♦ Workshop dates: 14th & 15th November 2013

♦ PLEASE CONFIRM ATTENDANCE VIA EMAIL by 18 October 2013 to Julia Holland at taag.chapter[at]gmail.com

♦ Place: Manulife Financial Head Office, 200 Bloor St. East, Toronto

♦ Cost: $150 for day one (14th Nov.), $225 for both days (14th & 15th Nov.)

♦ Minimum registration : 12 people for both days by 18 October

♦ Maximum registration : 20

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This two-day workshop will provide an overview of the Canadian Copyright Act (including the recent amendments) and related case law of particular relevance to archivists.

The first day will provide an intensive overview of how the Canadian copyright law works, with particular attention to its application in the digital environment. Topics to be covered include: criteria for copyright protection, ownership and duration of copyright, the rights of copyright owners, users’ rights, international copyright, and how to analyze a copyright question.

The second day will give participants an opportunity to apply what they have learned as they discuss case studies about copyright issues primarily of interest to archivists and others who maintain collections of records or other material, including photographs, digitizing holdings, and reprographic services.

Instructor: Dr. Jean Dryden

A senior information professional with experience in archives, records management, and librarianship, Jean Dryden's expertise in copyright has been developed during many years as an archivist in the government, education, and not-for-profit sectors. As Chair of the Bureau of Canadian Archivists Copyright Committee, she played a lead role in successful lobbying for exceptions for libraries, archives and museums in the 1997 amendments to the Copyright Act. She is the author of Demystifying Copyright: A Researcher's Guide to Copyright in Canadian Libraries and Archives; the second edition, revised to reflect the 2012 amendments, will be published this fall.

Her doctoral dissertation investigated the copyright practices of Canadian archival repositories in making their holdings available on the Internet. Her consulting practice was established in 1998 to advise organizations about copyright policy and practice, and to educate clients about copyright issues, particularly the application of copyright in the digital environment.