| Monday, July 14 at 10:15-11:30 a.m. |
E-6: INCLUSION OF COPYRIGHT MATTERS IN FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS: A DEBATEThis year's hot topic program will focus on the attempts of the United States Trade Representative to expand U.S. copyright term extensions beyond present international requirements under TRIPS and Berne agreements. Although the information industry applauds this expansion, public access advocates find the current TRIPS and Berne requirements adequate and further expansion unnecessary. Earlier this year, AALL and other library associations filed objections with the USTR to the expanded scope of the copyright provisions in the draft of the Free Trade Area of the Americans Agreement (FTAA). Should Congress yield legislative authority to the President that imposes U.S. standards on its trading partners, short-circuits domestic legislative processes, and locks-in current standards? Don't miss this lively debate that will feature both sides of these complex issues. Speakers will include Eric Smith, President of International Intellectual Property Alliance and Jamie Love, director, Consumer Project on Technology, Center for Study of Responsive Law. Samuel Trosow, member AALL Copyright Committee, will serve as moderator. Keith Ann Stiverson, Chair of the Copyright Committee is the program coordinator. |
| The following programs have been added to an outstanding array of educational programs for the 96th Annual Meeting and Conference. |
| Monday, July 14 at 4:15-5:15 p.m. |
F-6: ENVISIONING JUSTICE: AMERICAN INDIAN LAW—SIX ISSUES IN SIXTY MINUTESIssues of American Indian law are entering the legal mainstream and are more likely to be encountered by lawyers, judges, and law librarians than in the past. This presentation will review six emerging legal issues in federal Indian law. Nancy Carol Carter, a 2001 AALL award winner for her paper, "American Indians and Law Libraries: Acknowledging the Third Sovereign," will be the speaker for this program. |
| Tuesday, July 15 at 2:15-3:45 p.m. |
H-6: LAW LIBRARIAN COMPENSATION: CAN THE LOOMING HUMAN RESOURCES CRISIS BE AVERTED?Demographic and economic forces are creating a potential for a shortage of professionally trained law librarians. One cause of this pending crisis is that librarian compensation is inadequate to provide sufficient incentive for entry into the profession. This program will examine the causes and potential solutions to this pending crisis. The results of the recent AALL membership survey on this issue will be discussed. Maurice (Mitch) Freedman, immediate past president of the American Library Association, along with Luis Acosta, AALL member and Virginia Grant of the consulting firm Altman Weil, Inc., will be the speakers for this program. Barbara Bintliff, immediate past president of AALL, will serve as moderator. |