New Directions in Copyright Law

New Directions in Copyright Law Review

See more picture

New Directions in Copyright Law Feature

This fourth volume in the series contains further exploration of the main themes considered in the first three volumes and brings together perspectives on copyright from law and legal theory, political economy, human rights, cultural studies and social theory. "New Directions in Copyright Law, Volume 4" offers insightful contributions from leading commentators on a range of issues affecting the development and direction of copyright law. The volume is divided into six parts. In the first part, the theoretical framework of copyright law is explored through the concepts of the market place of ideas and the public domain. While a number of chapters address substantive aspects of copyright law reform, the second part of the volume contains a chapter that marries substantive questions with issues around the mechanics, limitations and possibilities of the reform process. In the third part, two chapters consider the problematic notion of paternity rights from contrasting disciplinary perspectives. The interface between copyright law and the burgeoning new technologies is considered through a range of theoretical and methodological approaches. In the fourth part of the volume, legal theorists address issues around open access, open source, free software, and the implications of network theory for the relationship between copyright law and the Internet. Moving away from the concerns of so-called 'high technology', the fifth part of the volume considers the equally fraught question of the protection of traditional knowledge and cultural property through an analysis of the limits of law. The final part of the volume, which deals with copyright's uncomfortable relationship with human rights, sees a return to issues around the new technologies with a focus on the political economy of open source software, and on the issue of information access and fundamental rights.

Check price now

Rerate Products

Customer Review

Emerging Solutions in Reference Services: Implications for Libraries in the New Millennium (Monograph Published Simultaneously As Legal Reference Services Quarterly, 1/2)

Emerging Solutions in Reference Services: Implications for Libraries in the New Millennium (Monograph Published Simultaneously As Legal Reference Services Quarterly, 1/2) Review

See more picture

Emerging Solutions in Reference Services: Implications for Libraries in the New Millennium (Monograph Published Simultaneously As Legal Reference Services Quarterly, 1/2) Feature

How can you enhance reference services without adding staff?

Modern law librarians are under growing pressure to keep up with new technologies, deal instantly with the demands of patrons, keep the library safe and user-friendly, and generally offer the best possible service while keeping costs down. Emerging Solutions in Reference Services: Implications for Libraries in the New Millennium is a very practical guide for coping with rapidly changing technology and increasing demands for services. Its sane, well-researched advice and suggestions can help you deal with the hectic days and nights behind the reference desk.

Emerging Solutions in Reference Services suggests up-to-date, innovative ways to deal with the traditional issues confronting librarians, including:

• handling problem patrons and ensuring security
• assigning reference responsibilities
• teaching patrons at the reference desk or on library tours
• drafting enforceable rules
• avoiding the unauthorized practice of law
• charging--or not charging--fees for services
• cross-training reference personnel
  
  Some of the traditional problems of law librarians are solved by computers; others are actually exacerbated by the new technologies available. In addition to finding ways that technology can help law librarians, Emerging Solutions in Reference Services offers solutions for the special problems posed by new technology, including questions of Web design, setting up online reference services, virtual library tours, Internet training for patrons, and ensuring technological competency of staff.
  
  In these days of decreasing budgets and increasing demands for services, Emerging Solutions in Reference Services is an invaluable resource for the librarian caught in the middle.

Check price now

Rerate Products

Customer Review

Readings In Library Methods

Readings In Library Methods Review

See more picture

Readings In Library Methods Feature

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Check price now

Rerate Products

Customer Review

On the Road: Saving/Paying for College(On the Road Series)

On the Road: Saving/Paying for College(On the Road Series) Review

See more picture

On the Road: Saving/Paying for College(On the Road Series) Feature

Attending college is one of life’s most thrilling, yet costly events. This smart handbook helps parents and students determine exactly how much money they will need, then presents the full range of financial options available-from scholarships and grants, to loans and work-study. Saving/Paying for College explains the pros and cons of custodial accounts (UTMA/UGMAs), 529 plans, Coverdell education savings accounts, and paying your own way. Whether readers are anticipating children’s educational expenses or their own, this book eliminates all the guesswork. Now, all they’ll need is a book bag and course schedule.

