Emory Creates New Copyright Specialist Position
Emory University Libraries invites applications for the new position of Copyright Specialist and Rights Management Coordinator. The successful candidate will enjoy taking initiative and collaborating with others to establish, promote and provide services, policies and procedures to ensure that all digital content provided by the libraries for instructional use complies with copyright law, licensing agreements, and library policy.
Key Responsibilities: The individual manages a centralized rights management function and:
* Communicates and consults with faculty, students, librarians, IT professionals, university legal counsel and others on copyright policy for use of digital content for teaching and learning; conducts workshops and creates educational and training materials;
* Establishes standards and methods, within established guidelines, of interpretation to assess when additional rights must be secured; initiates contact with a rights clearinghouse or directly with the rights holder to negotiate and/or pay for permission;
* Organizes and implements the workflow to track rights information for all content used by the libraries for course reserves and instruction; hires and supervises student and temporary employees who assist with the rights management process; and,
* Maintains expertise in copyright law, emerging legal trends, proposed legislation, and common practice in the use of copyrighted and licenses material in higher education, particularly regarding the digitization of text, images, audio and video for instructional purposes; actively participates in local, regional, and national forums on intellectual property in higher education.
Qualifications: Required: Advanced degree in library/information science or relevant field. Knowledge of copyright law, especially related to digital works. Experience working with a variety of digital formats. Evidence of successful leadership and project management skills. Experience designing and delivering training workshops and creating effective training materials. Demonstrated user-focused service orientation and collaborative work style. Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing. Demonstrated interest in professional activity and contribution. Prefer experience working in an academic environment.
See the entire job posting here.
Given the profuse volume of rhetoric alleging ‘defensive medicine,’ now we have ‘defensive librarianship.’ The key difference, of course, is that civil complaint law is now a struggle of the Goliath vs. David, rather than vice versa, assuming it ever was. It may be well worth pointing out that the rhetoric of so-called tort reform is quite behind the times.
Comment by Lori — December 8, 2007 @ 7:07 pm