CAN Alumni
Copyright Advisory Network Team, 2005
Rick Davis is Cataloging Librarian at Towson University in Baltimore, MD, where he also serves as campus liaison on copyright matters. Following a 20-year career in the used and rare book business in Berkeley, CA (a gratifying period in his life which made him eternally thankful for the first sale doctrine), Rick received his Master’s degree in library science from San Jose State University. A Californian by birth, Rick now shares his Baltimore home with his wife and son.
Gail Clement is Head of the Digital Collections Center at Florida International University in Miami, Florida, where she advises on digitization, digital preservation, electronic publishing, scholarly communications, and rights management. As a long-time science librarian, Gail also has extensive experience in scientific-technical data management, scientific publishing, and collection management. Gail holds a MLIS from the University of South Florida and an MS from the Univiersity of Oregon.
Maryam Fakouri has created, researched, and negotiated the use of copyright-protected intellectual property through her work in the publishing and photography industries. She began to study U.S. copyright law while pursuing a Masters degree in library science, and she continues to learn about copyright as a professional librarian. Maryam is a reference and instruction librarian at Columbia College Chicago, a college specializing in arts and media. She is also a painter and amateur dancer.
Alfred Andrew Fry received his Masters in Information Science from Drexel University in 1995. Since then, he has been a Reference and Instruction Librarian at Camden County College. He is also responsible for the reserve collection. Alfred specializes in fair use law.
Georgia Harper is the manager of the Intellectual Property Section of the Office of General Counsel for the University of Texas System, where she specializes in copyright law. Her online publication, The Copyright Crash Course, provides guidance to University faculty, students and staff concerning a wide range of copyright issues and is freely accessible to all universities and colleges. Ms. Harper graduated with High Honors from the University of Texas at Austin with a B.S. in Education and with Honors from the University of Texas at Austin’s Law School with a J.D. degree. She conducts local, state, regional and national workshops and seminars on copyright issues and has been an advisor to the Association of American Universities, the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges and the American Council on Education, as well as the National Initiative for a Networked Cultural Heritage in connection with its Copyright and Fair Use Town Meetings. She was named a fellow of the National Association of College and University Attorneys in June 2001.
Ross Housewright
Maria Kardick migrated to a school library media center in the mid-1980s after spending six years teaching special education. While working in the middle school trenches, copyright questions kept surfacing and needed to be answered, so Maria has done what any self-respecting librarian would have done: she has and continues to learn everything she can about copyright. In what little spare time Maria has, she spends it with her very supportive husband and daughter, or she is reading for pleasure. She is the head Barbarian of a local Barbarian’s Club, which is a librarian’s support group and is a founding member of The Royersford Red Sirens, a Red Hat Society Chapter.
Joanne Miller is an analyst in the Office of Systemwide Library Planning at the University of California. She maintains the University’s Copyright Education Website, which provides information to UC students, faculty and staff on copyright, fair use, and public domain for purposes of teaching, scholarship, and research. Joanne received her master’s degree from UC Berkeley’s School of Information Management and Systems in 1999, and went to work creating categories for a web directory before joining UC in 2001. Joanne’s previous career was in book publishing.
Miriam Nisbet joined the American Library Association’s Washington Office as Legislative Counsel in August 1999. She works primarily on copyright and other intellectual property issues raised by the digital information environment. She also provides advice on law and policy concerning access to government information and privacy. In addition, Miriam works closely with ALA’s Office for Information Technology Policy on issues and projects concerning electronic access to information. She speaks frequently on copyright issues and information and access law to educational, scholarly, trade and industry, and government groups. Since 2003, she has represented the library community as a member of the U.S. delegation to The Hague Convention on Jurisdiction and Enforcement of Judgments. From 1994 to 1999, Miriam was Special Counsel for Information Policy, National Archives and Records Administration. Prior to joining the National Archives in 1994, Miriam had served since 1982 as the Deputy Director of the Office of Information and Privacy, U.S. Department of Justice. An active member of the American Society of Access Professionals (ASAP), Miriam served as 1995 President of ASAP and as a member of its Board of Directors from 1993-96 and from 2000-02. She also serves on the Board of Directors of AFFECT, Americans For Fair Electronic Commerce Transactions, a broad-based national coalition of industry leaders, libraries and consumer organizations dedicated to educating the public and policy makers about UCITA, the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act.
Carlos Ovalle is a full-time technology staff member, part-time doctoral student, and occasional lecturer at the University of Texas School of Information. He received his MLIS in 2001, and his thesis focused on the concept of authenticity and how it relates to digital materials. He has written the Introduction to Copyright module for the course INF 312, Introduction to Cyberspace, and contributed other copyright-related materials to different courses. He is currently focusing his studies on the effects of copyright law on the missions and practices of cultural institutions, with an occasional foray into digital records and archives (especially DSpace). He and Ross maintain the CAN website, mailing list, and internal Wiki. He sometimes serves as the faculty advisor for the UT Anime Club.
Janice Pilch is Acting Head of Slavic and East European Acquisitions and Assistant Professor of Library Administration at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Since 2001 she has researched and published on copyright for Slavic and East European materials. In 2002 she formed a committee within the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies that is dedicated to education, current awareness, and practical assistance on copyright for scholars and librarians in the field of Slavic studies, and from 2004-2006 she served as chair of the American Library Association’s Office of Information Technology Policy Copyright Advisory Committee. Janice has published numerous articles on copyright in journals including College and Research Libraries, Slavic and East European Information Resources, Solanus: International Journal for Russian and East European Bibliographic, Library and Publishing Studies, and Slavic Review. She is currently working on a book on international copyright.
Carrie Russell has been ALA’s Copyright Specialist since 1999 and is the author of a monthly column on copyright in School Library Journal. Carrie is also the author of numerous articles on copyright and information policy that have appeared in such journals as Library Trends, Library Issues, Public Libraries, School Library Journal, and Library Journal. Her book, Complete Copyright: An Everyday Guide for Librarians – described as “the single best overview of the copyright policy issues facing libraries today – is available from ALA publishing. Before coming to ALA, Carrie worked for fifteen years as a practicing librarian, most recently at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Carrie is a frequent speaker at state, regional, national library conferences, and is renowned for her straightforward, librarian-friendly approach to copyright. She is currently working on a book on international copyright.
Lori Williamson serves as Access Services Librarian for the Victoria College/University of Houston-Victoria Library, a joint librarian serving both the community college and an upper level university that is part of the University of Houston System. She also serves as Asst. Head of Public Services, Distance Education Librarian and Copyright Liaison. Lori received her MLIS from the University of Texas and has been with the library for 13 years. She obtained a BA in English from the University of Houston-Victoria and has taken numerous educational classes in copyright and its relevance to libraries and the academic community. She processes all copyright issues relating to the library and reserves as well as serving on a copyright policy committee for the Victoria College and acting as consultant to faculty and staff with copyright concerns.
The Copyright Advisory Network Team
