyber.harvard.edu/interactive.

-RADIO BERKMAN: DAVID WEINBERGER interviews Professor CHARLES NESSON and JOEL TENENBAUM about their lawsuit against the Recording Industry Association of America: http://cyber.harvard.edu/interactive/podcasts/radioberkman102

-Berkman Luncheon Series with ANTONY LOEWENSTEIN on "The Blogging Revolution: Going Online in Repressive Regimes": http://cyber.harvard.edu/interactive/events/luncheon/2008/25/loewenstein

-Berkman Luncheon Series with Professor CHRIS DEDE of the Harvard Grad School of Education on "Immersive Interfaces for Learning: Opportunities and Perils: http://cyber.harvard.edu/interactive/events/luncheon/2008/12/dede

-IRVING WLADAWSKY-BERGER on "Participatory Governance: In open source communities, companies and government": http://cyber.harvard.edu/interactive/events/2008/11/irvingberger

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