The public is invited to attend the following presentations and discussions of copyright issues as they relate to artworks, the internet, and Wikipedia. Liam Wyatt of Wikipedia presenting on an innovative proposal for analyzing copyright and licensing in art museums. Each session is one hour and is open to everyone interested in the issues.
TOPIC: Wikipedia, Museums, Libraries, and Access to Art Collections
WHEN: Wed., April 21, 2010 ~ 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
WHERE: 203 Butler Library, Morningside Heights Campus, Columbia University
WHEN: Monday, April 26 2010 : 11:00 am – Noon
WHERE: Columbia Law School, W&J Warren Hall, Room 101.
SPEAKER: Liam Wyatt
Liam Wyatt is the Vice President of Wikimedia Australia and an info-philanthropy advocate. He received the University of New South Wales medal in history for his thesis on the Academic Lineage of Wikipedia. He works to try to find the common ground between the museum, education and Wikimedia communities. Previously he was the multimedia coordinator for the Dictionary of Sydney and Project officer for the Australasian Legal Information Institute. Liam will be visiting Columbia after a stop in Denver, where he will be leading the Wikimedia session as part of the “Museums and the Web” conference. He is en route to London, where he will be the inaugural “Wikipedian in Residence” at the British Museum.
SPONSORS: Copyright Advisory Office and the Libraries Digital Program Division
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