Check price now

Rerate Products

Customer Review

How to Evaluate and Improve Your Grants Effort: Second Edition (American Council on Education Oryx Press Series on Higher Education)

How to Evaluate and Improve Your Grants Effort: Second Edition (American Council on Education Oryx Press Series on Higher Education) Review

See more picture

How to Evaluate and Improve Your Grants Effort: Second Edition (American Council on Education Oryx Press Series on Higher Education) Feature

David G. Bauer--acknowledged expert on grantsmanship--reveals that most institutions do not invest enough time, effort, or money into the grants process. Bauer offers grantseekers a dynamic, flexible, and adaptable system for the efficient procurement, and administration, of external funds. Already a popular guide for administrators, this new edition will ensure continued support as it demonstrates how to contact funding sources and submit proposals. In addition, Bauer offers ethical guidelines and practical management procedures, plus insight into budgets, records, and personnel management.

Check price now

Rerate Products

Customer Review

Protect Your Parents and Their Financial Health: Talk With Them Before It's Too Late

Protect Your Parents and Their Financial Health: Talk With Them Before It's Too Late Review

See more picture

Protect Your Parents and Their Financial Health: Talk With Them Before It's Too Late Feature

Creating a structure for talking to aging parents about their affairs, Richards offers guidance and preparation through the process, helping remove psychological and practical barriers; compile data; set and achieve goals; and deal with reticent parents.

Check price now

Rerate Products

Customer Review

Banking: Webster's Timeline History, 1999

Banking: Webster's Timeline History, 1999 Review

See more picture

Banking: Webster's Timeline History, 1999 Feature

Webster's bibliographic and event-based timelines are comprehensive in scope, covering virtually all topics, geographic locations and people. They do so from a linguistic point of view, and in the case of this book, the focus is on "Banking," including when used in literature (e.g. all authors that might have Banking in their name). As such, this book represents the largest compilation of timeline events associated with Banking when it is used in proper noun form. Webster's timelines cover bibliographic citations, patented inventions, as well as non-conventional and alternative meanings which capture ambiguities in usage. These furthermore cover all parts of speech (possessive, institutional usage, geographic usage) and contexts, including pop culture, the arts, social sciences (linguistics, history, geography, economics, sociology, political science), business, computer science, literature, law, medicine, psychology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and other physical sciences. This "data dump" results in a comprehensive set of entries for a bibliographic and/or event-based timeline on the proper name Banking, since editorial decisions to include or exclude events is purely a linguistic process. The resulting entries are used under license or with permission, used under "fair use" conditions, used in agreement with the original authors, or are in the public domain.

Check price now

Rerate Products

Customer Review

Intellectual Property: The Many Faces of the Public Domain

Intellectual Property: The Many Faces of the Public Domain Review

See more picture

Intellectual Property: The Many Faces of the Public Domain Feature

As technological progress marches on, so anxiety over the shape of the public domain is likely to continue if not increase. This collection helps to define the boundaries within which the debate over the shape of law and policy should take place. From historical analysis to discussion of contemporary developments, the importance of the public domain in its cultural and scientific contexts is explored by lawyers, scientists, economists, librarians, journalists and entrepreneurs. The contributions will both deepen and enliven the reader's understanding of the public domain in its many guises, and will also serve to highlight the public domain's key role in innovation. This book will appeal not only to students and researchers coming from a variety of fields, but also to policy-makers in the IP field and those more generally interested in the public domain, as well as those more directly involved in the current movements towards open access, open science and open source.

Check price now

Rerate Products

Customer Review

Homeschooling 101: The Essential Handbook

Homeschooling 101: The Essential Handbook Review

See more picture

Homeschooling 101: The Essential Handbook Feature

Where to begin and how to continue. . . Homeschooling 101 will help potential and current homeschooling parents caught between a proverbial rock (the expectations of the world when it comes to education) and a hard place (honoring God through the raising and teaching of their children). Veteran homeschool couple Mark and Christine Field write from experience about why homeschooling is best for children and how to make the process a complete success at every step. Chapters include discussions on the uniqueness of each child, practical advice on teaching children of different ages at the same time, the centrality of the Bible in the education process, and approaches to teaching various subjects, and much more.

Check price now

Rerate Products

Customer Review

The Lead Generation Handbook: How to Generate All the Sales You'll Ever Need -- Quickly, Easily, and Inexpensively

The Lead Generation Handbook: How to Generate All the Sales You'll Ever Need -- Quickly, Easily, and Inexpensively Review

See more picture

The Lead Generation Handbook: How to Generate All the Sales You'll Ever Need -- Quickly, Easily, and Inexpensively Feature

A guide showing how to use multiple marketing techniques to generate high-quality sales leads.With coverage of direct mail,telemarketing,publicity and PR,and seminars,including examples of letters,forms,Web sites,worksheets and checklists for generating and tracking leads.

Check price now

Rerate Products

Customer Review