The Drew University Philosophical Society meeting on April 19 addressed the question of the ethics and philosophy of Intellectual Property. In attendance were Matthew Blue, who organized the meeting, Jennifer Heise (librarian) and professor Seung-Kee Lee with students from some of his classes, as well as a number of other DUPS members. The discussion was wide-ranging and there was some interest from Professor Lee etc in following up on this in a wider venue.
Jennifer Heise and Cathy Ryan of the Library Faculty are in the process of investigating "open access policies that have been adopted or have received attention from other universities" in order to present an overview to the library faculty. We'll share our information with the Copyright Education Initiative group when we've got it.
There is some interest in arranging for a speaker, possibly for the Faculty Seminar, on Open Access/Intellectual Property issues in Academia.
Jenne Heise & Sonja Sekely-Rowland led a small group in learning about and discussing the differences between Copyright/Fair Use provisions and CopyLeft and Creative Commons licensing schemes on March 29.
While Melissa Nichols was obliged to step away due to pressure of work, and Krista White, and Sarah Ashley have moved on to other institutions, 3 more members have been enticed to join the group. Please welcome Dr. Lee Arnold, Dr. Virginia Burrus, and Bill Brown, Esq.