Level: Intermediate
Prerequisite: None
Cost: $260 (nonmember, $310)
Attendance Maximum: None

Instructor(s): Jack W. Snyder, associate director, Specialized Information Services, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD

Offered: Saturday, May 14, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Explore the essential aspects of the law that influence the activities, decisions, and practice environments of medical library professionals. Understand the basic framework of US legal authority, procedure, and content. Review statutory and case law regarding intellectual freedom and intellectual property in their application to cyberspace. Discuss the USA PATRIOT Act, the Freedom of Information Act, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and basic principles of copyright, patent, and trademark. Learn the law of research, the law of privacy, the law of disabilities, and the law of public health.

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